From the course: Preventing Harassment in the Workplace

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The manager's role

The manager's role

From the course: Preventing Harassment in the Workplace

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The manager's role

- If you're a manager or supervisor and have been through harassment prevention training, your training probably included practical examples of harassment, info about your obligations to report and to whom and how to correct harassing behavior. This is good information and a good place to start in terms of your role as a manager. But let's look past your obligations to the law and really look at the manager role. To create a positive environment that minimizes risk for negativity. So managers should create an environment of open communication for example because feeling comfortable to talk about it when someone crosses the line minimizes risk for negativity. Managers can create this type of environment by facilitating conversations about such topics as professionalism, inclusion, respect and empathy. If you're a manager, I challenge you to pick a word like this for each staff meeting and open it up by asking…

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