"Make it Monday" forum - When Violence Shows Up at Work

Are your employees prepared for potential violence in the workplace? The best defense is an educated workforce. 
 

This program covers the 5 different types of violence that can show up in a work environment and the 4 Stages of Violence. With the 4 Stages, symptoms are given for each level of violence with recommendations for things to do and things to say at each level. With the ever increasing incident rate for violence in the workplace, employers need to understand the exposure and devise plans for prevention.

Steve Hinds, the principal of Hindsight, begin the organization with the vision of providing continual development opportunities to individuals and organizations throughout Alaska.

Steve has been in the field of workplace violence since 1999. He has had the opportunity of teaching about When Violence Shows Up at Work to numerous organizations though out Colorado as well as Alaska. He also works with organizations to engineer interventions when situations involving violence in the workplace have arisen. He has had the opportunity of teaching When Violence Shows Up at Work to employees at Alaska Communications, the Anchorage Museum, Bristol Bay Native Corporation, Bristol Bay Industries, Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, the University of Alaska Anchorage, the State of Alaska Department of Labor and most recently, field employees from Chugach Electric. The field employees at Chugach were trained two days prior to an armed standoff on Hillside with a property owner who turned violent when Chugach contractors were trimming trees around his home.

Steve's background has involved training and development during the 35 years that he has worked in the field of Human Resources. Prior to Hindsight, he was the Director of the University of Alaska Anchorage's Center for Corporate and Professional Development (CCPD). Through CCPD, he worked with organizations to determine their development needs and then in conjunction with subject matter experts, developed training programs to meet and exceed those identified needs. He is continuing that approach on a more focused basis through Hindsight.

Steve has a Bachelors in Counseling and Guidance along with a Masters in Business Administration. In addition, he attained his Senior Professional in Human Resources certification through the Human Resource Certification Institute along with his Senior Certified Professional through the Society of Human Resource Management. He holds certification through the Federal Emergency Management Association for Workplace Violence Awareness and for Active Shooter training through the Department of Homeland Security. He developed When Violence Shows Up at Work through material from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and the US Department of Labor.  Steve is also a member of American MENSA.

He can be reached through Hindsight at 907-244-2000, Steve@Hindsight.cc or visit hindsight.cc.

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