I was recently taking a client through their Leadership Circle Profile 360° feedback debrief, which I always find to be a very powerful conversation, with powerful insights. We found ourselves discussing biases, which we all have, and how they affect our effectiveness.
Research suggests that there are more than 175 cognitive biases, including, my favorite, the bias that I’m not biased (objectivity illusion) – we tend to “know” how objective we are while seeing the bias and flaws in other people’s reasoning and beliefs.
Biases are our brain’s way of simplifying a complex world – sifting through too much information, creating/assigning meaning, determining how to act and what to remember. There is, in case you haven’t noticed, too much coming toward us, so our brains compensate to “help” us function.
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