Policy Writing Guide

Faulty Assumptions about Policies

• Our self-directed workshop format makes it easy to schedule the sessions with in-person or remote participation.
• The policy & procedures can be written as quickly as 1.5 to 2 days.
• Create a new, stand-alone Policy or revise and expand existing policies.
• Prevention of destructive conduct that fosters toxicity is the goal of a good Policy.
• Enforcement procedures are essential for accountability and staff credibility.
• The collaborative writing workshop triggers lively discussions about organizational values and commitment.
• Customized policy & procedures will reflect your workplace culture. No one-size-fits-all sample policy does this.
• Your policy & procedures will be world-class, given the facilitators’ expertise.
• Facilitators are Dr. Gary Namie and David C. Yamada, Suffolk University Law Professor.

The Policy Writing Guide includes:

• How to select participants in the writing group. It’s a group that represents the organization well.
• A video that introduces the topic of destructive misconduct through profiles of perpetrators and targeted individuals and the harm inflicted on people and organizations. It provides a common understanding of the problems to be addressed in the policy for writing workshop participants.
• The recorded Guide leads the group through each section of the policy and procedures to be created.
• The sequence of each section is: delivery of a tutorial by Dr. Namie, the review of sample terms, paused instruction to allow discussion and real time text editing by the group.
• Though facilitated, the workshop is self-directed and completed at the group’s preferred pace.