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Managing Generations: M.E.E.T. for Respect in the Workplace™ (eLearning Signature)
With four generations now active in the workforce, leaders are faced with managing an array of misunderstandings, frustrations and conflicts that can put pressure on productivity. To be effective, leaders need a better grasp of how generational differences impact working relationships and how to manage appropriately for results.
Preventing Workplace Bullying: How to Recognize and Respond to Bullies at Work (eLearning Program)
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. There is also a manager eLearning course available.
Sexual Harassment… It’s Not Enough to Know Better (For Employees)
You, our employees, are the first line of defense against sexual harassment. This new course provides the education and guidance to help employees rise to the challenge of preventing, recognizing, and reporting sexual harassment in the workplace.
Sexual Harassment… It’s Not Enough to Know Better (For Managers)
Managers and supervisors are held to a higher legal standard in sexual harassment cases. It’s Not Enough to Know Better provides the education, guidance, and authority to help managers rise to the challenge of preventing, recognizing, and reporting sexual harassment in the workplace.
Without Regard… (For Managers)
Without Regard… is designed to be a brief but effective overview of workplace discrimination for managers & supervisors - and is now in our eLearning Signature format! To avoid the high cost of workplace discrimination, organizations and their employees must know what is and isn’t discrimination, as well as what actions to take if discrimination occurs.
WorkSmarts™: How to Get Along, Get Noticed and Get Ahead (eLearning Signature)
Success isn’t just about the job you do—it’s also about how you do it. Communicating effectively, working well with others, staying positive and flexible in the face of change —these are essentials for helping new employees become productive as quickly as possible.
TrainingBriefs® Hurtful Conversations
Insensitive remarks about an overweight co-worker can lead to the perception of harassment. Discussions with co-workers that ridicule or disrespect anyone because of a protected class status can be offensive and lead to an accusation of discriminatory harassment.
Got Respect?® It’s All About Respect (for Managers)
We all need to have a greater understanding of respect and its impact in the workplace... especially when it comes to humor in the workplace. That includes recognizing behaviors that could be viewed as disrespectful, and how managers can hold others accountable for their actions. Actions and behaviors that stereotype a person or group is simply not acceptable in today's workplace.
Got Respect?® The Respectful Workplace
In today’s diverse workplace, good interpersonal skills are needed to maximize productivity and minimize misunderstandings. We gain by treating others with respect and building good rapport with our co-workers. After completing this course, you will have a greater understanding of respect and its impact in the workplace.
A.C.T. with Integrity™ Real Situations for Discussion (eLearning Course)
Equip employees to make the right choices in tough ethical situations. This updated eLearning course will help your employees learn how to recognize the most common business ethics and compliance situations they face every day. It provides a clear, easy-to-use model that will help them think things through to arrive at the most appropriate choice of action to take, ensuring the integrity of your organization.
TrainingBriefs® Embracing Other Cultures (Cinco de Mayo)
Understanding standing and embracing other cultures is a key part of creating an inclusive workplace free of bias and stereotypes. This course provides an overview of the Mexican holiday – Cinco de Mayo. People outside Mexico often mistakenly believe that Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of Mexican independence, which was declared more than a half century before the Battle of Puebla.
Drawing the Line: Creating a Respectful & Harassment-Free Workplace™ (2-Hour Mgr/Sup Version)
Completely Updated! A detailed course on harassment and discrimination prevention that addresses the requirements found in AB1825, AB2053, SB396 and CA FEHA requirements. This course consists of 12 modules and is designed especially for supervisors & managers. Workplace bullying (abusive conduct) and gender discrimination are also discussed and addressed in this course.
ENOUGH!™ The Consequences of Sexual Harassment (eLearning for Managers)
Understanding the deep consequences of workplace sexual harassment is paramount to preventing it. Managers and supervisors are held to a higher legal standard in sexual harassment cases. ENOUGH! is an interactive course providing the education, guidance and authority to help managers rise to the challenge of preventing, recognizing and reporting sexual harassment in the workplace. The active bystander concept is also covered. When it comes to workplace sexual harassment... enough is ENOUGH!
Let's T.A.L.K.™ Navigating the Difficult Discussions (eLearning)
Designed specifically to assist managers and supervisors in dealing with tough workplace situations, this interactive course provides five difficult scenarios that managers often face when dealing with employees and each scenario utilizes an easy-to-use, four-step process for working through the employee situation.
L.E.A.D. with Integrity™: Promoting a Culture of Ethical Conduct and Compliance (eLearning Signature)
How do you turn a Code of Conduct into a living, breathing part of your organization? Enlist the active, committed involvement of every leader! This eLearning course helps managers and supervisors step up to the daily task of promoting ethical conduct and ensuring compliance.
Pandemic Hangover™ Maintaining a Respectful Workplace (eLearning Program)
This course will give you with practical skills for recognizing and responding to tough situations you may face within the workplace after a health scare or pandemic, as well as understanding the importance of new standards and policies (e.g. social distancing) put in place to keep the workplace safe.
PREVAIL!® Armed Intruder/Active Shooter Training (Advantage - Manager)
You’re a leader within your organization. Others look to you as a mentor and guide - day to day … and especially in times of need. One of the times you may be asked to lead is when the unthinkable happens. The preparation you take now – and the steps you help others around you take – will help increase the chances of prevailing during an armed intruder/active shooter situation.
The Consequences of Sexual Harassment™ (DE Employee)
Specific for Delaware State Sexual Harassment Training Requirements! This course is strategically designed to deeply engage each learner - with a realistic view of workplace harassment and the fallout associated with a non-compliant culture. Using realistic and dramatic videos, character interviews and interactive components, this new course helps participants become more aware of the personal consequences surrounding sexual harassment and identify what they should do if they experience or witness a sexual harassment situation.
Got Diversity & Inclusion?™ Rethinking Racial Diversity (for Employees)
In today’s global economy, organizations must attract and retain a high-performing diverse workforce in order to thrive. This course focuses specifically on rethinking racial diversity. By the end of this module, you will be able to identify behaviors which show inclusion and respect and the actions to take to encourage others to show respectful, inclusive behavior.
Being F.A.I.R.™ Understanding the Power of Cultural Competence (eLearning)
Promote inclusion and cultural competency in the workplace. Diversity can be defined as the unique characteristics of all of the various groups who make up your business environment (such as customers, managers, employees, suppliers and other stakeholders). Managing diversity is about recognizing and responding effectively to the similarities and differences among all groups that make up the organization.
Legal Briefs™ Family and Medical Leave Act
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides employees with health problems and family challenges the opportunity to deal with those issues without having to worry about the impact on their careers. Managers and organizations need to be aware of the purpose and benefits of the FMLA and make sure they are correctly communicating and interpreting the law to employees.
Training Briefs® Harmful Gossip
Maintaining a respectful workplace is critical to your organization’s success. How do you work with an employee who gossips and spreads rumors which have been detrimental to some working relationships?
Training Briefs® Never Gonna Move Up
Stereotyping is an all-too-common problem in the world today and is absolutely unacceptable in our organization. However, that does not mean it doesn’t still happen. We must listen to and validate our employees concerns and act on them. Doing anything else might lead to deeper issues – up to and including legal & compliance impacts.
Training Briefs® One for The Ages
Our workplace is full of employees with valuable life experiences and ideas. It’s important to recognize and appreciate the knowledge, perspectives, and experiences that team members of all ages bring to the table. This course explores how a manager deals with an unexpected derogatory comment directed towards a fellow employee regarding their age.
Training Briefs® This Is What I Expect
You have an employee who works hard but doesn’t get the results you want. You’ve discovered the problem is the employee doesn’t understand what’s expected to do the job correctly. How do you work with an employee who doesn’t understand expectations?
TrainingBriefs® Creating a Respectful Workplace
Having fun at work is okay, but playing to stereotypes - even when it’s meant as just a joke - isn’t funny. It could be perceived as ridicule, and if that happens, it could be seen as creating a hostile environment. As a manager, it's important to quickly address inappropriate workplace behavior before it turns into a larger issue for the organization.
TrainingBriefs® Dealing with Angry Customers
Customers get rude or angry for a variety of reasons—some justified, some not. And it’s very likely you’ll encounter rude or angry individuals at one time or another. It’s how you respond that can make the difference between a customer who feels satisfied with the resolution and one who vows never to patronize our business again. This course explores strategies for dealing with an irate customer.
TrainingBriefs® Disability Discrimination
Creating a respectful and inclusive workplace is vital to the success of our organization. But let’s say an employee comes to you and complains that they’ve been discriminated against because of their disability. What do you do?
TrainingBriefs® Doesn't Have the Skills
There are times, when employees don’t perform their jobs up to our expectations for a variety of reasons. It’s your job, as a manager, to communicate and reinforce those expectations and find appropriate solutions, when those expectations are not met. How do you work with an employee who is not performing up to your expectations?
TrainingBriefs® Embracing Other Cultures (Christmas)
Understanding and embracing other cultures is a key part of creating an inclusive workplace free of bias and stereotypes. This course provides an overview of the Christian holiday – Christmas. Christmas is the holiday that many Christians associate with the birth of Jesus Christ. It’s a celebration that typically takes place on December 25th in many countries around the world, particularly in Christian communities.
TrainingBriefs® Embracing Other Cultures (Diwali)
Understanding standing and embracing other cultures is a key part of creating an inclusive workplace free of bias and stereotypes. This course provides an overview of the international holiday – Diwali. Also known as the Festival of Lights, Diwali is one of the most popular and widely celebrated festivals in India and other countries with large Hindu populations. It's typically celebrated in late October or early November, according to the Hindu lunar calendar, and lasts for five days.
TrainingBriefs® Embracing Other Cultures (Hanukkah)
Understanding and embracing other cultures is a key part of creating an inclusive workplace free of bias and stereotypes. This course provides an overview of the Jewish holiday – Hanukkah. Also known as the Festival of Lights, it's an international holiday that is celebrated for eight days and nights, typically falling in late November or December.
TrainingBriefs® Embracing Other Cultures (Ramadan)
Understanding and embracing other cultures is a key part of creating an inclusive workplace free of bias and stereotypes. This course provides an overview of the Muslim holiday – Ramadan. Ramadan, one of the holiest months on the Islamic calendar, is observed by Muslims worldwide. It is a time for spiritual reflection, self-improvement, and devotion to God (Allah).
TrainingBriefs® Gathering Competitive Information
Ethics concern an individual's moral judgments about right and wrong. Decisions taken within an organization may be made by individuals or groups, but whoever makes them will be influenced by the culture of the company. One area of concern within many organizations is the gathering of competitive information. Collecting information about your competitors makes good business sense. However, you must do so in an ethical and reasonable way. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. If you ever find yourself in this situation, it helps to know how to act.
TrainingBriefs® I Can Hear You!
New Micro-Learning! People with disabilities live normal, happy lives and most of the time are very independent and self-sufficient. Don’t offend someone by assuming that they cannot do something or that they have to have your help, rather be willing to offer if it is desired. These stereotypes often lead to bias. Embracing our differences… as well accepting each other… are key components to creating a respectful and inclusive workplace where we all want to participate… and stay!
TrainingBriefs® I Had to Say Something!
Stereotypes and biases have not place at work. They can (and do) creep into our conversations and influence our actions. When we hear or witness these types of statements, we need to speak up and drive conversation around the impact (even if the intent was not to hurt a co-worker). If we don't, they can easily lead to misunderstandings and reinforced stereotypes. Speaking up is an important part of creating and maintaining a respectful work environment.
TrainingBriefs® I’m Not Gonna Work Extra Hours
We all have a lot of things to get done during the day. As a manager or supervisor, you are charged with delegating those tasks to your team throughout the day. But you have an employee who won’t stay after hours or come in early when it’s needed. The position requires this kind of flexibility. What do you do?
TrainingBriefs® Religious Discrimination
Creating a respectful and inclusive workplace is vital to the success of our organization. Religious discrimination is illegal. All claims of religious discrimination must be taken seriously and properly addressed to ensure that this does not happen in the workplace. But let’s say an employee comes to you and complains that they’ve been discriminated against because of their religion. What do you do?
TrainingBriefs® Unacceptable Mistakes
There are times, when employees don’t perform their jobs up to our expectations for a variety of reasons. It’s your job, as a manager or supervisor, to communicate and reinforce those expectations and find appropriate solutions, when those expectations are not met. You have discovered an employee who makes an unacceptable number of mistakes. What do you do?
TrainingBriefs® Why Creating a Sense of Belonging Matters
Belonging is that feeling of security and support - a sense of inclusion and acceptance within a group. It’s when an individual can bring their authentic self to work. By creating genuine feelings of belonging for all, an organization improves both engagement and performance. In today's increasingly diverse workplace, it's more important than ever for organizations to cultivate a culture of belonging. That’s a place in which all employees feel included, respected, and valued, regardless of their race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, or any other personal characteristic. When employees feel like they belong, they are more likely to be engaged, motivated, and committed to their work, which benefits our organization as a whole.
TrainingBriefs® Why Respect Matters
Respect sets the tone for the overall organizational culture. A culture of respect promotes fairness, integrity, and ethical behavior, which strengthens our organization's values and identity. When workplace respect is prioritized and consistently practiced, it creates a positive, inclusive, and supportive environment, leading to increased job satisfaction, productivity, and overall well-being of the workforce.
Got Compliance?™ The Hostile Work Environment
One of the realities of today’s workplace is the potential for violence, and as a manager, you must be able to effectively respond to situations that create a hostile work environment. You are responsible for providing a safe workplace for all your employees so you need the skills to deal with the risks that exist in managing people.
A.C.T. with Integrity™: Real Situations for Discussion (eLearning Advantage)
Most organizations operate at a fast pace—which means real choices have to be made quickly by employees every day. And every time they make a choice, they hold the future well-being of your organization in their hands. This highly interactive course will help your employees learn how to recognize the most common business ethics and compliance situations they face every day.
Managing Generation Y: Recruit, Engage, Retain™: An Advantage eLearning Course
With four generations in the workforce today, there are both challenges and opportunities to working on multi-generational teams. This course will help you understand how to recruit, engage, and retain Generation Y, the next generation of people entering our workforce.
TrainingBriefs® The Post-Pandemic Workplace
New Micro-Learning! Returning to the office raises a lot of questions. It’s everyone’s job to make sure we create a workplace that is safe and respectful! During these trying times, communication will go a long way towards reducing fear and unfounded rumor/gossip. As we progress, you might see new changes. New policies. New procedures implemented within our workplace.
TrainingBriefs® The Greatest Generation?
New Micro-Learning! Having a diverse workplace is very important. But until we are inclusive – meaning that we truly include and respect others - we are wasting an opportunity to leverage the power of that diversity. We can make assumptions (and stereotypes) about people based on their age… like younger people will be much better at embracing and using technology when compared to those that are older.
ATTITUDE!™ Resolving Difficult Situations in the Workplace (eLearning Signature)
Unless you're a psychologist, no one really likes to deal with a difficult attitude... If we're really truthful, most of us would rather walk on hot coals before we'd confront one of those bad apples who are making our lives miserable at work. But did you ever stop to think about what kind of price we're paying for that self-imposed misery? This interactive course helps by providing a 5-step process to tackling difficult situations.
Legal Briefs™ Substance Abuse: The Manager's Role in Creating & Maintaining a Drug-free Workplace
We have a responsibility to understand and communicate to employees the organization’s policy on substance use or abuse in the workplace. This course contains critical information on the things you need to be aware of in terms of how substance use and abuse in the workplace impacts you as a manager, your employees and your organization.
Conflict 101™ (eLearning Signature)
If you're like most people... you never really give much thought to conflict... you just deal with it. You either fight...take flight or...simply freeze. In other words, you argue or yell your way through it... avoid it all together... or you just don't know what to say or do. Conflict is simply a part of life - and that's especially true in the workplace. Conflict 101™ is the perfect program to cut through the nonsense and get straight to the point of conflict resolution.
Smart Leadership: Conducting Legal Interviews™ (eLearning Signature)
Keeping interviewers up to date on legal interviewing practices is invaluable to your organization. Court costs and legal fees as well as time off the job can cost your organization both money and bad publicity. This course is designed to educate you on how to create and ask legally defensible pre-employment questions based upon a structured behavioral based interview that will help you hire the right person and stay out of court.
Taking TIME to Lead™
As a supervisor or manager, you’re responsible for yourself and others. Your role is vital to the success of the organization. Your leadership impacts morale, teamwork, collaboration, respect, inclusion, innovation, quality… and the list goes on... This powerful course provides an effective model for leading through workplace issues and conflict.
TrainingBriefs® Micro-Inequities in the Workplace
No matter what the words we say, our actual communication (what others understand about and from us) is influenced by our expression, gestures and tone of voice. In fact, research has shown that only a small percentage of the brain processes verbal communication. Micro-inequities are repeated, subtle, often unconscious messages that devalue or discourage. Our focus on workforce diversity and inclusion underscores the importance of demonstrating respect for individual differences, such as personal styles, work habits, physical characteristics and life circumstances.
A.C.E. It!™ How to Solve Tough Workplace Problems (eLearning Course)
Help individuals and teams quickly confront and solve workplace problems. Use the A.C.E. Model - a set of logical and intuitive steps that enable participants to coach employees in the resolution of problems that otherwise would adversely affect productivity, morale, and job satisfaction.
Conflict Clock™ for Managers & Supervisors
Put the kibosh on conflict! This new eLearning course gives managers a new perspective on understanding and resolving conflict. Conflict Clock™ for managers will give you a quick reinforcement and a model for successfully resolving workplace conflict.
Everybody Wins: How to Turn Conflict into Collaboration (eLearning Program)
Conflict is everywhere. It’s natural and unavoidable. Conflict is something we all deal with in one form or another every day. The problem is that many of us don’t deal with it well. It’s important to realize that conflict isn’t always a negative experience. It depends on how we view it, our own skills at handling it and our ability to deal with it.
Generations: M.E.E.T. for Respect in the Workplace™
Minimize conflict and strengthen collaboration among all generations! This new course is designed to prepare you for working with generational differences in real-world situations. Every organization in the United States is experiencing a new set of workplace dynamics based upon the phenomenon of four generations working together—either in its own workplace or in its client, customer and supplier base.
Get the Whole Picture™: Asking Probing Questions in a Behavioral-Based Interview
This course was created for people who are already familiar with basic behavior-based interviewing. It is an advanced workshop-format designed to significantly improve probing skills. Developed in collaboration with Dr. Paul Green, a leading industrial psychologist and behavioral-based interviewing expert, this course enables participants to identify their personal probing style and then practice five effective probing strategies.
Preventing Workplace Bullying: How to Recognize and Respond to Bullies at Work - for Managers
This program for managers 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.
The Oh Series™ Ethics & Transparency (eLearning)
Price fixing. Bid rotation. Bribery. When we’re faced with a decision that involves right and wrong choices, sometimes it's tough to figure out what's the best decision in a given situation. In this program, we're going to look at some examples of ethical situations that can make a person say “OH?...”
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics (The Complete Series eLearning)
The complete Oh Series situations in one course! When we’re faced with a decision that involves right and wrong choices at home or at work, sometimes it's hard to figure out what's the best decision in a given situation. This complete course covers 12 tricky ethical situations that make you go... "OH?!?"
Without Regard… (For Employees)
To avoid the high cost of workplace discrimination, organizations and their employees must know what is and isn’t discrimination, as well as what actions to take if discrimination occurs. Without Regard… is designed to be a brief but effective overview of workplace discrimination for employees - and is now in our eLearning Signature format!
TrainingBriefs® Accepting Your New Role
New Micro-Learning! Being a manager, supervisor or team leader can be an extremely rewarding position. It also is challenging, and, at times, frustrating to be caught between your team and the management team you report to. In especially challenging times, keep in mind that you were selected because of your skills and potential that people higher up in the organization recognize in you.
TrainingBriefs® Communicating with Difficult Employees
In conversations with employees that may be somewhat challenging, it’s important for you to have some strong communication skills. Asking good questions is one such skill. Communicating with an employee who may be defensive requires you to model an open, questioning stance - we can call it the learning stance.
TrainingBriefs® Diverse Work Ethics
One of the most common management challenges involves how to effectively manage all kinds of different people, not just people who look and think as we do. With the influx of millions of Millennial and Gen Z employees, understanding the differences across generations in the workplace has become a huge focus for supervisors, managers, and HR professionals.
TrainingBriefs® Embracing Respect
Respect is about treating people the way they want to be treated. It means establishing and maintaining a work environment that is free of offensive practices and conditions. If disrespectful conduct and disparaging remarks come up, they are addressed quickly and effectively. Respect is also about speaking positively about the organization, even during times of crisis – focusing on why you originally came to work here and why you are staying.
TrainingBriefs® Empowered Leadership
As a leader, your ability to manage workforce performance effectively is the single most important factor in attracting and retaining motivated, productive, and loyal employees. You may have taken the time to build great relationships with your employees. So, you might ask yourself, “How do I maintain those relationships on a daily basis?”
TrainingBriefs® Interviewing: Probing Techniques
During an interview, when a candidate's answer is a generality, self-promotional, not behavioral, isn’t complete or the candidate’s non-verbals don’t match what the candidate is saying, follow-up with behavioral probes to draw out more information. You discover that the specifics the candidate gives can be linked to job requirements.
TrainingBriefs® It’s A Free Country, Right?
This course takes a look at how the First Amendment Free Speech Right applies differently at work than in public. You will observe the reactions among coworkers when one of them starts playing music that the others find offensive. As you work through the course, ask yourself, could a conversation like this impact the employees ability to work together?
TrainingBriefs® Maintaining Confidentiality
Maintaining confidentiality at the workplace is of utmost importance in today’s competitive world to ensure that information about customers, clients, and employees is safe. But… there might be times that we may find ourselves in an awkward situation that could lead to the compromise of such information.
TrainingBriefs® Recruiting & Hiring: Protected Groups
New Micro-Learning! In this course, we'll cover that concept that almost everyone could be in a protected group based on race, national origin, religion, gender, age, or disability. So, there are some important things regarding recruiting and hiring that you need to remember.
TrainingBriefs® Resolving Sales Problems
New Micro-Learning! In an ideal world, everyone - sales, support and service - would all be highly connected. Everyone would know all the details about a customer account and everything would go off without a hitch. But, as we all know, the reality is misunderstandings, mistakes and problems happen. What's important is how you handle the situation. The truth is, how you recover from a problem can be a major factor in keeping that customer's business.
TrainingBriefs® Respecting Generational Differences
New Micro-Learning! The average work environment now might have up to four generations under one roof. That said, the old dog and the young pup need to work harmoniously in order to get things done. While these totally different generational viewpoints and approaches to work can undoubtedly be beneficial, they can also be somewhat challenging to navigate.
TrainingBriefs® That’s Offensive!
New Micro-Learning! So, how can we maintain respectful work relationships when someone uses a term or phrase that is offensive to others in the workplace? Diversity moments are often unintended, occur when we least expect, and can leave us surprised, confused, embarrassed, guilty, fearful, frustrated or uncertain. When you overhear a situation where one person has inadvertently made an insulting remark, you may decide to intervene.
TrainingBriefs® The Competitive Advantage of Diversity & Inclusion
New Micro-Learning! Diversity within your organization and teams is a given. It simply exists. But… creating an inclusive team environment that values diversity helps you achieve your organization’s goals – both cultural and financial!
TrainingBriefs® The No…No…No! Boss
One of the first things we have to do when dealing with a bad attitude is decide whether it's worth our time… especially if it's somebody you have to interact with every day... including a manager, supervisor or boss.
TrainingBriefs® The Tough Conversation
When differences get in the way of peer-to-peer relationships at work, everyone loses. The challenge is that we sometimes expect people to see things the same way we do. And when they don't, we get frustrated, we get angry, or we just get fed up and walk away.
TrainingBriefs® There’s No “I” in Team
Most people don’t intentionally come to work with a bad or difficult attitude. The problem is a lot of people don’t understand - or they forget - how our attitudes affect the people around us. When these situations do arise, all it really takes is a gentle reminder that what they're doing has an impact on the rest of us.
TrainingBriefs® Too Old, Huh?
Making employment decisions such as promotions and reporting relationships, because you think an employee is too old can get you and the organization into a lot of trouble. This might lead to an adverse employee action. Age is a protected class under federal law.
TrainingBriefs® Workplace Gossip & Rumors
So why do people start gossip and spread rumors? Much of it has to do with our need to make sense of what's happening around us. To understand what's going on, people talk to one-another. And, together, they fill in the holes in the story with a little bit of fact – and a lot of guesswork or subtle innuendo.
Got Diversity & Inclusion?™ Cultural Competence (An Overview)
This new course will help users identify the conceptual levels of cultural competence - the ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds. Users will also be able to identify the elements of the MEET™ model, which will help them resolve misunderstandings and differences – thus helping you maintain relationships.
Got Diversity & Inclusion?™ The Diversity Moment
Differences in culture contribute to the rich vibrancy of our country’s own unique make-up. These differences can present challenges in the workplace, however. People's communication styles and ways of relating to others are influenced by their cultural heritage, which can create issues in the workplace.
Got Respect?® The Gender Difference
This eLearning course focuses on the common, everyday interactions between men and women in the workplace and the importance of creating an environment that is respectful to both genders. By the end of this module, you will be able to identify the impact your actions and behaviors have on others and the importance of personal responsibility in promoting respect in the workplace.
Got Respect?® Understanding Exclusive Behaviors
A sense of belonging is a natural, basic need. By the end of this module, you will be able to identify and understand exclusive behaviors and the effects they have on the work environment.
LearningBytes® Diversity 101 - The PC Police Are Here™
Many expressions of disrespect have histories that explain why these expressions are offensive. These histories aren't always known or understood, sometimes even by the people affected. Since there is no way we can always know what may trigger a “diversity moment,” any one of us may encounter one at any time. When that happens, everyone can take responsibility for addressing the situation and maintaining the work relationship.
ENOUGH!™ Sexual Harassment Situations for Discussion (eLearning)
Most of us know that we all share a responsibility for preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. But one of the challenges is recognizing it first. It's not enough to understand the legal definition alone… we have to know what sexual harassment looks like in the real world… and its consequences on each other… and the organization.
Workplace Inclusion - Navigating Through Difficult Times™ (eLearning Course)
Organizations are navigating a broad range of post-pandemic issues that span from keeping you and your customers safe to re-configuring business operations and getting things to a 'new' normal. This course is designed to provide you with practical inclusionary skills for recognizing and responding to tough situations you may face or witness within the workplace after a health scare or pandemic - as well as understanding the importance of new standards and policies (e.g. social distancing) put in place to keep the workplace safe.
Mandated Reporting - Child Abuse and Neglect (California)
California AB 1963 Requirements for Front-Line Managers/Employees! Your role as a mandated reporter has a huge impact in the lives of abused or neglected children. Being on the front line and quickly reporting abuse or neglect can literally mean the difference between life and death of a child.
TrainingBriefs® Excessive Socializing
Empower your management team! Being a manager or supervisor is a fulfilling role. But as you know, there are times where you’ll need to tackle tough situations. When it comes to working with an employee who socializes instead of working, you need to clarify the employee’s role and expectations in your own mind, and then clearly and specifically relay those expectations to the employee.
TrainingBriefs® It’s That Time Again
Ever hear inappropriate gender-based jokes or comments in the workplace? Unfortunately, the sometimes subtle nature of what constitutes harassment and discrimination can make it difficult to identify. Using a dramatic example taken from a real life situation, this interactive program provides a realistic scenario intended to generate discussion regarding what behaviors constitute inappropriate behavior at work.
TrainingBriefs® I’m Not Biased
Biases are the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, perceptions and decisions. Going deeper, bias also refers to the persistent, harmful, and unequal treatment of someone based solely on some characteristic they possess or their apparent membership in or identification with a particular group. Stereotype is often defined as a generalized belief about a particular category of people. An example of a stereotype might be “All Asians are good at math.”
TrainingBriefs® She’s Asian, Right!
New Micro-Learning! Blaming an Asian employee for a world-wide pandemic based on their heritage makes no sense. Biases and stereotypes (including racism) based on national origin or heritage can lead to unfounded and negative comments and actions that can ruin relationships and reputations. Standing up as a ally (active bystander) is a powerful way to educate others and call out explicit bias.
TrainingBriefs® There Is More We Can Do!
It's not rocket science... or is it? By treating our customers right and going above and beyond, we can create a relationship that lasts for years to come. These returning customers will choose us over any competitor if given a choice, allowing our business to grow and creating more opportunities for our employees.
TrainingBriefs® Understanding Good Mental Health
New Micro-Learning! Good mental health could have a different meaning to each of us, but it’s generally defined as the ability to think, feel, and respond in ways that we need and want to in order to live our lives as fully and independently as possible. It also means that we're able to cope with daily stresses all the while accomplishing personal goals. Good mental health doesn't mean that we always feel happy or that you never have bad moods or bad days.
TrainingBriefs® Employee Who Resists Change
A change has been made in your area and, unfortunately, an employee is not accepting the change. What do you do? This course provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.
TrainingBriefs® Addressing Substance Abuse
Being a manager or supervisor is a fulfilling role. But as you know, there are times where you’ll need to tackle tough situations. When it comes to working with an employee who is suspected of substance abuse, you must remember to proceed carefully. You need to clarify the employee’s role and expectations in your own mind, and then clearly and specifically relay those expectations to the employee.
TrainingBriefs® Consistently Late Employee
Your employees are being paid to do the best job possible during work hours. Failure to do so due to consistently being late disrupts their productivity, and it also disrupts the work of other employees. You have an employee who has been consistently late for work. What do you do?
TrainingBriefs® Discussing a Low Raise
Whoever said that managing others was easy? For instance, an employee complains to you that their raise was less than expected. You need to take time to address the issue. How do you work with an employee who is dealing with anger because of a lower-than-expected pay raise?
TrainingBriefs® Gender Discrimination
An employee comes to you and complains that they have been discriminated against because of gender. What do you do? Being a manager or supervisor is a fulfilling role. But as you know, there are times where you’ll need to tackle tough situations. When it comes to working with an employee who feels they’ve been discriminated against, don’t immediately dismiss the situation. Listen fully to the accuser’s story and ask for specific examples of what was done and said. Be empathic.
TrainingBriefs® Inappropriate Dress
An employee is coming to work in clothes that are inappropriate for the workplace. What do you do? This course provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.
TrainingBriefs® Just Asking
Do your employees know the difference between unprofessional and illegal behavior and sexual harassment? Could they recognize how an unwelcome pursuit can become harassing behavior? What if it was a manager pursuing an employee? Inappropriate or illegal?