”When I came onto the course I was 100% I was not a bully but now looking at things differently, sometimes possibly I am”
“Breaking down Bullying, Harassment and Victimisation makes you reflect on what you see and do”
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Delegates receive an introduction to the subject of bullying in the workplace, enabling them to understand the fundamentals of harassment and bullying at work. They explore and discuss good practice in preventing or dealing with these issues in their own organisation.
Course Context
Once a formal complaint of bullying has been made, it is extremely difficult to restore working relations so it is vitally important that managers and employees understand what might constitute bullying – and the differences from harassment.
The HSE Stress Management Standards specifically highlight managers’ responsibilities in creating a workplace which is free from bullying and harassment.
Training is delivered in a relaxed, informal and flexible manner with plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion. There is a very interactive learning process with exercises designed to stimulate interest and learning.
There is increasing awareness of the effect bullying and harassment can have on individual, team and organisational welfare. The CIPD has estimated that over 50% of stress cases at work involve bullying, and the increasing costs of compensation can be staggering.
High-profile successful cases such as ‘Green v Deutsche Bank’ and ‘Marjowski v Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Health Trust’ emphasise the potential human and financial costs for any organisation and the obvious need for training on bullying in the workplace.
More recently, in Michalak v The Mid Yorks Hospital NHS Trust, a record award of c £4.5m was made after “…the Trust’s behaviour in which it orchestrated a lengthy secret campaign’ against one of its doctors where the Tribunal found their behaviour amounted to unlawful sex and race discrimination.
- Duration: 1-day course
- Capacity: 12 recommended for optimum results
- Availability: All of our in-house courses are delivered by our UK wide network of trainers
- Customisation: The content can be tailored to meet an organisation’s individual requirements
Who Is It For?
Bullying in the workplace training can be delivered to managers at all levels of an organisation.
Key Benefits
- Understand the differences and similarities in bullying and harassment
- Learn how to recognize signs of overt and particularly covert bullying
- Go behind the stereotypes and understand more of the psychology of the bully and the victim
- Appreciate the short and long term effects bullying could have on the victim and the organisation
- Recognise the organisational factors which might perpetuate a bullying culture within the organisation
- Appreciate the evolving legal context
- Able to put in place good practice in responding to allegations: investigating; supporting parties; managing the aftermath
Course Content
Raising awareness
- What we mean by Bullying and Harassment in the workplace?
- What are the determining features?
- Looking at examples: the obvious and the more subtle
- Video clips to show overt and covert bullying
- But what about teasing and banter…?
- Exploring sensitivities
Organisational factors
- What allows bullying behaviour to develop and thrive?
- Diagnosing your organisation’s position on bullying in the workplace
- There’s a fine line: strong management or bullying?
- Model of multifactors in bullying at work
The Individual: is there ‘a bullying type’?
- What do we know about the psychology of the perpetrator and the target?
- How do victims react and why don’t they speak out?
- What is the clinical impact of bullying on individuals?
The law and the bottom line
- The legal implications for organisations
- Evolving legislation
- The position regarding individual responsibility and liability
- Some key cases
The manager’s role
- What are the early warning signs which managers should be alert to?
- The manager as a role model and the effect of style and behaviour
- If bullying is suspected or observed, what is the manager’s responsibility?
Dealing with complaints
- Levels of intervention
- What determines your approach to a problem?
- Exploring ways of dealing informally with difficult situations
- DVD to consider core forensic skills in complaint situations
- Using identified situations to give individuals the opportunity to practise dealing informally with situations in a safe environment
A culture of respect
- Exploring ways of creating a healthy culture
- Examples of healthy management
Testimonials for the Bullying in the Workplace: Training for Managers course
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