Anti-Harassment Training, Industry Leading Company

Our Senior Learning and Development Consultants worked with the client to develop an outline for the programme. As part of this process, they looked at a large number of employee surveys, to understand the scope of the issue within the company, and the right way to address them.

By working closely with the client, our team was also able to get an in-depth feel for the company, its employees, values and culture.

This is an essential step for creating content that matches participants’ personalities and expectations.

Working closely with the client, we developed a highly interactive face-to-face half-day programme, which utilised group work, live online voting and interactive roleplays.

Actors were brought in to demonstrate examples of harassment and bullying, all of which were based on real scenarios employees had reported.

Participants were invited to offer live feedback and interact with the characters and scenarios. This experience created very real and visceral learning opportunities for all involved.

The programme was originally envisioned as a one-off session for the company’s senior management team. However, feedback was so positive that it was later rolled out to all managers in the company.

Delivery of the programme to all managerial staff began in March 2018, running in several waves until February 2019.

An expert trainer was chosen, who perfectly matched the style and personality of the client company. Along with two actors, they ran the half-day face-to-face sessions over 40 times to approximately 450 participants.

The client was delighted to report that they had a much higher turn out for these sessions than they had expected. In the past, they had experienced high levels of absences, even when training was made mandatory. For this programme, word of mouth had spread through the company that it was an engaging, relevant and enjoyable programme.