Respectful Workplace Training
Build awareness, understanding, and respectful workplace practices.
Today's workplaces bring together different experiences, perspectives, communication styles, and expectations. Creating a respectful workplace requires more than having a policy—it requires people to understand what respectful workplace conduct looks like, recognize when behaviour crosses a line, and understand their individual responsibilities when concerns arise.
Dallas Mercer's Respectful Workplace Training provides practical education that helps employees and leaders understand workplace expectations, recognize inappropriate behaviour, communicate respectfully, and contribute to a workplace where concerns can be addressed appropriately and constructively.
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Understand respectful workplace expectations and the behaviours that contribute to a positive workplace culture.
Recognize harassment, bullying, and discrimination, including relevant legal and practical considerations in the Canadian workplace.
Understand roles and responsibilities of employees, leaders, and employers in maintaining a respectful workplace.
Distinguish between conflict, inappropriate behaviour, and harassment and understand why the distinction matters.
Recognize early warning signs and understand the importance of addressing concerns before they escalate.
Develop bystander awareness and understand appropriate ways to respond when concerning behaviour is observed.
Understand how to raise and report concerns appropriately and what to expect when concerns are brought forward.
Recognize the role of leadership in setting expectations, responding to concerns, and reinforcing standards of conduct.
Apply respectful workplace principles to practical scenarios requiring judgment and appropriate response.
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Employees — building awareness of workplace expectations, individual responsibilities, and appropriate responses to concerns.
Managers & Supervisors — understanding their additional responsibility to recognize concerns, respond appropriately, and support consistent application of workplace expectations.
Senior Leaders — reinforcing leadership accountability for workplace culture and expected standards of conduct.
HR, People & Culture, and OH&S Professionals — supporting consistent organizational approaches to respectful workplace concerns.
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Provides practical and engaging education through facilitated discussions and realistic workplace scenarios.
Explores respectful workplace principles and learn how to apply them effectively to situations and challenges they may encounter in today’s workplace.
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This half-day course, available in person or virtually.
The program can be delivered across the organization and tailored to the responsibilities of different audiences.
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Respectful workplace education helps turn organizational expectations into everyday workplace behaviour.
Organizations benefit from greater awareness of expected conduct, clearer understanding of individual and leadership responsibilities, earlier recognition of inappropriate behaviour, more consistent responses to workplace concerns, and greater accountability for maintaining respectful workplace interactions.
Clear expectations and shared accountability can help organizations address workplace concerns earlier—before they escalate into more significant conflict or complaints.
Respectful Workplace Training helps organizations build greater awareness of expected conduct, improve consistency in how concerns are recognized and addressed, strengthen leadership accountability, reduce organizational risk, and support trust and psychological safety.