7 Reasons to Use Workplace Harassment Training Video Content in Your Business

Virtually all employers provide some kind of training on workplace harassment. Many offer a handbook or manual, while others might provide some sort of outdated videos that are almost certain to bore employees more than they help. As important as including a workplace harassment training video series into your on-demand video training library is, teaching and training on unrealistic scenarios and outdated topics really isn’t even worth the time. You want employees to be serious about what you’re teaching, so you need to get serious about how you teach!

Producing a top quality workplace harassment training video series that you can use to teach and train your workforce is key! Consider these top reasons to use professionally produced workplace harassment training videos to teach your workforce the “right” way to engage and interact with others on the job.

1. Video Saves Money

First and foremost, if you’re thinking that video is going to increase your training costs, think again! Video training actually saves money for most employers. Particularly, if you generally provide your workplace training in-person or via a seminar style training event, the shift to on-demand training videos can have incredible savings. One training session can be recorded and used over and over to train hundreds or thousands of employees and there is no need for travel, time off for training, or other expenses.

2. Video Provides Flexible Training

The use of a workplace harassment training video over in-person training can make the process of engaging in workplace training more flexible for employees. Video can be engaged in on-demand, from anywhere an internet connection is available. There is no need to schedule big training events and coordinate around busy schedules. Everyone can train on their own time.

3. Videos Increase Engagement

If you really want your employees to engage with what you’re teaching them, video is the way to go! Videos increase engagement over other forms of training content, especially when compared to a written training manual. For further increases in engagement, consider incorporating interactive elements into your workplace harassment training video. 

4. Videos are More Accessible

If you’re having trouble getting your team together for training, or you’re finding it difficult to coordinate the training around the trainer, you’re not alone! Fortunately, videos are more accessible than other forms of training that you can provide. As long as your employees have access to a phone, tablet, or computer and the internet, they can actively engage in your workplace harassment training video series.

5. Video is Retained for Longer

We tend to only retain about 20% of what we read as compared to about 90% of what we watch in a video. Additionally, studies show that most workplace training programs are not retained 60-days after the training is delivered in person or via a manual. However, the use of video encourages longer retention of information. People recall much more of what they learn with the support of audio visual elements in video and they are more likely to remember it longer term.

6. Video Training is Private

You might not realize, but if someone in the workplace feels like they are being harassed, they could be looking for answers. If those answers are provided at an in-person training session that comes up once a year at an assembly, that employee could go months being harassed and wondering what to do. However, when video training is provided, that same worker could potentially figure out what they should do simply by watching a training video on-demand that refreshes their understanding of workplace harassment and the appropriate actions to take if harassment is suspected. 

Offering video training in the privacy of the employee’s free-time is important because this can encourage employees to re-watch and re-engage in videos that they find important to their own personal situations. For this reason, on-demand video training should be made available and easily accessible for employees at all times.

7. Videos Improve Training Outcomes

Overall, the use of workplace harassment training video content in your on-demand video training library will help to improve the overall learning outcomes of your team. Video is easier to understand and follow, even when complex topics are provided. Video is more appealing, even to a larger group of learners with varied learning styles, and video is the chosen format for training over in-person training, manuals, and other formats that are offered by many organizations.

Ready to get started with professional production of a workplace harassment training video that you can incorporate into your video training library? Give Beverly Boy Productions a call to learn more about the next steps to producing top quality, effective and engaging workplace harassment training videos that you can use throughout your organization to boost employee understanding of potential risks, and the support that is available for those who believe they have been victimized by harassment at work. With decades of experience, we know how to engage, educate, and entertain your employees while teaching them exactly what they need to know!