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Harassment & Bullying
Awareness Session
Defining the professional line between high performance and bullying, and empowering the bystander to protect team culture.
From R18,500
60 Minutes
Virtual
Rikky Minyuku
Gender Specialist
Roy Gluckman-John
DEI Expert
Description
The line between "pushing someone to be their best" and bullying can feel dangerously thin. Similarly, what one person calls "banter", another experiences as harassment. This 60-minute awareness session is designed to bring clarity to these grey areas. We explore how identity and power influence these conversations and why certain behaviours are often excused as "just part of the culture." By moving beyond obvious misconduct, we focus on the subtle patterns that erode psychological safety. This session provides your team with the literacy to recognise harm and the practical tools to intervene safely as active bystanders, ensuring that professional respect remains the foundation of your high-performance environment.
This Session Includes
Expert Live Facilitation
A 60-minute virtual session led by a veteran DEI expert in harassment and bullying.
Q&A
We dedicate 10–15 minutes for Q&A. Using anonymous engagement tools where needed, we create a safe environment that encourages honesty and shared learning.
The WhatsApp Advisor
Access to our WhatsApp platform that includes instant feedback on the session and the ability to ask follow-up questions privately.
Learning Outcomes
Distinguish Pressure from Bullying
Learn the difference between constructive professional challenges and destructive bullying behaviours.
Identify Grey-Area Conduct
Recognise subtle forms of harassment, including the specific points where "office banter" becomes exclusionary or harmful.
Understand Power Intersections
Recognise how power dynamics and social identity impact workplace interactions and the likelihood of harassment occurring.
How to Intervene Safely
Walk away with a practical toolkit for active bystander intervention, learning how to address bullying safely and appropriately in real-time.
Outline
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We tackle the tension between healthy professional pressure and bullying. Where does "stretching a team" stop and "breaking a team" begin?
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A frank discussion on workplace humour. We explore how "banter" is often used as a mask for harassment and how to identify when a joke has crossed the line.
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Understanding how seniority, social identity, and power influence who gets bullied and why some voices are silenced.
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Why is it so hard to call out "small" behaviours? We look at the cumulative effect of micro-harassment on team cohesion and retention.
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A breakdown of verbal, non-verbal, and indirect bullying (such as social exclusion or information hoarding).
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Research proves that the bystander is the most effective deterrent to bullying. We teach the "how" of safe intervention, how to interrupt harm without escalating conflict.
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We wrap up with a Q&A engagement session with commitments to re-establishing the collective standard for a safe, respectful, and high-performing workplace.
Who Is This Session For?
Organisation-wide
Leaders and People Managers
HR
Observable Month Pairing
Mental Health Awareness Week (May)
Anti-Bullying Week (November)
| Bundle Size | Price per Quantity |
|---|---|
| 1 Session | R 22,500 each |
| 4 Sessions | R 20,500 each |
| 8 Sessions | R 18,500 each |
| Full Calendar (11 Sessions) | R 15,000 each |
Awareness Session Pricing
Frequently Asked Questions
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Our virtual format is designed to scale; we've successfully hosted groups from 20 to 2,000.
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No. It’s about raising awareness. We don't want to kill humour; we want to kill the harm that hides behind it. We provide the tools to ensure "banter" is actually inclusive, not a tool for exclusion.
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Absolutely. While the core frameworks of harassment literacy are consistent, the session is flexible enough to be tailored to your organisation's internal policies, and current cultural challenges. We ensure the conversation feels like a natural extension of your existing team culture.
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We are platform-agnostic (Zoom, Teams, etc.) and can use our meeting platform or yours.
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To protect the psychological safety of our participants and encourage real engagement, we do not allow sessions to be recorded. This ensures that every conversation stays within the room, allowing your people to engage authentically without fear of being captured on camera.
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We address this head-on. No level of performance justifies the destruction of psychological safety. We show how bullying actually lowers long-term team performance.
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We offer two ways to measure the impact of your Awareness Session. Users scan a QR code that opens our WhatsApp bot on their devices for quick survey feedback. Or we can provide you with a pre-designed survey link to distribute via email (or other internal channel).
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Intervention doesn't always mean a big confrontation. We teach subtle but powerful ways to interrupt the momentum of bullying and support the person being targeted.
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Yes, absolutely. We can expand any session into a 90 or 120-minute Masterclass. This extended format shifts the focus to practical tools, real-world scenarios, and concrete solutions.
Awareness Session | 60-Minute | Virtual
Frequently Bought Together
Psychological Safety
Sexual Harassment
Awareness Session | 60-Minute | Virtual
About the Facilitator:
Rikky Minyuku
Rikky is a change facilitator specialising in gender-based violence, harassment, gender equality, and DEIB. She began her career in human rights and democracy before recognising that for policy and law to bring about real change, they require robust systems and engaged people to drive them. Rikky has provided specialist support and facilitation for change processes that contribute to social justice and equality, working with a vast array of partners, from grassroots movements and NGOs to governments, multi-lateral organisations, and global corporates. Her experience spans every level of intervention, from local community work to global strategic initiatives.
About the Facilitator:
Roy Gluckman-John
Roy is the co-founder of Run to the Monster, a qualified Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, and a veteran DEI practitioner with over 13 years of experience in high-stakes consulting and programme design. His "superpower" lies in his ability to take complex, sensitive social concepts and package them into relatable, easy-to-understand ideas that reduce defensiveness and invite growth. As an expert in creating psychologically safe spaces, Roy guides participants to "run to the monsters": to face our deeply held beliefs about ourselves and others with honesty and kindness.
