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Al Harris was a founding partner of the Chicago law firm of Ungaretti & Harris, which in 2015, merged with the national law firm of Nixon Peabody. At Ungaretti & Harris, he served for many years as managing partner and then as a member of its Executive and Compensation Committees. Al is co-author with his wife, Andie Kramer, of the book Breaking Through Bias: Communication Techniques for Women to Succeed at Work, which was named one of the best business books of 2016 by Women@Work. He is also the co-author of over 150 articles and blog posts on promoting diversity and overcoming stereotypes and biases. What you'll learn about in this episode: Why Al and his wife Andie were committed to writing “Breaking Through Bias” How many well intentioned businesses often times have unconscious biases The importance of overcoming the affinity bias How the negative bias pigeonholes women How the agentic bias affects women in the workplace Why every business must assume that some level of gender bias is occurring w