Educational highlights for workplace leaders
At the end of the session, supervisors and managers will:

This session is all about Harassment. Despite all the years of education and supposedly understanding about Harassment, Harassment is still alive and unwell in most Canadian workplaces. Canadian courts and tribunals are putting more and more restrictions on the behaviours of employees and managers, and yet most workplace leaders aren’t aware of the greater expectations. And now “psychological Harassment” is becoming a requirement in certain Canadian jurisdictions, with others to follow. In this customized session your supervisors and managers will get a chance to discuss their concerns and fears about what is and what is not Harassment. Using thought-provoking and fun exercises, they will learn that workplace Harassment isn’t as complex as it seems. They will find out what must be done, to avoid costly liability, employee turn-over and employee/customer dissatisfaction. At the end of the session, your workplace leaders will feel more confident to address Harassment issues as they arise, instead of waiting until they become unmanageable, or very costly.

Workplace leaders. Your supervisors don’t need to be experts in workplace Harassment, but they need to know enough to give them confidence to address it when they see it. Everyone who supervises people needs to know their legal obligations, on behalf of their employer. If they don’t, they risk an internal or external workplace human rights complaint, due to Harassment. Of course, there is also the risk of bad publicity and bad customer relations. Human rights legislation deems most supervisors to represent management – even those with limited authority. Your workplace leaders will benefit from a better understanding of Harassment, and they will feel more confident to tackle most issues of Harassment before they become a big, messy and expensive, deal. When Harassment issues get more complex, they will know to seek advice from within their workplace instead of letting things get worse.

It is very rare to find someone with the right combination of knowledge and experience and that something extra that makes people want to listen, learn and participate. We feel very lucky to have found Stephen, who makes Harassment Awareness training informative, useful, and yes...fun!
Stephen consistently gets rave reviews from all of the participants and is a pleasure to work with. We wouldn’t think of using anyone else.

Anna Grolle BA, CGA Director of Corporate Operations & HR Cactus Club Cafe

Stephen Hammond, B.A., LL.B., CSP, is a lawyer turned workplace and community human rights speaker and educator. His Bachelor of Arts in political studies is from the University of Manitoba and his Bachelor of Laws degree is from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. Stephen is the author of Managing Human Rights at Work: 101 practical tips to prevent human rights disasters and Steps in the Rights Direction: 365 human rights celebrations and tragedies that inspired Canada and the world. Stephen is a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and the International Federation for Professional Speakers. In 2008 Stephen was one of only 5 Canadians to receive the designation of CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) which is the “most prestigious earned designation for platform excellence” by the International Federation. Fewer than 10% of the Federation members hold this designation including just 43 Canadians.

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