Similarity bias
Similarity bias draws us to people who are like us, causing us to miss out on new, diverse relationships at work. It can even lead us to hire, promote, or offer more career development to people we can see ourselves in. Not good.
We need to go out of our way to feel connected to everyone, not just people like us. So, try to create shared experiences. It can be harder to create shared experiences in a remote environment, which means you need to be intentional about it.
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