Workplace Intruder (Core Manager)
11 min! Run Time
Supervisors
of Completion
Skills covered in this course
Description
This Workplace Intruder Course for Core Manager explores the need for workplace intruder preparation and how employees can prepare to invoke the Run, Hide, Fight model advocated by US governmental agencies such as DHS, FEMA, and the FBI. This course includes a module to help managers prepare staff and lead should such an incident occur.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
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Workplace Intruder (Core Manager)
Frequently Asked Questions
It applies the same Run, Hide, Fight preparation but frames it around a manager's added responsibility for guiding staff, not just protecting themselves.
The Run, Hide, Fight model, which US agencies including DHS, FEMA and the FBI advocate for workplace-intruder incidents.
Because rational thinking often breaks down in a chaotic emergency, so a manager who has already prepared can lead rather than freeze alongside everyone else.
Intruder incidents tied to domestic problems spilling into work, worker revenge, mental instability and terrorism, the causes the course identifies as rising.
It likens it to how workplaces already run emergency fire drills, arguing intruder readiness deserves that same routine level of preparation.
Workplaces are prone to many different risks. Emergencies are unexpected, often chaotic events when rational thinking often does not prevail. In recent years, the US has faced a proliferation of workplace-intruder incidents due to several factors, including domestic problems spilling into work, worker revenge, mental instability, and terrorism. Just as workplaces prepare for fires with emergency drills, employees also can ready themselves for other emergencies such as workplace intruders. When emotions risk overshadowing a careful response, employees can best prevent, mitigate, or protect themselves from violent incidents through preparation. This course explores the need for workplace intruder preparation and how employees can prepare to invoke the Run, Hide, Fight model advocated by US governmental agencies such as DHS, FEMA, and the FBI. This course includes a module to help managers prepare staff and lead should such an incident occur.
Course Length: 11 Minutes