Maintaining a Harmonious Working Environment

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A harmonious working environment is one in which people feel safe, seen, heard, and respected.  Critical to maintaining it are that employees have high self-esteem, are treated with respect, and work in a safe, non-violent setting.  This course provides practical knowledge and scripts on how to take appropriate action and deal effectively with discriminatory comments, sexual harassment, and threats and acts of violence,such that personal and employer liability is avoided.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives

• Learn How to prevent discriminatory comments from turning into hostile work environment claims.
• Understand How to avoid personal liability by properly responding to actual and potential sexual harassment situations.
• Identify warning signs of potential violence, respond to threats, and the effective tactics to use in active violence situations to minimize injuries and loss of life.

Major Subjects

• Disassociating yourself and your employer from discriminatory comments.
• Scripts for addressing potential and actual sexual harassment situations.
• Consensual relationships between leaders and their subordinates.
• Effective violence prevention measures
• Survival tactics in active violence situations.