Anti-harassment policies are stupid

by Catherine MatticeNov 30, 2016

Alright, anti-harassment policies aren’t stupid; we do need policies to keep behavior in line.

What is stupid is that so many organizations depend on that policy, just words on paper, to do the heavy lifting.

In addition to your policy, you have to focus on a positive workplace culture. In fact, you have a moral and ethical responsibility to create a positive workplace culture.

I invite you to check out my disruptive 5-minute talk on this.

DisruptHR is a world-wide movement attempting to… you guessed it… disrupt the way we do HR and get HR professionals to think differently about their HR practices. Naturally I fit right in!

If you have 5 minutes, I hope you’ll watch my talk.

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Do you know how much money chronically bad behavior costs your company? Spoiler alert – it’s a LOT higher than you want it to be. Download our data and worksheet to see how it’s costing your organization and what you can do to fix it.

About Catherine Mattice

Catherine Mattice, MA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP is President of consulting and training firm, Civility Partners, and has been successfully providing programs in workplace bullying and building positive workplaces since 2007. Her clients include Fortune 500’s, the military, several universities and hospitals, government agencies, small businesses and nonprofits. She has published in a variety of trade magazines and has appeared several times on NPR, FOX, NBC, and ABC as an expert, as well as in USA Today, Inc Magazine, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, and more. Catherine is Past-President of the Association for Talent Development (ATD), San Diego Chapter and teaches at National University. In his book foreword, Ken Blanchard called her book, BACK OFF! Your Kick-Ass Guide to Ending Bullying at Work, “the most comprehensive and valuable handbook on the topic.” She recently released a second book entitled, SEEKING CIVILITY: How Leaders, Managers and HR Can Create a Workplace Free of Bullying.

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