Sexual Harassment In the Workplace Training
Sexual Harassment Training Options
- Half-day interactive workshop (in-person or live-virtual)
- 1-Hour interactive online webinar
- Workshops with or without actors
- Bitesize Learning Videos (pre-learning or refreshers)
- Toolkits for Managers to keep the conversation alive
- Consultancy, policies and risk assessments
Sexual Harassment Training Solution
Sexual harassment in the workplace affects individuals, teams, and organisational culture. Quality training is critical to empower participants to address these issues effectively, as case law highlights the significant legal and reputational risks organisations face when harassment is not adequately prevented or managed.
This interactive training provides a safe space to explore the complexities of sexual harassment, recognise its subtle and overt forms, and develop effective strategies for prevention and intervention.
If you’re looking for a tailored sexual harassment workshop for Senior Leaders, take a look at this outline.
If you’d like to talk options over, book a meeting with us!
Preventing Sexual Harassment Training
Participants will leave with practical tools to contribute to a respectful and inclusive workplace, rooted in a deep understanding of individual and organisational responsibilities under the Worker Protection Act 2023.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this training, participants will:
- Understand individual and employer responsibilities under the Worker Protection Act 2023.
- Recognise and address grey areas of sexual harassment through critical analysis of scenarios.
- Develop effective bystander intervention strategies to prevent and address harassment.
- Explore the emotional and organisational impact of harassment through survivor testimonies.
- Create a personal action plan to drive measurable change in workplace culture.
This Sexual Harassment Training workshop is available with actors. Here’s a snippet of our actors in action…
Content Overview
Introduction: The session begins with an exploration of the Worker Protection Act 2023, using a Mentimeter activity to engage participants in understanding their individual responsibilities and rights, as well as their employer’s obligations.
Fine Lines: Participants will engage in a Mentimeter activity featuring multiple-choice questions based on hypothetical scenarios of sexual harassment. These scenarios include grey areas where responses may depend on context, challenging participants to reflect critically on their assumptions and biases. The purpose of this activity is to highlight the complexity of addressing harassment and to encourage deeper discussions about workplace boundaries and appropriate responses.
How this looks with actors:
Participants observe actors performing scenarios involving sexual harassment, including subtle behaviours and boundary-crossing behaviours. Participants will analyse the dynamics of harassment in a safe and controlled environment, generating a deeper understanding of appropriate interventions. Participants will also engage directly with the actors to discuss possible actions and reflect on the nuances of these situations.
Survivor Testimonies and Reflection: Anonymised or pre-recorded survivor testimonies will be shared to highlight the emotional and organisational impact of sexual harassment. Participants will engage in reflective discussions to explore the perspectives of survivors, bystanders, and organisations.
How this looks with actors:
Our actors will perform short scenarios depicting situations where bystander intervention is needed. Each scenario pauses at a critical decision point, allowing participants to discuss how they would respond. The actors then adapt in real time based on the participants’ input, demonstrating the potential outcomes of different approaches.
Story Cards Activity: Participants use cards containing prompts related to workplace behaviours, reactions, and consequences to create short narratives around sexual harassment. Each group incorporates the perspectives of all involved – victim, perpetrator, bystander, and organisation – to create a complete story. This creative activity helps participants synthesise their learning while linking it to actionable solutions.
Action Planning and Reflection: The session concludes with a facilitated discussion where participants reflect on their key takeaways. They will answer two critical questions:
- What immediate actions can I take to create a safer workplace?
- How can my organisation encourage a culture of accountability?
Participants will develop a personalised action plan to ensure their learning translates into meaningful, measurable change.
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Keeping the Learning Alive
Bitesize Learning Videos
Our bitesize learning video series is made up of short, engaging 10-15 minute videos created to replace traditional e-learning, and/or support the embedding of other learning interventions. The Sexual Harassment bitesize learning session explores the impacts of unwanted sexual conduct and introduces the importance of understanding our own and others’ boundaries.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the definitions of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and boundaries.
- Know the impact and consequences of sexual misconduct in the workplace.
- Feel confident to successfully respect the diversity of boundaries amongst the people around us.
Toolkits for Managers
Our carefully curated Equality, Diversity & Inclusion ‘toolkits’ offer an array of self-reflection tools, conversation starters and mini training activities. They are versatile, suitable for a variety of settings such as personal development, team development, inductions, team meetings and one-to-ones. These toolkits work as both timely learning resources and as ongoing educational aids. Each toolkit comes with clear, step-by-step instructions and resources, making them accessible for anyone to use, whether in-person or remotely.
Our training approach is dynamic, focusing on engaging and energising participants through interactive experiences while minimising lecturing. Our experience shows that this is the most effective way to inspire participants and bring about meaningful change within your organisation. These toolkits are not just packed with stimulating activities; they are also crafted to enable facilitators to guide learners effectively. This approach supports the integration of new insights into tangible shifts in thought, behaviour, and action.
What About Actors?
Through clever script writing, goosebump-inducing delivery and professional facilitation, we love to bring learning to life with actors…
We can select scripts from our library or write them specially for you, based on typical scenarios you see within in your organisation. For larger projects where budgets don’t allow for live acting, we can professionally film bespoke scenarios to create video content which can be used in the training as well as induction, toolkits, and beyond.
Using actors in workshop give delegates the opportunity to:
- Test out alternative ways of approaching what can sometimes be difficult situations, without the pressure of role playing themselves!
- Explore what is acceptable and what isn’t; intent versus impact; and both the subtle, and not so subtle, behaviours we see play out in the workplace.
- Be immersed in an interactive learning experience that engages hearts and minds, and sticks in the long-term memory.
Don't Just Take Our Word For It
Nina Darling
UoP SHCP Teaching Fellow, University of Portsmouth“The course which Paula provided was really engaging and nicely presented. The use of the actors was particularly good and actually bought the whole thing to life and made it really valuable learning. Thank you very much – it was fantastic!”
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