Training for managers
Prevention of Sexual Harassment for Managers
Managers carry heightened legal responsibility, and most have never been properly equipped for it. This half-day, expert-led course gives your managers the law, the psychology, and the practical confidence to prevent harassment and respond well when it happens.
Or call us on 01709 460500The duty is strengthening
October 2026 is coming. … days to act.
From October 2026 the legal bar rises to all reasonable steps, and employers become liable for third-party harassment. Manager training is a key part of demonstrating those steps, not the whole of them.
Who it’s for, and what it covers
Built for line managers, senior managers, and team leaders.
Anyone with responsibility for people carries responsibility for this. Here is what the session covers, in six parts.
Understanding the law
The legal foundations every manager needs, in plain language.
- The Equality Act 2010 and the Worker Protection Act
- Managers’ legal duties in prevention and response
- How employment law aligns with your organisation’s policy
The psychology of harm
Why good people misjudge what is happening in front of them, and what that costs.
- Cognitive biases and common myths about victims and perpetrators
- Victim blaming and victimisation, and their impact on the organisation
- Third-party harassment
How misconduct is evolving
Scenario-based examples tailored to your sector and the size of your organisation.
- Contemporary risks including AI, image-based abuse and digital misconduct
- How these risks show up differently across sectors and team structures
Power dynamics
Relational, positional, and hierarchical power, and how it hides in plain sight.
- How power can mask misconduct and complicate intervention
- Reading the dynamics at play before, during and after a disclosure
Handling complaints and investigations
Managing disciplinaries and grievances in a way that is both trauma-informed and legally sound.
- Agency and autonomy in employee relations processes
- Confidentiality versus anonymity
- Decision-making on the balance of probability
- Avoiding the confusion between employment law and criminal law
Building safe and accountable cultures
Turning understanding into everyday practice.
- Psychological safety
- Bystander intervention using the 4 D’s
- Practical tools and case studies
By the end of the session
What managers will be able to do
- Understand the law, including the Equality Act 2010 and the Worker Protection Act, and managers' legal duties in prevention and response.
- Explore the psychological frameworks behind harmful behaviour, including cognitive bias and common myths about victims and perpetrators.
- Recognise and address harmful dynamics, including victim blaming and third-party harassment.
- Manage incidents responsibly and proportionately, using a trauma-informed approach to disciplinaries, grievances and investigations.
- Foster a psychologically safe, accountable culture, including practical bystander intervention using the 4 D's.
Delivery and format
A focused half-day, delivered live, always.
Half a day, well spent
Approximately four hours, including breaks. Focused enough to protect your managers' time, thorough enough to change how they respond.
Facilitator-led, always
Discussion-based, with contextual case studies, group debate and scenario exercises. Never a slide deck read aloud to a passive room.
Rooted in the neuroscience of learning
Built around how adults actually retain and apply new understanding, not just how they sit through a session.
Delivered your way
Live face-to-face at your premises, or live virtual via MS Teams or Zoom. Also available as public, open-enrolment courses.
Proven impact
Evidence of learning, not just a certificate of attendance.
Every delivery of this course includes pre- and post-delivery impact assessments and a full Learning Solution Impact Report, at no extra cost.
These give you statistical evidence of what changed, not just a sense that the session went well. That evidence feeds directly into your Worker Protection Act risk assessment and helps demonstrate the reasonable steps you have taken.
Why organisations choose us
Delivered by a genuine specialist, not a generalist trainer.
- A trauma-informed practitioner, trained by Victim Focus, a leading CPD-accredited UK provider.
- Supervision-trained by the British Psychological Society.
- CIPD qualified at Level 7 in Human Resource Management.
- Mental Health First Aid and IOSH Managing Safely trained.
- Elements of this learning have been delivered to over 30,000 professionals, including police and social workers, as part of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategies.
- Experience delivering training in Ofsted-regulated environments.
What managers say
This was the most well prepared, insightful and credible training session I’ve attended for many years. The four hours was time well spent. In an ideal world, it should be in every school, every workplace and every boardroom in the country.
Anonymous NHS manager
Samantha Gaunt, Head of HR, SBD Apparel
Expert, specialist training doesn’t have to cost the earth.
Our manager training works out from as little as £125 per manager, and includes pre- and post-delivery impact assessments and a full Learning Solution Impact Report at no extra cost. Every engagement is tailored to your organisation, so the right way to find your number is a quick conversation.
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Get your managers ahead of October 2026.
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