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Evaluating workplace harassment training
Harassment training: Separate attendance, understanding and confidence when evaluating harassment training.
Anonymised practice examples drawn from cases handled by our team.
Harassment training: practical approach
The practical approach is to review the questions and answer guidance against their learning purpose. Recognition questions should provide enough context for a defensible answer. Questions about reporting knowledge should be separated from confidence or trust, because a person can understand the route while doubting its effectiveness.
What to check and record
Train staff to recognise behaviour and reporting routes, and train managers in prevention and response. Evaluate attendance, demonstrated understanding and perceptions of management separately. Use identified gaps to shape follow-up, and keep the method sufficiently consistent when comparing results over time.
Learning for managers
The lesson is to avoid asking one questionnaire to prove several different things. Attendance shows exposure to training; a suitable assessment can indicate understanding; a confidence question captures a stated perception. None of these alone demonstrates a reduction in incidents. The most useful follow-up is linked to the specific misunderstanding or reporting concern identified.
Manager checklist
- Define the learning purpose
- Separate knowledge and confidence questions
- Record attendance and assessment separately
- Target follow-up to identified gaps
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General guidance for Great Britain. Use the relevant policy and advice for a live case.
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