Sexual Harassment Training For Supervisors

Sexual harassment training for supervisors is usually a shortened version of the manager course. The roles are different enough that this misses the point.

A supervisor is on the floor, on the shift, in the room. They see the conduct as it happens, or the conditions that produce it. A manager typically encounters the matter afterwards, as a report.

That makes the supervisor’s core skill interruption rather than investigation. Naming something in the moment, in front of others, without turning it into a confrontation. Redirecting a conversation that is drifting. Being the person whose presence changes what people think is acceptable.

It also makes them the most visible signal in the organisation. A supervisor who laughs along tells a team more about the real standard than any policy will.

The Australian Human Rights Commission sets out the duty. This is general information rather than legal advice.

See Sentrient’s course for managers and respect at work training.