The Workplace Violence Threat

A Bureau of Labor Statistics' study found some 14% of workplace fatalities resulted from assaults and violence. Another study indicates that each week, one employee is a victim of homicide and 25 suffer serious injuries due to violent incidents at work.

With over a million nonfatal workplace assaults each year, costing billions of dollars, corporate security executives in all industries and companies of all sizes must plan ahead to prevent or minimize workplace violence and to develop an effective crisis management plan in the event of violence.

Listen and participate from your telephone as our panel of experienced corporate security leaders and consultants offers you the benefit of their perspectives and lessons learned on violence in the workplace. They will help you understand how to:

• Assess the strengths and weaknesses in your company's readiness to deal with workplace violence
• Identify behaviors that signal the potential for violence and anticipate scenarios most likely to set the stage for assaults
• Ensure that company policies and procedures are designed to pinpoint potential trouble - and emphasize preemptive measures
• Hone watchful eyes both within your security staff and other corporate departments
• Respond swiftly and wisely if, despite your best efforts, violence does occur

Our panel includes:

Brian Hollstein is the former security director at Xerox Corp. and now the president of a security consulting firm in New Canaan, Conn. called Brian Hollstein & Assoc.

John Martinicky is director of global security at Navistar International Corp., the Warrenville, Ill.-based manufacturer of heavy trucks and engines.

Terri Howard is vice president of corporate preparedness at the Crisis Prevention Institute Inc., a training, consulting and education group based in Brookfield, Wis.

David Burns is senior security director for the special operations group at Fidelity Investments, the Boston-based mutual fund giant. He managed the firm’s North American workplace violence assessment and response program for four years.

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