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Build a comprehensive sexual harassment prevention training program

CLO Magazine

The modern workplace began to change in October 2017. That’s when the Harvey Weinstein story broke, spurring the #MeToo movement and new state laws designed to address the pervasive problem of sexual harassment in the workplace. For learning and human resources professionals, this trend poses a number of challenges.

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Year In Review - 2017

The Performance Improvement Blog

With the publication of my new book, Minds at Work: Managing for Success in the Knowledge Economy , I have continued to focus my blog posts on a manager’s role in supporting continuous learning for all employees in the workplace. And I have examined an employee’s responsibility for continuous learning in the Knowledge Economy.

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From bystander to upstander

CLO Magazine

We’ve mandated sexual harassment prevention training. Up until a couple years ago, anti-harassment training was usually organized in response to a specific incident or public moment. Then, in late 2017, #MeToo happened, and preventing inappropriate interactions at work became a front-and-center priority.

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Diversity Is Learning’s Business

CLO Magazine

In 2017, the #MeToo movement went viral, laying bare the scale of sexual harassment and abuse across the country, especially in the workplace. From Anti-Harassment to Unconscious Bias . A lack of understanding of inclusion leads to toxic work environments where harassment actually happens,” she said.

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Fewer Mentors, Bigger Problems

CLO Magazine

Specifically, the number of male managers who felt uncomfortable mentoring women went from 5 percent to 16 percent in late 2017 after the #MeToo movement went viral. Specifically, the number of male managers who felt uncomfortable mentoring women went from 5 percent to 16 percent in late 2017 after the #MeToo movement went viral.

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#MeToo: Movement or Moment?

CLO Magazine

The #MeToo movement went viral in October 2017. Today, it continues to spread awareness about sexual harassment and misconduct, but it appears little has been done by organization leaders to produce much substantial change in their workplaces. A new study by leadership training company VitalSmarts shows just that.

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The Sherlock Holmes effect

CLO Magazine

For nearly 60 years, organizations have used some form of diversity and inclusion training to increase awareness and sensitivity toward one another’s differences in race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and culture. Despite new strategies, repackaged training, fanciful phrases (e.g.,