Workplace Bullying Training For Supervisors

Workplace bullying training for supervisors is usually a condensed version of the manager course. The roles differ 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, and the exclusion, the sarcasm and the pattern of who gets the worst jobs. A manager typically meets the matter later, as a complaint, by which time positions have hardened.

That makes the supervisor’s core skill interruption rather than investigation. Naming something in the moment without turning it into a confrontation. Redirecting a conversation that is drifting. Checking in privately afterwards.

It also makes them the clearest signal in the team about what is genuinely acceptable. A supervisor who laughs along sets the real standard, whatever the policy document happens to say.

Safe Work Australia covers this as a psychosocial hazard. This is general information rather than legal advice.

See Sentrient’s workplace bullying course for managers and workplace bullying course.