Why choosing the wrong harassment training exacerbates employee relations problems

BRADENTON, Fla. - Oct. 30, 2014 - PRLog -- Pretty much everyone has either been bullied at work or has witnessed bullying. Harassment in the workplace is illegal under both federal and state law, and yet, harassment, bullying and retaliation continue despite mandated training on the topic.

Part of the problem, according to author and instructor Jennifer Hancock, is that the trainings we provide are directed to the wrong people and don’t teach them anything useful. “Most training is legal based, when what we really need is behavioral based training.” Jennifer adds “if employee relations professionals don’t know about how to stop bullying causes they will to fail to address the underlying behavior problem. As a result, they unintentionally exacerbate the problem.”

According to Jennifer, “Harassment is a behavioral problem. It requires a behavioral solution.”  Not all harassment training is alike. While legal trainings are important, they are often directed at the wrong people and fail to teach the actual victims how to get their bully to stop.”

Nearly everyone has experienced legal based harassment training and nearly everyone finds such programs useless wastes of time. They are done for compliance reasons, not with any hope that they can help change the corporate culture. Jennifer’s online courses are behaviorally based and designed to teach the right people the how to make the behavior to stop.

Jennifer’s new Stop Bullying in our Workplace suite of online courses provide the behavioral training required to help staff and supervisors actually fix the problem of bullying and harassment in the workplace. The courses are provided through Jennifer’s company – Humanist Learning Systems and include HRCI approved e-courses for employee relations professionals as well as a variety staff and supervisor training options.

Course Information

Jennifer offers a variety of programs for HR professionals, Employee Relations managers as well as staff trainings (including AB 1825 compliant training) and programs for parents of kids who are being bullied. Learn more at: https://humanistlearning.com/category/bullyingharassment/

Instructor information:

Jennifer Hancock is the author of The Bully Vaccine and founder of Humanist Learning Systems. Her approach to bullying is unique in that she teaches the science of HOW to get a bully to stop using operant conditioning. She is available for scheduled interviews.