Active Bystander Training

How effectively do staff at in your organisation deal inappropriate banter and harassment at work?

Are you looking for ways to influence the culture in your organisation, so that incivility, bullying and other negative behaviours are challenged? Active Bystander training will give your staff the tools to tackle incidents of abuse and discrimination as they arise and to back each other up in challenging inappropriate behaviour.

Micro aggressions and inappropriate comments can be immensely hurtful - they negatively impact both productivity and staff retention.

Active Bystander training provides your staff with practical tools to safely and constructively address such behaviours, promoting a culture of respect and safety.

Being an Active Bystander means being aware when someone's behaviour is inappropriate or threatening and choosing to challenge it. Bystander intervention training provides the techniques to challenge behaviours constructively and safely.

We have delivered Active Bystander training in organisations such as: Caterpillar, Kia, Moore Barlow, SAS International, British Horseracing Authority, King Edward VI College, University of Creative Arts, University of Bedfordshire, Crown Commercial Service and Shell.

“We ran active bystander training for a group of our Raceday Sports Officials last year. The training was tailored specifically for their unique workplace environment and the feedback was very positive. We would highly recommend.”
Jo Horrell, Head of People & Culture, British Horseracing Authority,

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Our Active Bystander training is highly engaging and interactive throughout.

We are highly skilled at ensuring programmes are tailored to your specific organisational needs and context, and at driving behavioural change and are experts at having challenging ‘adult conversations’ with all types of delegates including within ‘reluctant learner’ and ‘cross cultural’ populations.

We have rolled out major programmes across the globe to financial, pharmaceutical and law firms, manufacturing, NHS, government, schools, universities, night-time economy, not-for-profit organisations and large global brands.

Testimonials

“Emailogic's Active Bystander training has proven popular with our people, with many attendees actively encouraging their colleagues to attend. The content is relevant and the presentation style is open and engaging, leading to excellent attendee participation. The combination of knowledge-sharing and scenariobased discussions worked well, resulting in an interesting and thought-provoking session.”
Victoria Hand - Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Manager, Bristows LLP

“It has been nothing but a pleasure working with the Emailogic team. From start to finish, they are so helpful, kind and really take the time to understand you and the organisation’s needs. The facilitators are fantastic and help create an environment that means delegates feel safe enough to open up and be honest which in turn creates a great learning environment. We cannot recommend Emailogic enough.”
Lucy McGuire - Learning and Organisational Development Co-ordinator, University of Creative Arts

“We are really grateful for the great sessions that Emailogic delivered to our UK and US teams. The series of Active Bystander masterclasses really resonated with our people and the tools and discussion are still talked about today. We can see the impact with feedback from some participants that they feel more confident to use the tools and highlight non-inclusive language.”
Christopher Bannister-Bailey - Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Manager, Croda

Active Bystander Content

• Defining inappropriate behaviour: from micro aggressions and bullying to harassment

• Background to Active Bystander effect

• What stops us intervening?

• Intervention tactics

Outcomes

After attending ‘Active Bystander’ delegates will:

• Understand what being an Active Bystander means

• Know the group psychology which can stop us from intervening

• Understand how to intervene most effectively to prevent destructive behaviours

Benefits

• Greater diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace

• Reduction in workplace bullying

• Improved staff retention

• Staff will be equipped with bystander intervention training skills

How we can help your organisation

• Sessions tailored specifically to the needs of your organisation based on real-life scenarios.

• Rollout programmes for organisation-wide culture change

• Highly experienced facilitator with minimum 20 years experience

• Takeaway materials for all delegates

• Option to train your trainers to deliver our training through a train the trainer workshop

• Expert delivered, short, fast-paced training sessions that tackle complex issues clearly and concisely.

Active Bystander Training FAQs

How is Active Bystander training different to assertiveness training?

Assertiveness training is for the victim in any given situation, to enable them to speak up for themselves and what they want and need in the moment. This becomes a problem when someone may be too embarrassed or shy to speak up for themselves, or when the perpetrator is more senior in the organisation. Active bystander training is about equipping all staff to intervene effectively when they witness inappropriate behaviour.  

How can I be sure the training works?

Hundreds of extremely satisfied delegates have completed the Emailogic Active Bystander course. The Active Bystander course is particularly effective when it is done by a whole team or department, or even the whole organisation so that everyone understands the language and behaviours of effective Bystander intervention.

What are the qualities of an active bystander?

An Active Bystander’s qualities include being prepared to intervene or speak out against unacceptable behaviours or attitudes. They also include knowing the most appropriate form of intervention to stop the situation from re-occurring, backing up others when they intervene, and checking in on the recipient of the unacceptable behaviour.

What are the benefits of active bystander training in the workplace?

Greater employee awareness of what being an Active Bystander means leads to more interventions when there are damaging behaviours. This in turn leads to a decrease in discrimination and harassment, and a more inclusive culture.