Message From The Publisher


I am very excited to announce the formation of the Alliance Against Workplace Violence founded by my close friend and colleague Pat Biles, former National Workplace Violence


Prevention Coordinator for OSHA. Be sure to read the article on the new ‘Alliance’ and to see the webinar series that is being launched.


As many of you know I am very active in the back- ground screening community and we offer several products in conjunction with our industry leading online background screening directory – PreemploymentDirectory.com. I am very pleased to announce the release of our 2011 Background Screening Industry Buyers Guide which includes many of the top background screening firms in the world. Click on the image below to view a copy or go to PreemploymentDirectory.com and scroll down to the booklet cover.


We know it takes a team effort and a multidisciplinary approach to solve the complex problem of workplace violence prevention. All successful threat assessments require both information and conversation. We must know as much as possible about the subject making the threat and his or her intended targets. And we must be able to ask questions, get answers, and develop our potential solutions.


So if we agree that threat assessment is a collective effort, it’s time to answer a question that has been posed to professionals in our field: Can you do an accurate threat assessment without actually meeting the subject?


I believe the short answer is yes. This question was posed to me at an organization where I was gathering information about the troubling behavior of an employee. I had met with many of his colleagues, discussed his behavior and employment history with his supervisors, read his ranting and disconnected e- mails, and even sat in anonymously during a large staff meeting where he tried to bully the group.


During my meeting with one of his co-workers, who happened to be a non-practicing licensed psychologist, this person said, rather dismissively, “I could never do a threat assessment without actually interviewing the subject. Don’t you plan to talk to him?”


Also if you are going to be attending the HR Southwest Annual Conference in Fort Worth, Texas be sure to attend my session on Monday, October 31 at 1:30pm or at least stop by to say hello. My topic of discussion will be ‘Diffusing Aggressive Behavior with The Aggressive Management Toolkit.’


Hot off the press, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports there were 506 workplace homicide in 2010.


Thanks again for joining us and stay safe until next time.


Barry


Threat Assessments: To Meet or Not to Meet the Subject?


By Dr. Steve Albrecht, PHR, CPP To read more Click here. Continued on page 2


New Survey Finds Just 60% of Corporate Executives Say They Have Crisis Plan in Place


According to a new survey conducted by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s Crisis Management Team and Levick Strategic Communications, just 60% of corporate executives surveyed said they had a crisis plan in place, with 29% of those respondents feeling “confident” and 56% feeling “somewhat confident” about their organization’s ability to respond to a crisis.


Part of the reason behind the low confidence rates is that even among companies with a crisis plan, only 37% conduct any form of annual training in relation to that plan. To read more Click Here.


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