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Is Your Sexual Harassment Training Designed to Drive a Culture of Change?

Interactive Services

The quotation above comes from a former intern to Jeff Kruse, the Oregon State Senator who resigned in 2018 after allegations of sexual misconduct made against him were published. She also told lawmakers about how difficult it was to report the incidents of sexual harassment, and how coming forward had cost her her career in the building.

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Stop talking training and start talking value

CLO Magazine

Applied in the context of learning and development, if an intervention is provided by the L&D function, involves instruction and learners, then it is “training.” This is an unfortunate truth, because to external appearances, most training does indeed look the same. Like ducks, such programs look a lot alike.

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Toxic work culture: Why employees hesitate to speak up

TalentLMS

And this is why people are now more willing than ever to quit their jobs, leading to high employee turnover rates for organizations. According to a survey conducted by Careerplug , “72% of employees have left a job because of a toxic workplace, and 51% said they plan on leaving their current job for the same reason.”

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Employee Retention: Answering Why Employees Leave their Jobs

KnowledgeCity

Why Good Employees Leave Their Jobs. Due to the sheer volume of interaction, the way employees relate to management and to each other plays an important role in how long they remain at a job. A thoughtful, caring managerial attitude reassures employees that they are on a meaningful career path. Sexual harassment.

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From bystander to upstander

CLO Magazine

We’ve mandated sexual harassment prevention training. But nearly three years after #MeToo, studies show that these efforts still might not make any difference in workplace culture and attitudes. Up until a couple years ago, anti-harassment training was usually organized in response to a specific incident or public moment.

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What a toxic workplace looks like — and how to change that

TalentLMS

That makes them leave their jobs. Then, with proper HR processes and training, you can partner with employees to build and maintain a healthy workplace. Some bad behaviors are obvious— sexual harassment or physical bullying in the workplace is never acceptable. A toxic workplace is not a bad day at work.

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Employee Retention: Answering Why Employees Leave their Jobs

KnowledgeCity

Why Good Employees Leave Their Jobs. Due to the sheer volume of interaction, the way employees relate to management and to each other plays an important role in how long they remain at a job. A thoughtful, caring managerial attitude reassures employees that they are on a meaningful career path. Sexual harassment.