12 Meet Mosaic Potash Esterhazy s Change Agents T o facilitate the GEM W orks program two Change Agents were identifed at Mosaic Potash Esterhazy in Saskatchewan Allison Boudreau Production Superintendent K2 Surface and Greig Frostad no longer with company Both Change Agents successfully completed the GEM W orks Learn to Make a Dif ference training program consisting of four online elearning modules that explain the practical applications of the GEM W orks program Looking Through a Gender Lens Allison and Greig used the GEM W orks T oolbox a stepbystep guide designed to help remove unintentional barriers to gender inclusion in written policies and procedures to analyse Mosaic s hiring manager recruitment guidelines With the help of the T oolbox they found the document focused heavily on the procedures to follow during the interview rather than the candidate selection process itself Greig and Allison updated the existing manager recruitment guidelines to help attract a more diverse group of applicants Mosaic s Change Agents also inspected the job posting policy to determine whether there was unconscious gender bias present that could prevent women from applying for certain positions Allison and Greig identifed several inconsistencies and worked to align the recruitment guidelines and job posting policy helping eliminate unconscious gender bias in the manager recruitment process The GEM W orks online lear ning modules wer e easy to follow and straight for war d to use At frst it is just one document one policy one piece of a lar ger puzzle but its impor tant to see the big pictur e and know its a long jour ney I think about how this will all come together as a higherar ching strategy to make r eal change Allison Boudr eau It is vital to have a diverse pool of recruits to choose from when selecting candidates for new positions Studies show that choosing the only woman the anomalous candidate in a group is perceived as a higher risk However if it becomes normal for groups of candidates to be a mix of men and more than one woman the choice becomes easier and less risky to make When there is only one woman she does not stand a chance of being hired but that changes dramatically when there is more than one Sour ce 2016 HBR ar ticle Image Johnson et al via HBRor g