Proactive Prevention™
FOR
BOTTOMLINE ENHANCEMENTJohn Baumann, The Inspiring Esquire™,
focuses upon proactive prevention programs, conducting leadership/ management
and other skills (success and negotiation) training, and emphasizing humanistic
values as critical components of a healthy organization's culture.
Proactive Prevention Culture™ Program
Every dollar spent in defending harassment claims, winning union
elections or disputing workers compensation claims, are wasted.
It is work, but the simple solution is prevention before there is an issue.
Call now to set up a meeting and discuss how we can customize our Proactive
Prevention Culture™ Program to meet the needs of your organization.
 A
Proactive Workplace Harassment Prevention Program That Actually Works:
"Good touch, Bad touch, NO TOUCH" - A
proven-to-be-successful, seven phase proactive prevention approach for companies
to not just reduce, but actually prevent and eliminate, sexual, racial,
religious and other forms of workplace harassment.
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With
700 employees, 600 of which on industrial plant floors, a company can expect
two, three, four (possibly more) harassment lawsuits per year.
What
about 15 U.S plants with 1,500 employees, 1,200 of which are on the plant floor?
With a typical settlement likely to be in the $60,000 to $100,000 or
more range and the typical defense attorney fees to be in the same range, we are
talking serious dollars.
Even with the significant company growth
described above, the Proactive Prevention Culture™ Program has
resulted in ZERO HARASSMENT LAWSUITS OVER THE PAST DECADE. You calculate
the savings: millions of dollars.
Throw into the mix the diversity of
the workforce - various religions, races, and national origins - women
working on the plant floor - and the record becomes even more impressive.
It gets even better, these 15 plants are not limited to
traditionally non-litigious locations, try instead, Detroit, Michigan,
Cleveland, Ohio, northern Indiana, and central Ohio.
Union
Avoidance/IrrelevancyProactive
Union Avoidance & Irrelevancy: "Making the Employee Free Choice Act
Irrelevant" - A six phase supervisory skills leadership training
(Representation, Responsibility, Inclusion, Treatment, Attitude, and Atmosphere)
to maintain non-union status and/or neutralize existing unions whether the Act
is enacted or not.
Every company has some idea what to do when a union
card campaign is discovered. Baumann will show you how to put up a "No
Trespassing - Do Not Enter" sign before a union even thinks about paying
you a visit.
Proven Results:
1995: Detroit, Michigan and
northern Indiana vote in first unions - 2 of 7 industrial plants.
Proactive
Prevention Culture™ Program Implemented
1998 - 1999: company
wins election in Cincinnati, union withdraws before election in central Indiana,
and the employees decertified union in northern Indiana.
2000 -
2008: 15 U.S. industrial plants including Cleveland, other Detroit plants,
northern Indiana, and central Ohio:
SAVINGS: Millions of dollars in
direct costs (campaign, negotiation, attorney fees etc.) as well as indirect
costs (distractions, turnover of quality employees, lost productivity, etc.)
Proactive
Workplace Injury Reduction: "Limbo, How low can you go?" -
reducing injuries in the workplace by obtaining ownership in the deepest level
of the organization because you care about your people.
We all say the
right thing about safety being our number one priority. How many of us have a
record that backs up our lofty words with results?
1999 - 900 Employees
with 300 workers compensation claims
Proactive Prevention Culture™
Program Implemented
2007 - 1500 Employees with less than 70 workers
compensation claims
If the same injury rate existed, the number of
injuries last year would have been in excess of 500.
That's over
430 injuries that did not happen.
That's over 430 people that went home to their families intact.
That's over 430 workers compensation claims not filed.
That's over 430 employees that could work the next day.
Workplace Leadership & Management Skills Training:
"Thrown
into the Fire" - Transitioning from "promoting to ones level
of incompetence" to providing supervisors with the skills and tools
necessary to effectively lead and manage.
Is this Proactive
Prevention™
Program Cost Effective?Definitely
Lower Outside Counsel Bills
Eliminate/reduce
payout of settlements
Lower Insurance Premiums
Lower
Turnover/Absenteeism (Reduce training costs)
Lower Corporate Overhead
(HR and Law departments)
Eliminate distractions - indirect costs
Retain
Quality Employees
| | Is the Program Humanistic?
- You tell me
No Harassment (or immediately and
properly addressed)
Union Irrelevancy - eliminate distractions,
divisiveness
Less employees getting hurt at work
Involvement/Part
of a Team
Corporate Culture: Appreciation & Respect
| | For the General Counsel and
the rest the law department:
| Provides Confidence that everything
is being done to eliminate |
| non-value added expenses -
litigation, settlements, campaigns, union negotiations, etc. |
| Allows Full use of Affirmative
Defense to Harassment claim. | |
 With John Baumann being a
practicing attorney, the Attorney-client privilege as well as Attorney Work
Product protection may be asserted with respect to all Communications and
Recommendations (depending upon the jurisdiction).
For the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Legal Officer:
| Reduces direct costs - outside
counsel fees, cost of |
| settlement, staffing to address, etc. |
| Reduces indirect costs/distractions -
time spent by |
| executives/employees in deposition,
preparation, document gathering, ediscovery of computer network, trial, etc. |
| Reduces risk of adverse verdict and
associated negative publicity. |
| Avoids floodgates of follow-on
lawsuits. | |
Company of Choice - More Likely to:
Increase Profitability - Reduce
wasted expenses
Have employees who are "engaged"
Be
able to pay better wages - retain quality people
Not have to
continually train replacements
Have more funds available to grow/expand
Provide
a more pleasant work environment
BE THE COMPANY OF CHOICE
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Listening to: Employee Free Choice Act Webinar |
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