Are You Prepared Or Tomorrow’s Headline News?
Participants in the Safe Terminations seminar will learn:
- The #1 mistake managers make when terminating employees
- A consistent, repeatable, trainable 10-step process for safe terminations
- How to develop and deploy a threat assessment team before you need it
- How to remove emotion and rationally assess potentially violent employees
- Which outside resources can help ensure safe terminations – and which can’t
- 6 keys for ensuring physical security during the termination meeting
- How and when to use Orders of Protection and Restraining Orders
- 7 pre-attack indicators every employee needs to know
- 13 de-escalation tactics that can immediately reduce the risk of violence
- 11 best practices for safe terminations
- Preparing for your next termination and action planning
Class Outline
- Preparing for Terminations (Action Plan)
- Pre-Termination Documentation
- Co-ordination of Resources
- Create a checklist for collecting company owned property
- Information security management – turning off access
- Risk Assessment
- Determine on-site or off-site termination
- Using Outside Consultants
- Security Consultants
- Law Enforcement
- Security Guards
- Lawyers
- EAP and Outsourcing service
- Physical Security
- Choosing room for terminations
- Layout of the room
- Number of people handling the situation – inside and outside of room
- Emergency Code
- Tools for Safe Termination
- Trespass Letter
- Orders of Protection
- Severance Package
- Enhanced security procedures
- Emotional Tug of War
- Signs of Anger
- Red Flags of people who will lose control
- Characteristics of At Risk Work Environments