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Program Overview

In 2017, EEOC launched a NEW training program on Respectful Workplaces.  Fran Sepler, commissioned by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), developed the training “Respect in the Workplace” and “Leading for Respect” which are offered nationwide. She is best known for her pioneering work in harassment prevention and workplace investigations. She has developed techniques and protocols used by organizations throughout the United States to investigate complaints of workplace misconduct. Ms. Sepler also wrote Finding the Facts: What Every Workplace Investigator Needs to Know, published in 2008.

 This will be a two-day training opportunity: Leading for Respect (for supervisors) and Respect in the Workplace (for employees).

 Leading for Respect and Respect in the Workplace are training programs that go above and beyond traditional anti-harassment training. The content is built around the universal desire for a respectful workplace. While counterproductive and unlawful behavior are covered, the focus is on building individual skills to equip supervisors and employees to actively address behavior that is uncivil or disrespectful while reminding them of their responsibilities in cases of more serious behavior.

 Rather than teaching solely about unlawful behaviors, the training begins by focusing on the values of respect and fairness, facilitating discussion amongst attendees about the behaviors and words that generate respect and how each person has responsibility for contributing to respect in the workplace. The training then moves on to a continuum of behaviors that undermines (“derails”) respect, from rude and uncivil behavior to abusive behavior and unlawful harassment. Each type of behavior is given equal attention in interactive discussion about the effect of the behaviors and examination of case studies. The discussion is specific and personalized for each workplace, including a module to review the employer’s own anti-harassment policy and procedures].

In the employee's training, Respect in the Workplace, the focus of the skill building for employees is bystander intervention and giving and getting feedback. Using case studies, trainees strategize about ways to help others who may be behaving in ways that are disrespectful or are being targeted by disrespect. Finally, they use a feedback model to practice both giving and getting feedback about behavior that is uncivil or disrespectful.

Want more training?! You’re in luck – Register for Thursday, February 6^th – Leading for Respect ­(for supervisors). 

Speaker

Fran Sepler, President

Ms. Sepler is best known for her pioneering work in harassment prevention and workplace investigations. She has developed techniques and protocols used by organizations throughout the United States to investigate complaints of workplace misconduct. Ms. Sepler also wrote Finding the Facts: What Every Workplace Investigator Needs to Know, published in 2008.

She has conducted over 1,000 workplace investigations, served as an expert witness regarding employer response to employee complaints, and provided anti-harassment, anti-bullying and implicit bias training for thousands of organizations. She has also conducted workplace climate assessments for myriad workplaces of all sizes.

Fran was commissioned by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to develop “Respect in the Workplace” and “Leading for Respect” which are offered nationwide. She has been the lead trainer for B’Kavod, an effort to bring meaningful and effective training to Jewish workplaces nationwide, and has provided training for private, public, nonprofit, and higher education workplaces focusing on the evidence-based value of human connection, feedback, coaching, empathy, and mindful efforts to build workspaces  where people show up with full engagement.