Active Bystander

Are you looking for ways to influence the culture in your organisation, so that incivility, bullying and other negative behaviours are challenged? Active Bystander training will give your staff the tools to tackle incidents of abuse and discrimination as they arise and to back each other up in challenging inappropriate behaviour.

Being an Active Bystander means being aware when someone's behaviour is inappropriate or threatening and choosing to challenge it. Bystander intervention training provides the techniques to challenge behaviours constructively and safely.

Active Bystander training has had a major impact in changing cultures, in councils, universities and businesses across all sectors.

Content

Defining inappropriate behaviour: from micro aggressions and bullying to harassment
Background to Active Bystander effect
What stops us intervening?
Intervention tactics

Outcomes

After attending ‘Active Bystander’ delegates will:

Understand what being an Active Bystander means
Know the group psychology which can stop us from intervening
Understand how to intervene most effectively to prevent destructive behaviours

Benefits

Greater diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace
Reduction in workplace bullying
Improved staff retention
Staff will be equipped with bystander intervention training skills

How we can help your organisation

Sessions tailored specifically to the needs of your organisation based on real-life scenarios.
Rollout programmes for organisation-wide culture change
Highly experienced facilitator with minimum 20 years experience
Takeaway materials for all delegates
Option to train your trainers to deliver our training through a train the trainer workshop
Expert delivered, short, fast-paced training sessions that tackle complex issues clearly and concisely.

Active Bystander Training FAQs

How is Active Bystander training different to assertiveness training?

Assertiveness training is for the victim in any given situation, to enable them to speak up for themselves and what they want and need in the moment. This becomes a problem when someone may be too embarrassed or shy to speak up for themselves, or when the perpetrator is more senior in the organisation. Active bystander training is about equipping all staff to intervene effectively when they witness inappropriate behaviour.

How can I be sure the training works?

Hundreds of extremely satisfied delegates have completed the Emailogic Active Bystander course. The Active Bystander course is particularly effective when it is done by a whole team or department, or even the whole organisation so that everyone understands the language and behaviours of effective Bystander intervention.

What are the qualities of an active bystander?

An Active Bystander’s qualities include being prepared to intervene or speak out against unacceptable behaviours or attitudes. They also include knowing the most appropriate form of intervention to stop the situation from re-occurring, backing up others when they intervene, and checking in on the recipient of the unacceptable behaviour.

What are the benefits of active bystander training in the workplace?

Greater employee awareness of what being an Active Bystander means leads to more interventions when there are damaging behaviours. This in turn leads to a decrease in discrimination and harassment, and a more inclusive culture.