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Sexual Harassment Prevention Starts With Leadership

CLO Magazine

Eighty-five percent of women have reported some form of sexual harassment at work, and seemingly even more than that have experienced it, as evidenced by the #MeToo movement sweeping social media. As we begin 2018, leaders will have to decide whether they want to make preventing sexual harassment in the workplace a C-suite priority.

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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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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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How Effective is Mandatory Harassment Training?

CLO Magazine

“The landscape around harassment has changed more in the past six to eight months than I’ve seen it happen in 28 years of being in human resources,” said Amy Polefrone, president at HR Strategy Group. Considering that observation, the Stop Sexual Harassment in New York City Act seems timely. Data from the U.S.

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How to Avoid The 3 Mistakes L&D Leaders Make When Addressing Workplace Harassment

CLO Magazine

Peter Drucker said it best: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” In the past two decades, more and more organizations have deployed strategies for reducing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace. They have spent considerable time, energy and resources to reduce sexual harassment. Accountability.

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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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The values-driven leader

CLO Magazine

It’s an extreme example of an executive being held accountable for their behavior, but it also signals a growing trend in corporate leadership. Over the past two years, dozens of CEOs have quit or been fired due to embarrassing behavior, workplace affairs or political comments that 10 years ago would likely have gone unnoticed.