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Harassment Prevention for Managers training

Four microlessons for managers on their responsibility to prevent harassment, handling complaints, preventing retaliation and building a respectful team culture, with a situational test and a certificate of completion.

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About this course

What the Harassment Prevention for Managers course covers

This course helps managers prevent and respond to harassment in four microlessons. It's built for managers in any country, and covers the manager's role and why their response matters, receiving, documenting and escalating complaints confidentially, preventing retaliation and supporting people who report, and building a respectful, psychologically safe team culture.

Learning outcomes

What your people will be able to do

  • Understand a manager's responsibility to prevent harassment
  • Receive complaints professionally, document them and escalate them correctly
  • Keep complaints confidential and handle them safely
  • Recognize and prevent retaliation, and support people who report
  • Model respectful behavior and build a psychologically safe team
  • Spot the risk factors that make harassment more likely
Course contents

4 microlessons

Each microlesson is a short, TikTok-style video lesson, with knowledge checks along the way.

1Understanding Your Responsibility as a Manager
2Handling Complaints Professionally and Safely
3Preventing Retaliation and Supporting Employees
4Creating a Respectful Team Culture

  1. Understanding Your Responsibility as a Manager: Why managers matter in preventing harassment, and creating psychological safety.
  2. Handling Complaints Professionally and Safely: Receiving complaints well, documenting, escalating and keeping confidence.
  3. Preventing Retaliation and Supporting Employees: What retaliation looks like, how to prevent it and how to support people.
  4. Creating a Respectful Team Culture: Modeling respect, proactive team habits and harassment risk factors.
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Certificate

A certificate for every learner who completes it

Learners finish every microlesson and complete the assessments. 5Mins then issues a certificate of completion for Preventing Harassment in the Workplace for Managers (Global).

  • Certificates and e-signatures stored against each learner
  • Audit-ready records, ready whenever an auditor asks
  • Completion shows on the Compliance Dashboard in real time
Audience

Who should take this course

Who it's for

  • Managers and team leaders in any country
  • New managers
  • HR business partners who support managers
  • Leaders of hybrid and remote teams
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    Set the course to repeat, for example every 12 months, and 5Mins re-enrolls people for you.

  • CertifyCertificates

    Certificates and e-signatures are issued and stored for every completion.

  • ProveAudit-ready records

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We were sitting at 20% completion on our mandatory training. We're now at 80%. People finish short lessons between calls, on mobile, and managers can see where their teams are, so chasing completion is no longer a one-person job.

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Your questions answered

Questions about Harassment Prevention for Managers training

How long is the Harassment Prevention for Managers course?

It's made up of 4 microlessons, each under 5 minutes. Learners can finish it in one sitting or spread it over a few days, and 5Mins sends reminders until it is done.

Is there a certificate?

Yes. Learners get a certificate of completion once they finish every microlesson and complete the situational test. The record is stored in 5Mins for audits.

What should a manager do when someone reports harassment?

Listen, take it seriously, keep it confidential, write down the facts and escalate it through the right channel straight away. The second microlesson covers these steps.

What counts as retaliation?

Treating someone badly because they raised a concern or supported a complaint, such as excluding them, changing their duties or giving them a poor review. The third microlesson explains how to prevent it.

Is there a version for employees?

Yes. 5Mins also has Preventing Harassment in the Workplace for Employees (Global).

How often should managers take this training?

Many organizations train managers when they start the role and refresh it every year. In 5Mins you can set the course to repeat, for example every 12 months.

Can I try the course first?

Yes. Request a free sample lesson and book a short demo with our team. After your demo, we'll share sample lessons with you so you can see the format for yourself.

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