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Learning leaders reexamine sexual harassment prevention in light of new state laws

CLO Magazine

1 in the state of Illinois, the Workplace Transparency Act mandates workplace sexual harassment training for public and private organizations with more than 15 employees. Illinois is the sixth state in the last few years to create and pass a bill that would require workplace sexual harassment training.

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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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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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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. It wasn’t until the late 1980s and early 1990s that some American businesses took a serious look at diversity in the workplace. This is particularly true in the workplace.

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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. Many states now require businesses to offer anti-harassment training. We’ve changed the laws. What does then?

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The values-driven leader

CLO Magazine

It was a huge learning experience.” Together, they made a list of 15 actions the company could take to improve the culture, which included hiring more diverse models and boycotting Facebook ads, as part of the Stop Hate for Profit campaign — even though Facebook was a primary driver of revenue for the company.

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Fewer Mentors, Bigger Problems

CLO Magazine

Learning leaders can help to create an inclusive environment where employees feel safe to talk about the complexities of the #MeToo movement and any concerns stemming from it. That means about 1 in 6 male managers would hesitate to mentor a woman. This hesitation and fear pose problems for women and for the success of companies.