Still Doing Video Training on Harassment? Might as Well Skip That Expense

 September 17, 2018

Still Doing Video Training on Harassment? Might as Well Skip That Expense

New research out of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine after a two-year period of exhaustive and academic study, finds that video training for harassment is ineffective. Not less effective, but  ineffective.

If you are still using this training method on this topic, you might as well spend your dollars on donuts for your crew. The National Academies – not known for a political or media bias – recommends intensive, live classroom training.

The report is worth a read – especially in a week where we saw two other titans fall over sexual harassment allegations. Both Les Moonves, CEO of CBS, and Jeff Fager, famed executive producer of 60 Minutes, resigned this week over sexual harassment allegations. Interestingly, both men were not only accused of inappropriate behavior themselves but also said to have failed to respond appropriately to other complaints of harassment in their bailiwicks, as well as generally tolerating environments hostile to women.

The second important point out of the new National Academies’ research was a strong recommendation that training go beyond the law on harassment and focus on values and civility.


What Should You Do?

1)  Read the report. It’s an in-depth look at how to change a culture, including numerous other suggestions not covered in this post.
2)  Go live. Forget the 30-minute video. If you are going to do training, do it right. Go to our website for more suggestions about what effective training includes.
3)  Include values and civility. A civil workplace is a higher standard than the law requires. If you are encouraging and enforcing civility, you are not going to have to worry about ending up in the legal ditch.

 

What Do You Think?

What kinds of harassment training have you found to be effective? Email or call us with your thoughts.

Did You Know

All of our harassment training includes in-depth live presentations, discussions and interactive exercises, as well as an emphasis on civility.
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