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Creating a Level Playing Field

Creating a Level Playing Field

Develop workplaces that tap everyone’s talents and best work

By Shelley Correll, Professor of Sociology at Stanford University, Director of the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research

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Stereotypes act as a shortcut in information processing. Correll suggests solutions that scrutinize the ways individuals and organizations make decisions in order to reduce errors and create environments where everyone has opportunities to do their best work and get recognized for it.

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