Awareness and Prevention
Quintessential Issues on Sexual Harassment

The best of all possible worlds is a workplace free of all kinds of harassing behavior by employees, both managerial and staff. Safety in the workplace first and foremost means no harm, and that means prevention. In this less than perfect world, it is necessary to have ways to address problems that persist as we work towards that ideal.

Quintessential Issues on Sexual Harassment is part of the Professional Development Series from Quintessential Management, Inc. This half-day or full-day program educates employees as to how damaging sexual harassment is to your work environment; the program creates an atmosphere which facilitates interaction, and a new awareness and a healthier understanding concerning acceptable behavior in an organization. Quintessential Issues on Sexual Harassment is the perfect program to assist managers and staff in talking about the difficult issues that affect everyone in today's workplace.

Learning Objectives

• Significantly increase participant's knowledge of policies and procedures.
• Develop a significantly greater consensus on the definition and perception of what constitutes sexual harassment.
• Increase the perception of the participants concerning the commitment of management to prevention.
• Provide a safe environment for employees to share and listen to each other's perceptions and experiences.
• Assist individuals and management in developing skills for handling incidents and for prevention of Sexual Harassment.

Seminar Topics

• What is Sexual Harassment?
• Assist in Developing Common Definition of What Constitutes Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Harassment Myths
• The Effects of Sexual Harassment
  • Psychological Reactions
  • Physiological Reactions
  • Career-Related Effect
• EEOC Investigative Process
• Re-establishing Trust – In Co-Workers and in the Organization

• Clarify and Explain Organization Policies and Procedures

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