Respectful Workplace & Harassment Prevention
Instructor: Cognosco Learning · Duration: Full Day, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM · In-Person
One-day, in-person course — $795 per person · 3–4 seats save 10% · 5+ seats save 20%
About This Course
A respectful workplace is not a mood, a poster, or a personality type. It is a conduct standard: a set of expectations about how people speak to each other, include each other, and use — or refuse to use — power over each other, which holds on good days and bad ones, in the office and on the screen, for the newest hire and the highest performer alike.
This course teaches that standard plainly. You will learn what respect requires as conduct, not as feeling; where the line sits between rough, clumsy, or unwelcome behaviour and harassment, and why the receiver's experience — not the speaker's intention — is the test that decides; and how harassment actually appears in modern work: in words, on screens, and off the clock.
You will work through the grey zone honestly — jokes, banter, and the defence that "we always talk like this" — and through the places conduct quietly goes wrong: where power changes the meaning of an invitation, where workplace relationships create consent, favouritism, and disclosure questions, and where retaliation after a report does its own separate damage.
If conduct happens to you, you will learn your options, how to keep notes that help, and how to use the reporting routes your employer provides. If you see it happen to someone else, you will learn the bystander's part.
Module 2 then speaks directly to managers: the higher bar that comes with the role, how to receive a report in the first five minutes, why you escalate rather than investigate, what confidentiality you can and cannot promise, how to watch the team afterward, how to correct low-level conduct early, where the guard slips — interviews, events, travel, remote work — and how to set a prevention standard your team can hold you to.
The course works on real moments from your workplace throughout: bring them anonymized absolutely, and leave with judgment you can use the next time a moment arrives — which it will.
What You'll Learn
- Know the conduct standard and where the line is — what respect requires, what makes conduct unwelcome, and how power, context, and repetition change the judgment
- Know your options and routes if it happens to you or you see it — how to respond in the moment, keep notes, support the person affected, and report through your employer's routes, without retaliation
- Managers: receive and escalate correctly — take a report well in the first five minutes, promise only the confidentiality you can keep, preserve what the process needs, and hand the matter to the employer's designated process rather than investigating alone
- Managers: prevent — correct low-level conduct early, watch for retaliation and quiet exclusion afterward, hold the standard where the guard slips, and set a team culture you sign your name to
What's Included
- A full day of in-person learning — 9:00 AM–5:00 PM, seven learning hours — led by a Cognosco Learning instructor
- A printed participant manual for every attendee
- All course materials, exercises, and practice scenarios
- Guided practice and small-group work throughout the day
- Group savings built in: 3–4 seats save 10%, 5+ seats save 20%
How the Day Runs
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
A full day in the room — seven learning hours — led by a Cognosco Learning instructor.
Practice, not lectures
Guided practice and small-group work throughout the day, with all course materials, exercises, and practice scenarios provided.
Take it with you
A printed participant manual for every attendee — yours to keep, and to keep working from after the day.
Who It's For
Employees and supervisors in roles where awareness, standards, and sound judgment keep people — and the organization — safe.
Your session’s location, date, and start time are set by Cognosco and confirmed with you after registration — the scheduling is handled for you.
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In-person · Full day · Taught by Cognosco Learning instructors
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What happens next
- Choose your seats and enroll — no account required.
- Cognosco sets your session location, date, and start time, and confirms them with you.
- Check out securely; your confirmation is sent immediately.
Prefer to learn at your own pace?
Respectful Workplace & Harassment Prevention is also a Signature AI Socratic Coaching Course — the same material, taught one learner at a time by the Lighthouse Coach, whenever it suits you. Introductory price $195.
Finish the AI course and you earn a completion certificate that anyone can verify online.
Before You Enroll
What's included in a course day?
A full day of in-person learning — 9:00 AM–5:00 PM, seven learning hours — led by a Cognosco Learning instructor, a printed participant manual for every attendee, and all course materials and exercises. One flat rate per person — no proposal required.
How are the location, date, and start time set?
They are set by Cognosco. When you register, we confirm your session’s location, date, and start time with you directly — you don’t need to propose or hold dates on your own.
How do the group savings work?
Automatically, at registration: 3–4 seats save 10%, and 5 or more seats save 20% off the $795 per-person rate. The discount is applied in the seat selector before you check out — no code, no negotiation.
Can we bring learning to a large group or a whole department?
Yes. Online registration handles up to 50 seats per course. For a larger group, a multi-course plan, or sessions across several locations, email us at hello@cognoscolearning.com and we’ll plan it with you.
What if we need to change our date?
Email us at hello@cognoscolearning.com as soon as you know — we’ll work with you to move your session to a date that works.