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It's Intolerable
Impact of offensive figures of speech on workplace relationships.
Life's Not Fair
Retaliating against an employee who reports a safety violation.
Listen, I Was Just Wondering...
Could an unwelcome pursuit can become harassing behavior? What if it was a manager pursuing an employee? Fishing in the company pond for romance does happen, but there is more at risk than just rejection. Supervisors and managers should never proposition subordinates. Even social invitations between co-workers need to be carefully asked.
Put Warning Lights on You
You know, some of us figure a pregnant joke or two is just something that comes with the territory. It's no big deal. Well, those days are over. This video shows how a simple joke or two might lead to harassment. Remember, when it comes to your co-workers - the safest thing to do is… if you can't say something nice... just don't say anything at all.
Recognizing Bullying Behavior
Why is it important to know what behavior is “bully behavior”? Because if you are going to stop it, you first have to identify it; you also have to acknowledge that the behavior was hurtful, intended, happening more than once and purposeful.
Straight TALK™ - A Spotlight on Retaliation
Preventing retaliation in the workplace is of utmost importance - not only to ensure a productive work environment, but to also keep the company (and their managers) out of court. This new Straight TALK™ series focuses on the definition and employment issues around retaliation. Intended for managers and supervisors, this series gets straight to the point by providing easy-to-understand information - directly from Sollah's premiere subject matter experts.
The Critique - Sexual Harassment: It Can Happen Here
How inappropriate comments about physical appearance can lead to sexual harassment (male to female).
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - An Overview
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is a federal statute that was signed into law by President Barack Obama in January 2009. In this video, a legal subject matter expert explains the origin of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay case and its impact on organizations across the United States.
You Should See Her Qualifications
When gender stereotypes impact trust and working relationships
You're Not a Team Player!
Retaliating by giving a poor performance review.
M.E.E.T. on Common Ground - Program Opening/M.E.E.T. Model Explained
Explanation of the M.E.E.T. model as a respect-building communication tool
Harassment & Discrimination: The Bottom Line
Harassment and discrimination is still not just about sex anymore. And you know what... It shouldn't be. Because we all have a right to come to work and have it be a place where we're respected, where we're treated fairly, where we can focus on our work and do a good job.
M.E.E.T. on Common Ground - Program Closing/M.E.E.T. Model Review
Review of the M.E.E.T. communication model.
Preventing Retaliation - It's Up to Us!
Review of key actions managers can take to prevent retaliation in the workplace.
Retaliation - An Overview for Employees
Retaliation in the workplace is wrong. And illegal. This quick video provides salient facts that help reinforce the business case for preventing retaliation.
Retaliation - An Overview for Managers
Salient facts that help reinforce the business case for preventing retaliation.
Using the M.E.E.T.™ Model to Tackle Unacceptable Behavior
Review of M.E.E.T. communication model and how to stay compliant when dealing with unacceptable workplace behavior.
Anti-Social
This case study looks at drinking and socializing after work hours. Two scenarios are presented for discussion.
Case Study: Using Crude Language in the Workplace
Stereotyping / Why words matter in the workplace.
Cyber Bully
Bullying through social media is discussed in this case study.
Just an Expression
Dealing with disrespectful comments by coworkers
Religion at Work
How to address prayer in the workplace
The ADA & Attendance
This case study covers dealing with attendance and tardiness with an employee covered by the ADA and the other employees impacted.
The ADA and Disability Discrimination
This case study covers the ADA and a case of being accused of not doing enough to accommodate an employee.
The Assistant
Insubordination and unprofessional behavior
The Company Outing
Being respectful of religious diversity
The Honeymooners
When a same-sex couple gets married
The Little People
When a leader uses demeaning language
SMART-START™ Employment Law: The Manager and The Law
A thought-provoking video that uses music,text and graphics to inspire and stimulate discussion about workplace legal issues.
SMART-START™ Retaliation: The Retaliation-Free Workplace
A thought-provoking video that uses music,text and graphics to inspire and stimulate discussion about preventing retaliation in the workplace and maintaining a culture of compliance.
It's the Law™ - Program Introduction
Explains the responsibility of managers to know the law and how it applies in their workplace
Discussion Card: Workplace Bullying for Managers
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Are you a bully boss? Does your management style promote a respectful workplace... or create fear and animosity? These easy-to-use cards provide a quick overview along with thought-provoking definitions and questions on effective ways to address and prevent workplace bullying. These cards are great for a quick training reminder, reinforcement or as a conversation generator.
Discussion Card: Workplace Bullying for Employees
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Recognizing and stopping all forms of harassment is an essential component of a respectful and innovative workplace. These easy-to-use cards provide a quick overview along with thought-provoking definitions on effective ways to address and prevent workplace bullying. These cards are great for a quick training reminder, reinforcement or as a conversation generator.
TrainingBytes® I Thought You Could Handle This!
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Retaliation in the workplace is illegal. All employees (managers included) must understand that workplace retaliation will kill productivity and could even lead to a costly lawsuit. Identifying and stopping retaliation must be top-of-mind in all organizations.
M.E.E.T.: Breaking New Ground.™ Respect and Inclusion in the Workplace
Based on the best-selling M.E.E.T. on Common Ground™, this program will provide your employees with the tools they need to understand and manage their behavior as it relates to others in the workplace. This powerful program uses highly relevant and realistic video scenarios involving common situations, such as inappropriate expressions and jokes, unconscious biases and gossip.
Sexual Harassment? You Decide.™ Real Situations for Discussion
Do your employees know the difference between borderline behavior and sexual harassment? Do they know how to handle borderline situations involving themselves or their coworkers? Using this program in mandatory annual training can help to reduce your organization’s risk from sexual harassment lawsuits. It’s a powerful tool to drive discussion, build awareness and prevent incidents of sexual harassment.
Preventing Retaliation in the Workplace: Recognize. Respond. Resolve.™
Unlawful retaliation can lead to time-consuming litigation and costly judgments. The courts continue to make it easier for employees to prevail in retaliation claims, and that means the risks—and your managers' responsibilities—will continue to grow. Reduce the risk of costly claims by preventing workplace retaliation.
Go Back to Where I Came From!
When employees are subjected to slurs and other negative behaviors based on legally protected status—like race, national origin, religion, age, disability and gender among others—the organization has an obligation to prevent and protect their employees from these types of behaviors, including behaviors on the part of non-employees, such as customers.
Way To Go Team... (a Sexual Harassment Situation for Discussion)
Slapping any employee on the butt is inappropriate workplace behavior and should not happen with any employee! Unwanted touching, swatting, rubbing or any other physical action of this type spells trouble in the workplace. It’s best to keep physical contact to a minimum and always on a professional level. For example, a fist bump is generally appropriate when offering congratulations.
Just Relax... (a Sexual Harassment Situation for Discussion)
Third-party sexual harassment occurs when someone outside of the employer's organization harasses an employee in or outside the workplace. Such third parties may include customers, vendors, consultants, or anyone that the employer has a business relationship with. This video also highlights the active bystander/ally concept.
Sexting... (a Sexual Harassment Situation for Discussion)
Joking can make the workplace fun, but it is also an area that can easily cross the line from being inappropriate to being illegal. People who work together sometimes engage in ‘harmless flirting’. As long as that behavior is welcome for those who are flirting, and those who are around to see it, it isn’t sexual harassment. When someone changes their mind, however, the welcomeness ends, and it’s time to stop.
The Spy... (a Sexual Harassment Situation for Discussion)
It’s important to remember that sexual harassment can take many forms. It can be verbal, as with jokes, comments, or propositions. It can be visual, as in written notes, cartoons, or objects. It can be electronic, as in e-mails, social media posts, and texts. And it can be physical, as with touching, gesturing, or leering and staring.
Scratch My Back... (a Sexual Harassment Situation for Discussion)
Quid pro quo sexual harassment occurs when an employee's supervisor, manager, or someone else in authority offers or suggests that an employee will be given something, such as a raise or promotion, in exchange for some sort of sexual favor. This also includes refusing someone a promotion.
The Honeymooner... (a Sexual Harassment Situation for Discussion)
Sexual jokes, innuendos or graphic stories could easily cross the line from simply inappropriate and unprofessional to unlawful... in a hurry! Understanding the line when it comes to workplace jokes is key to avoiding a sexual harassment lawsuit.
The Best Side... (a Sexual Harassment Situation for Discussion)
Sexual harassment can take place anywhere. Any gender can unlawfully harass another other gender. Women can harass men, women, and transgender people; men can harass women, men, and transgender people; and transgender people can harass men, women, and transgender people.
The Critique... (a Sexual Harassment Situation for Discussion)
Do your employees know the difference between unprofessional and illegal behavior and sexual harassment? Even when subtle in nature, comments, body language, and tone of voice that imply something sexual is not appropriate in the workplace.
While You're Down There... (a Sexual Harassment Situation for Discussion)
When a co-worker is constantly making sexual jokes and innuendos, then the inappropriate behavior is pervasive. If not addressed, the perpetrator (and the organization) could face charges of hostile work environment sexual harassment.
Preventing Workplace Bullying: How to Recognize and Respond to Bullies at Work™
This program is about recognizing and preventing bullying in the workplace. Bullying can happen in any size organization and in any department. Awareness is paramount. It is everyone's responsibility to prevent it.
Preventing Workplace Bullying: Manager's Module
A module specifically created for managers covering the bullying topic and how to address and prevent it in the workplace.
Workplace Bullying: The School Principal
A teacher takes necessary steps. Review Organizational Polices, Document actions and responses, Involve HR or management, Formalize complaint.
Workplace Bullying via Social Media/Email
An employee shares her story about co-worker bullying by teasing her about her weight.
Workplace Bullying Example in Healthcare Setting
Female shares her story about the head nurse bullying the newer nurse.
Allowing the Victim to Dictate Actions (from Legal Briefs™)
When it comes to harassment and discrimination cases, there are clear steps in how to address and investigate. Those rules should be defined in the organization's harassment prevention policies.
Dealing with Workplace Dating (from Legal Briefs™)
Workplace dating can be a tough topic to tackle... especially if it happens between managers and direct reports. Get in front of the situation by understanding the issues and how your harassment and discrimination policy guides your steps.
Did You Hear About...?
How many times have you found out something about somebody you work with and - you don't mean to – but you start treating the person differently. Believe it or not, that could end up being a bad thing. Gossip in the workplace usually ends up bad...for everyone.
Failing to Enforce Organizational Policy (from Legal Briefs™)
Failing to implement and especially failing to enforce your organization's harassment and discrimination prevention policies can lead to big problems for you... and the organization. This short video discusses the consequences of failing to enforce harassment prevention policies and procedures.
Failing to Prevent All Forms of Harassment (from Legal Briefs™)
The consequences of not preventing workplace harassment are just too detrimental. This short video outlines those very consequences of failing to prevent harassment and discrimination.
Gina's Fan (Employees)
Vignette shows co-worker sending email communications with sexually suggestive comments, requests, jokes, or internet links to sexually suggestive sites - creating a hostile work environment.
Nobody Will Ever Know
Many people have misconceptions about retaliation in the workplace. It is up to you, as a person in a leadership position, to recognize these behaviors and take appropriate action.
Perfect Storm
The implications of a manager taking action due to a fear of a claim of retaliation from an employee.
Recognizing & Stopping Harassment (from Legal Briefs™)
When it comes to preventing workplace harassment and discrimination, you need to recognize it... and quickly. This video outlines how to recognize and stop both.
That Wasn't a Smart Thing to Do...
Frequently cornering a coworker; isolation and intimidation. A good look at how intimidation might lead to more.
We Don't Want Him on Our Team!
We all bring our own view of the world into work every day. And sooner or later, we're going to work side-by-side with someone whose background and experiences are light-years different from ours. But treating somebody with anything less than professionalism and respect - for whatever reason – is a big mistake.
Be S.A.F.E. (Not Sorry) - Program Opening
Perspective on everyone's responsibility in preventing workplace violence. This video is an opening to the main program. It provides information that empowers employees to recognize and address workplace violence.
Introduction (from Legal Briefs™ Harassment & Discrimination)
This video provides a great introduction to the topic of avoiding harassment and discrimination lawsuits. It sets the stage for several situations and questions/answers to key legal landlines in the workplace.
Be S.A.F.E. (Not Sorry) - Program Conclusion
A review of what it takes to be safe in the workplace; the S.A.F.E. model explained.
Four Actions for Staying Out of Court (from Legal Briefs™ Harassment & Discrimination)
Working through legal landmines can be tough. Four key actions for staying out of a harassment & discrimination lawsuit are covered in this video.
It's Our Job to Prevent Unacceptable Workplace Behavior
Review how to avoid unprofessional, prohibited and illegal behaviors that can lead to workplace harassment and discrimination.
Scent-sitive Subjects
When a coworker's body odor and perfume have a negative impact on others
M.E.E.T. on Common Ground™ Key Tags (10-pack)
Just Added! A terrific way to reinforce the M.E.E.T. on Common Ground message and model. These new, laminated key tags feature the M.E.E.T. on Common Ground title on the front and the MEET model on the back.
Top 20 ProgramALL IN!™ Tackling Tough Workplace Diversity Dynamics
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A 2023 Telly Award Winner! Draw people in... not push them away! With the current focus on racial inequity and injustice, organizations - now more than ever - need to understand how workplace inequities and other key diversity dynamics impact their efforts to build a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace and culture. This new program focuses on the diversity dimension of race. By deepening awareness and understanding of race and racism, participants develop knowledge and skills that support and contribute to your organization’s overall diversity, equity and inclusion goals.
Equal Employment
Understanding the concept of "Equal Employment"; introduces the obligation to treat everyone fairly.
It's the Law™ - Program Conclusion
Summarizes the basic guidelines managers can use to avoid costly lawsuits and keep their organizations out of court.
M.E.E.T. on Common Ground™ - Speaking Up for Respect in the Workplace
Promote personal responsibility for creating respectful work environments. This program approaches sensitive issues without shame, blame or negative stereotyping and will show your employees where respect for differences makes common sense. Put into practice, this program can help improve the communication and relationships in your workplace.
Be S.A.F.E. (Not Sorry)™: Preventing Violence in the Workplace
Promote a safe work environment and prevent workplace violence. This course demonstrates practical—and even necessary—tools to help keep your company safe in today’s hectic and pressure-filled world. It illustrates situations that may pose very real threats to coworkers and to your organization.
Now That's a Masterpiece... (a Sexual Harassment Situation for Discussion)
What do you do when a co-worker (or employee) takes compromising pictures of fellow worker and decides to post them on social media? Are you prepared for the fallout? Understanding how this behavior could be the basis of disciplinary action and even a hostile environment sexual harassment lawsuit.
Let's M.E.E.T.™ Conflict Resolution Module
Help managers meet compliance standards for harassment-prevention training by using the M.E.E.T.™ model in everyday interactions.