Workplace Violence: Five Strategies to Avoid a Nightmare Event

When ranking HR professional's worst nightmares, workplace violence is among the worst. In addition to employee injury, the economic damage, decreased productivity, labor/management issues, workers compensation costs, lawsuits, exodus of employees, and damage to company reputation can have a profoundly negative impact on your organization.  Jeff Owens, a former police hostage negotiator and current Certified Threat Manager will provide you with actionable strategies to reduce the risk of workplace violence occurring.

Learning Objectives:

• Planning principles and considerations for internal protocols.
• Leadership obligations and liabilities awareness.
• Prevention strategies including risk factors, policy elements, training considerations, reporting and response systems.
• Understand the basics of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM).
• The why, what, and how of a Threat Assessment and Management Team.

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