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Free Online Training to Help Combat Bullying in the Workplace

Louise Jaggs

Free Online Training to Help Combat Bullying in the Workplace

Online learning provider, SkillSoft, is offering free courses to help people deal with bullying and harassment at work. (PRWEB) February 18, 2006

In response to the recent research highlighting the extent of bullying in the workplace and to counter its negative effect within organisations, online learning provider, SkillSoft, is making free courses available to help employees tackle bullying, harassment and aggression at work. Because of the web-based nature of the course delivery, managers and employees can access the three online SkillSoft courses at work or at home by visiting http://www.skillsoft.com/bullying. The free courses will be available until the end of July 2006.

"The issue of bullying at work is a serious matter. Research shows that the extent of harassment in the workplace is widespread in both the public and private sectors," says Kevin Young, Managing Director of SkillSoft. "This situation has to be addressed, not only to help employees who are at the receiving end of such destructive behaviour, but for the sake of business productivity, which is adversely affected as a result."

Issued on behalf of SkillSoft by Louise Jaggs, TextOnTap: Details of free courses as follows: 1. Harassment at Work - This course tackles the issue of bullying and harassment in the workplace. From jokes to violence, you will explore the range of behaviour that can be described as harassment, and understand the nature of the problem. You will explore the way that harassment is now defined, and the forms of harassment that are most common, and identify ways of dealing with and preventing harassment, including understanding the legislation. Nobody quite knows the extent of harassment in the workplace, but figures which suggest that 73 per cent of workers have experienced bullying, and 45 per cent have experienced sexual harassment, show how big the problem is. Is it happening in your workplace now? Do you want to know how to stop it?

2. Working with Aggressive People - Aggressive people are arguably the most difficult type of people to work with. Hostile-aggressives openly antagonise people; passive-aggressives work behind the scenes with hidden agendas. This course details the characteristics of the six most common types of aggressive people and provides effective ways you can cope with their behaviours.

3. Difficult People in the Workplace - If you have to deal with difficult people at work on a regular basis this course will guide you in your journey to coping effectively with them. You';ll learn step-by-step methods and processes to help you identify difficult people and learn how to deal and communicate with them.

About SkillSoft - www.skillsoft.com - NASDAQ:

SKIL SkillSoft is a major provider of comprehensive e-learning content and technology products for business and IT professionals within global enterprises. SkillSoft's multi-modal learning solutions support and enhance the speed and effectiveness of both formal and informal processes and integrate SkillSoft's in-depth content resources, learning management platform, virtual meeting and virtual classroom technology and support services.

Note from Stop-bullies.com... I have to say that I was very impressed to hear about Skillsoft offering courses to address Workplace Bullying. Especially on such an important day as ‘Ban bullying at work day’(7th November 2006), organised by the Andrea Adams Trust, the charity that focuses on tackling bullying in the workplace. The Andrea Adams Trust campaign is aimed to be about everyone involved in the field of workplace bullying, so they can get the message out that this behaviour will no longer be accepted. According to http://www.andreaadamstrust.org/ 1 in 4 people are bullied in the workplace.

Content offerings include SkillSoft's business, IT desktop and compliance courseware collections and BusinessPro, ITPro, OfficeEssentials, FinancePro, EngineeringPro, GovEssentials, ExecSummaries and ExecBlueprints collections from Books24x7. SkillSoft's complimentary technologies include SkillPort, the company's learning management system with its powerful Search-and-Learn technology and premium add-on modules, and SkillSoft Dialogue virtual meeting and virtual classroom technology; a solution that allows customers to create and deliver effective blended learning programmes incorporating their own custom content and other materials as well as bespoke and off-the-shelf learning resources.