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Leading a Respectful Workplace

Learn how to lead a respectful workplace that honors personal and professional boundaries
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Course: On-Demand
Intermediate  Provider Paula Chenoweth  5 Lessons ·  12m  in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese Simplified 

Course Description

A positive work culture contains many values and as an organization changes over time, it can be challenging to maintain trust, communication, and respect. Effective leaders learn how to foster these values and build trust through respect. You can form respectful work relationships by learning how to create a workplace culture where employees honor each other’s differences. Creating a culture of trust can increase employee productivity and help organizations avoid costly ethical, legal, and financial risks.

In this course, we will discuss your responsibility as a manager to create and sustain a respectful workplace. We explore the reasons for prioritizing respect in the workplace from an ethical, legal, and financial perspective. We will also discuss the importance of acknowledging and honoring personal and professional boundaries in the workplace. By the end of this course, you will have the tools and skills you need to lead a respectful workplace.

What You'll Learn

  • Understand how workplace culture can build a respectful environment
  • Explain how ethics and trust align with respect
  • Identify and honor personal and professional boundaries in the workplace
  • Foster trust and respect as a manager to sustain a respectful workplace
  • Examine the ethical, legal, and financial reasons for prioritizing respect at work

Key Takeaways

  • As an organization changes over time, it can be challenging to maintain trust, communication, and respect.
  • Effective leaders foster positive values and build trust through respect.
  • Creating a culture of trust can increase employee productivity and help organizations avoid costly ethical, legal, and financial risks.
  • Managers have a responsibility to create and sustain a respectful workplace by honoring personal and professional boundaries.
  • Respectful work relationships form when employees honor each other's differences.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this course for?

It is designed for managers, who are responsible for creating and sustaining a respectful workplace.

What does this course cover?

It covers how workplace culture builds a respectful environment, how ethics and trust align with respect, and how to identify and honor personal and professional boundaries. It also explores the ethical, legal, and financial reasons for prioritizing respect.

What skills will I gain from this course?

The course builds skills in business ethics, business etiquette, people management, ethical leadership, addressing a hostile work environment, and workplace relationships.

What topics are included in the lessons?

The lessons are Introduction, Your Responsibilities, Fostering Trust and Respect, Honoring Boundaries, and Test Your Knowledge.

What will I be able to do by the end of the course?

By the end, you will have the tools and skills you need to lead a respectful workplace.

Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Project Management Institute (PMI®)

Professional Development Units (PDUs): 0.25

Certification Program Categories:
Ways of WorkingPower SkillsBusiness Acumen

KnowledgeCity has been reviewed and approved by the PMI® Authorized Training Partner Program. Users can maintain your PMI credentials by earning PDUs from KnowledgeCity qualified courses in Project Management, Business Management, Leadership and many others.

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM®)

Professional Development Credits (PDCs): 0.25

Certification Program Categories:
Leadership & NavigationBusiness AcumenConsultationGlobal MindsetEthical PracticeRelationship ManagementAnalytical AptitudeCommunicationDiversity, Equity & Inclusion

KnowledgeCity is approved by SHRM as a Recertification General Provider to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). By taking the courses approved by SHRM, KnowledgeCity can award SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for HR knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™).