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Speak Up

It is essential for firms to have a strong speak up culture to ensure that staff raise concerns if they've witnessed misconduct. This is vital to the success of a business.

Addressing the risks and barriers to speaking up is an important part of nurturing this culture. 

Our Speak Up training course outlines the benefits of creating a speak up culture, why psychological safety matters, how to reduce the risk of harm and drive forward lasting cultural change.

  • 25 Minutes
  • All staff
  • Based on UK legislation, but suitable for global audiences upon the removal of UK-specific references and translation as necessary.

Learning objectives

  • Recognise the benefits and challenges of a speak up culture
  • Appreciate what psychological safety is and why it matters in creating the right culture
  • Identify indicators of psychological safety
  • Overcome barriers and speak up to protect our business and reduce the risk of harm to colleagues, customers and markets
  • Recognise best practice and how to support colleagues

    What can you expect your employees to learn?

Welcome

What is a speak up culture?

  • Scenario 1: The bully
  • Scenario 2: The 'handsy' manager
  • Scenario 3: The high-net-worth manager
  • Crossing the line

Getting the culture right

What are the push/pull factors?

  • Bystander apathy
  • Other factors
  • Scenario: Recognising the barriers
  • You decide: No reports!
  • You decide: What are the issues?

Creating psychological safety

  • You decide: Recognising the indicators
  • The bully revisited
  • Learning lessons from other industries

Our approach: Overcoming the barriers

  • The 4D Bystander Intervention Model
  • Scenario: The 'handsy' manager revisited
  • Scenario: Out of sight, out of mind
  • Examples

Summary

Affirmation

Assesment

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Your questions, answered

Are Skillcast courses SCORM-compliant?

Yes. This means they can be delivered via the Skillcast Portal or any other SCORM-compliant Learning Management System.

What other tools are needed beyond training?

A comprehensive compliance solution often needs more than just training. Alongside e-learning, tools like declarationssurveys, and registers that track compliance tasks are usually essential. Skillcast provides full support to help you set up these additional tools.