Fire Away

Fire Away: security culture in today’s workplaces.

Brittany Taylor is joined by John Rodriguez, founder of Empathic Security Cultures LLC. 
https://www.empathicsecuritycultures.com/

Fire Away: security and threat assessment in the workplace.

It may seem as though violence is becoming more prevalent, with increasingly more headlines about incidence taking places in schools and other workplaces. Denise Koster is back on the show to talk about threat assessment, security, and managing internal or external threats to workplaces.

Fire Away: when employee disengagement is actually an EDI issue, and what to do about it!

Brittany Taylor chats with Nicole Stibbe about her work at Soulwork Alliance, and how to tell whether your employee disengagement is really a result of a larger workplace culture issue - plus, where to start to address it! 

Fire Away: working through bias and making safe space at work.

Stuart Rudner is joined by DEI consultant and corporate speaker Risha Grant for a discussion on our own unconscious bias and how we can work through that to create safer spaces, where everyone feels respected and included - especially at work!

Fire Away: Navigating conflict and toxicity in the modern workplace.

Stuart Rudner is joined by Carlos Cadogan and Shawnee Love for a conversation about the modern workplace and how people approach conflict, whether it be microaggressions, offensive jokes, or harassment claims, and what we can do to not only navigate this kind of toxicity, but make positive change away from toxicity in the workplace.

You Can’t Do That (At Work) On TV!

Stuart Rudner and the Rudner Law Team look at some examples of workplace don'ts that you may recognize from pop culture and TV.

Will Smith & Chris Rock; Lessons About Workplace Violence

Stuart is joined by Brittany Taylor for a discussion on the Will Smith/Chris Rock incident at this year's Oscars Awards and the lessons about workplace violence it brought up.

Kyle Beach and the Chicago Blackhawks: Lessons for HR/Employers

Stuart is joined by John Curtis and Larissa Donovan. John is a lawyer, mediator, investigator, and former Olympic athlete in the sport of sailing whose practice is focused on resolving workplace conflict. Larissa is an articling student currently working with John; she is a Board Member of the Dandelion Initiative, which focuses on survivors of sexual violence. This episode looks at the Kyle Beach sexual assault lawsuit against the Chicago Blackhawks organization, and how this case translates into lessons for HR professionals and employers.

The New Normal? COVID-19, Workplace Harassment, and Mental Health

Denise Koster returns to Fire Away to talk about how COVID and remote work have changed how we see and deal with workplace harassment and mental health.

Hosted by Brittany Taylor, Partner at Rudner Law.

Fire Away - Refusing to Accept The Unacceptable: Workplace Bullying and Harassment

Stuart is joined by Denise Koster, Founder and Principal of Koster Consulting and Associates, to discuss workplace bullying and harassment, and her newly published book, "Refusing to Accept the Unacceptable: The Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs of Workplace Bullying and Harassment".

Original air date: August 18th, 2020