PATTERNS

Languages: English

Sexual harassment at work is more than a legal issue, it's fundamentally a behavioral problem. PATTERNS takes on the behavioral challenge, arming employees and managers with the information they need to prevent, and effectively respond to incidents of sexual harassment.

Through a series of short dramatizations, this series describes common patterns of illegal or inappropriate behavior at work and how best to respond. We see examples of the habitual harasser, the smitten harasser, the bully and the jilted harasser among others. Lawyers and HR professionals review each situation and present positive alternatives to the actions seen.

Program I: Preventing Sexual Harassment - 24:00 minutes

The Preventing Sexual Harassment training video looks at four common patterns of inappropriate behavior - the habitual harasser, the smitten harasser, the bully and the jilted harasser. How we respond to harassment will be most effective when we recognize why the behavior is occurring. This program arms employees with information and insights to help them determine the best way to get the behavior to stop. A series of dramatizations brings each pattern to life.

Program II: Responding to Sexual Harassment - 22:00 minutes

The Responding to Sexual Harassment training video, is an extension of the first program in both style and content, and we recommend that managers view both parts of the series. Program 2 examines the legal liability issues and questions of personal responsibility that managers and supervisors must face. Using dramatizations, different patterns of how managers often respond to sexual harassment incidents are explored, including the ostrich, the chameleon, the wounded tiger and the mother hen. This program is finished with a discussion from the experts on how incidents should be investigated and best resolved.

Program III: Rights & Responsibilities - 10:00 minutes

The Rights & Responsibilities training video, is a brief introduction to the issue of sexual harassment prevention. Intended for new employees, this orientation program describes what sexual harassment is, how it is damaging to the person being harassed, the harasser, the workgroup and the organization, and what an employee's rights and responsibilities are in this area.

Trainer's Review

Program I: Preventing Sexual Harassment

This is a refreshing way to present training on sexual harassment prevention. Instead of vignettes, this film offers viewers dramatizations of four types of harassers: the jilted, the smitten, the bully, and the habitual. During the dramatization, the actors talk directly to the viewers about what they are thinking and feeling as the scene plays out. Following each scene, experts offer advice and insight. This is an insightful and informative approach to sexual harassment prevention and in conjunction with the second part of this series provides strong training.

Each dramatization encourages discussion about the harassment that occurred and what the victim should do about it.
Actors talk directly to viewers, which make their feelings real and honest.
Film is interspersed with how three victims of harassment felt during and after the harassment.

It's hard to remain focused during the beginning section of the film, before the dramatizations begin, because there is a lot of talking.

Program II: Responding to Sexual Harassment

Combined with the first part of this series, this is a strong sexual harassment prevention program. Filmed in the same refreshing format with the actor dramatizations and expert assessments, this program demonstrates realistic examples of how to handle harassment. Like the first program, it names the managers' styles in memorable terms viewers can connect with.

Dramatizations offer realistic view of managers' different responses to harassment in the workplace.
Film is interspersed with true accounts of three different managers who had to handle a sexual harassment complaint.
Rewinds show how managers effectively handled the complaint.

Some of the experts' assessments following the dramatizations are too long.

Program III: Rights & Responsibilities

Quick orientation to sexual harassment prevention introduces the topic and its effects on an organization. I liked the overall theme of personal responsibility and respect that is weaved throughout the experts' and hosts' narratives. However, if employees are going to watch a harassment prevention program, why not offer one that models the appropriate behaviors and teaches how to ask the offenders to stop?

Good definition of intent versus impact.
Personal stories illustrate the far-reaching effects of harassment.
Encourages respect and personal responsibility in the workplace.

It's only an introduction; doesn't go far enough to raise awareness or inspire employees to change their behaviors.

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