Everyone has unconscious bias. Most people stop there. The Lens goes further -- helping you identify how bias operates in hiring, performance reviews, promotions, and daily interactions, and giving you concrete tools to interrupt it before it produces another unfair outcome.
How stereotypes produce unconscious bias, micro-inequities, and microaggressions
Affinity bias, halo effect, attribution bias, and other patterns that cost organizations
Interrupting bias in hiring, evaluations, and promotion decisions
Shifting Standards: why the same behavior receives different evaluations across identity groups
What 'culture fit' actually measures and how to create fairer equivalents
Building a bias-aware team culture without performative diversity theater
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Before You Begin
This companion is a professional development tool, not therapy. It supports communication, conflict resolution, and leadership growth.
Content is grounded in Duane Andrews' Transactional Analysis framework. Apply insights with your own professional judgment.
Do not share names or identifying information about colleagues, direct reports, or your organization.
I understand this is a learning and strategy tool and take responsibility for how I apply what I learn here.
The Adult
How To Be The Adult In The Room — DKA Toolkit
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Welcome. I am The Adult.
Most people come to leadership coaching and say things like: "I can't get resources," "My team doesn't listen," "My boss dismisses me." What they are really saying is: I am not being taken seriously. And the reason is almost always the same thing: the ego state they are communicating from.
This companion is built on Duane Andrews' Transactional Analysis framework. We will work through the three ego states — Parent, Adult, Child — identify which one you default to under pressure, and build your capacity to stay in the Adult state: grounded, assertive, accountable, and difficult to dismiss.
No one makes you angry. No one triggers you. You choose your response. That is what it means to be Response-Able. Let's build that skill.