Corporate-Wise —

Psychologically Safe Workplaces

Relationship-smart business cultures

Because employees spend most of their day on the job. 

We should stay focused at work, but we’re only human.  Many of us like to socialize, and some of us have personalities that compel us to communicate in ways that will get us into trouble.

Relationship violence and litigationfor critical events undermine a company’s reputation.  Racial and ethnic discrimination, religious bias, homophobia—these are toxic wherever we find them.  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is clear—at work behavior has to be deliberately cautious.  And sexual harassment, always a hot button, isn’t just teasing.  It falls on a continuum with sexual assault. 
  
Reading the employee handbook is known to be ineffective as a behavioral deterrent, probably because work isn’t always about work.  When people feel comfortable, they take chances.  They say and do the wrong things, make inappropriate social gaffes, don’t follow the rules.

You would think that the hostile environment, recognized as unwelcome sexual communication or discrimination, would be a thing of the past.  But reports to the EEOC and litigation increases annually. 

Corporate Wise advises corporate about the next step.  The goal is to make that step unnecessary.