I am a leader at work, but I really liked how this book applies to everyone, not just supervisors. I love that the book points out that to be human is to have bias, we all have it in some way. I also liked the way the book was laid out into sections of identifying bias, cultivating connections, and choosing courage- this is a journey.

The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias is a timely and practical book for use with an organization or team. It gives readers both quantitative and anecdotal passages to reinforce the need for awareness of our biases-especially within the context of our professional life. It has very useful exercises for both self reflection and group discussion at the end of each chapter. It will be an extremely helpful tool to start the conversation around bias and gives employees concrete tools to work through their own bias and that of their team.

THE LEADER'S GUIDE TO UNCONSCIOUS BIAS by Pamela Fuller and Mark Murphy is another fascinating look at perceptions and actions resulting from implicit bias. Our school district is in the midst of a strategic plan and equity initiatives so this title is a great fit. I think the exercise at the end of each chapter will be of special interest, perhaps even something we can utilize with advisory homerooms? Fuller and Murphy define and discuss different types of bias (e.g., confirmation, negative) and that information seems so important to share with young adults and our teachers. In addition, the administration (and school board members) will benefit from the thoughts on how to make workers feel "respected, included, valued" versus "abused, harassed, slighted" at the other end of the spectrum. THE LEADER'S GUIDE TO UNCONSCIOUS BIAS received a starred review from Booklist and will soon join similar texts like Eberhardt's Biased, Steele's Whistling Vivaldi, and Binaji's Blindspot on our shelves.