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profitable work culture that employees enjoy and to which they happily and easily remain
loyal. Creating this kind of corporate culture prevents liability exposure and increases prof-
itability by saving time and money.
We’ve already discussed culture and defined it extensively. Now it’s time to see in which
areas your leadership is willing to collaborate with you to build a sustainable, healthy, safe,
profitable, and compliant workplace culture. Make a list of 5 to 10 things you can do to
improve your workplace culture over the next 6 to 12 months. Choose from the following:

● Mandatory EEO/SHP/Safety training
● 360-degree feedback
● Leadership training
● EI training
● NVC training
● Conflict resolution training and policies
● Anti-bullying policies
● Healthy humor policies
● Mandated mediation or ADR processes
● Improved supervisory training
● Compliance training
● Internal feedback mechanisms
● Team-building exercises

SOUND INTERNAL COMPLAINT AND INVESTIGATION
PROCEDURES

To conduct your own internal EEO/SHP training, you should familiarize yourself with all the
necessary content, research and purchase DVDs or videos that you are comfortable using as
training tools, be prepared to answer any questions, have copies of your company’s harass-
ment and complaint policies and procedures for all attendees, have a sign-in sheet, and have
a list of what kinds of protected classes are protected in your city and state (these vary in dif-
ferent cities and states). You should also have a sheet defining what “the workplace” means.
Other than mandatory training programs, what other ways can you get staff interested
in learning more about EEO/SHP issues? Think of 5 to 10 ways you can increase awareness
of all employees’ responsibilities to keep the workplace compliant with these important
laws. Here are some ideas from which to choose. Check how your leadership and staff feel
about them.
● Posters
● Monthly themes
● Focus groups (voluntary)
● More in-depth, focused diversity trainings
● Staff film screenings on Friday afternoons that deal with true stories of diversity,
discrimination, harassment, workplace violence, bullying, or retaliation

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