Decision Quality - How Bias Shapes What We See and Choose
Zoom
Event Details
Every leadership decision blends insight, experience, and assumption. Even skilled leaders rely on mental shortcuts (patterns shaped by culture, comfort, and habit) that quietly influence who gets heard and what gets prioritized. This session explores how those hidden dynamics affect decision quality and organizational effectiveness. Participants will learn to recognize bias not as a moral flaw, but as a predictable factor that can be managed through awareness and intentional process design. Drawing on real-world examples from nonprofit strategy, hiring, and governance, we’ll examine how to identify when perception narrows perspective and how to broaden it. Attendees will leave with practical reflection tools and discussion prompts to strengthen decision-making across leadership, hiring, and strategy conversations, improving both equity and organizational performance.
Learning Objectives
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Understand how bias operates in organizational decision-making.
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Identify common patterns that distort judgment and limit inclusion.
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Reflect on how group dynamics and culture shape decision outcomes.
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Identify small, actionable changes that embed awareness and equity in everyday leadership decisions.
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Cost + Registration
- Pay what you can tiers available for MANP members
- $25-$45 Members / $65 Nonmembers
- Scholarships available for MANP members! Prior to registering, email your scholarship request to Learn@NonprofitMaine.org and be sure to include your name and organization.
- Participants will receive login instructions in the registration confirmation e-mail as well as in reminder emails that will be sent one day and one hour prior to the event.
- This webinar will be recorded and available to all registered participants for 30 days after the event. Participants who are unable to attend live will still have access to all materials.
- This MANP-hosted webinar will be hosted in Zoom Meeting and we ask participants mute themselves when joining.
Accessibility
MANP is committed to ensuring all participants are accommodated at our events. If you have accessibility needs, please email us at Learn@NonprofitMaine.org with your request no fewer than 10 business days prior to the event.
About the Presenters
Leandro Zaneti is a consultant, strategist, and facilitator based in Atlanta, GA. Most recently, Leandro was working as an independent consultant leading strategic planning processes with Dobama Theater, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Company, and BAMAH. Prior to his work as an independent consultant, he was a Senior Consultant at ALJP Consulting. There he had the pleasure of working with organizations such as Theater Bay Area, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Steppenwolf Theater Company, Arts Administrators of Color Network, New York Theater Workshop, and Marin Theatre Company, among others. In addition, Leandro was an instrumental collaborator in developing the infrastructure and methodology for ALJP.
Leandro is also a co-founder of Codify Art, a multidisciplinary artist collective amplifying the stories of queer and trans artists of color. Before becoming a full-time consultant, Leandro was the Associate General Manager at The New Group where he developed and produced the organization’s digital programming during the pandemic. He subsequently produced virtual readings for The Vineyard Theater. He has worked in organizations around the country including The Public Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and Yale Repertory Theatre. Leandro has been a creative producer on over ten theatrical productions in New York City. He is currently serving on the Yale Theater Management Knowledge Base Editorial Board and previously served on the Yale Summer Cabaret Board of Directors.
Tiffany Vega is a Puerto Rican arts administrator, creative producer, and educator hailing from East Harlem, NYC. She serves as the President & Founder of La Vega Management. She resides in New Orleans, LA.
As a trained and certified Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion facilitator through artEquity and Northwestern University, Tiffany is deeply committed to fostering inclusivity within the arts. Her dedication to education is further demonstrated through her role as an Adjunct Professor at Loyola University-New Orleans.
Tiffany's professional journey includes significant roles such as an Associate and Consultant with ALJP Consulting, the General Manager at Hi-ARTS NYC (Formerly Hip-Hop Theater Festival), and a Client Success Manager with AudienceView. She has also contributed her knowledge as an Adjunct Professor at Dillard University.
Actively engaged in advocacy and community involvement, Tiffany currently serves on the National Board of the Parent Artist Advocacy League, championing the rights of parents and caregivers in the performing arts. She also holds a position on the Board of Directors for the New Orleans Film Society and has extensive experience serving on national grant panels for the arts.
An industry expert in Black, Latinx, and Hip-Hop Theatre, Tiffany holds an MFA in Theatre Management & Producing from Columbia University and a BA in Theatre Performance from the University of Maryland-College Park. Her extensive background, coupled with her commitment to diversity and inclusion, positions her as a distinguished leader in the field.