Bullying and Sexual Harassment

Who is it for?

Managers who need to understand their role and responsibilities and be equipped with knowledge and strategies to enable them to fulfil their duties, manage behaviour and incidents effectively and promote a respectful working environment.

Employees who need to understand their rights within the workplace and be provided with clear guidance on expected behaviour as well as strategies to deal with unwanted behaviour and actions that can be taken if they are made to feel vulnerable or intimidated.

Champions who can be the ‘go to’ for advice and support for both Managers and Employees. Embedding ‘Champions’ or ‘Guardians’ in your organisation is a vital step. These may be HR colleagues, Coaches, Trainers or anyone in the business who has an interest in being proactively involved.

What can we cover?

For managers, our interactive workshops can cover the following depending on the needs of the organisation and individuals. The workshop can focus on bullying and harassment, or solely on sexual harassment, as required.

• the relevant legislation, management role and responsibilities to fulfil your legal duty
• definitions of bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, victimisation and discrimination
• the seven steps required to demonstrate you have taken ‘reasonable steps’
• practical strategies to prevent bullying and harassment (including sexual harassment)
• ways to embed an inclusive, open and fair culture
• strategies to manage situations proactively and informally
• the procedure to manage a formal complaint/grievance (this will be tailored to meet your organisation’s procedure)
• ways to promote respect and dignity at work

For colleagues, our interactive workshops can cover the following depending on the needs of the organisation and individuals. The workshop can focus on bullying and harassment, or purely sexual harassment as required.

• the benefits of working in an inclusive, open and fair culture
• the organisational expectations around behaviour of and between staff (this will be tailored to meet your organisation’s policy)
• understanding how perceptions of behaviour may differ
• simple tools to manage and check our own behaviour
• choices and strategies to manage situations and the use of the ‘purple flag’
• where to go for support if you experience or witness unacceptable behaviour
• behavioural standards to promote respect and dignity

For Champions, our interactive workshops can help provide all the information required to ensure that they feel confident, and are competent, to offer assistance and support to both managers and workers to prevent and manage bullying or sexual harassment.

• definitions of bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, victimisation and discrimination
• the relevant legislation and the seven steps organisations need to take to comply with their duty
• practical steps to support the business to promote an open and fair culture
• ways to set expectations and embed positive behaviours
• guiding colleagues to manage situations that may occur
• dealing with incidents and offering support to the targets of bullying or sexual harassment

All workshops are interactive and delivered by an experienced facilitator and if you wish, actor facilitators to bring scenarios to life. We use case studies, filmed scenarios, group work and individual reflection.

Why not pick up the phone or drop us a quick email and see how we can help.