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SUSAN STRAUSS

Dr. Susan Strauss is a national and international speaker, trainer, consultant, and a recognized expert on workplace and school harassment and bullying. She conducts harassment and bullying investigations and functions as an expert witness in harassment and bullying lawsuits. Her clients are from business, education, healthcare, law, and government organizations from both the public and the private sector. Dr. Strauss has conducted research, written over 30 books, book chapters, and journal articles on harassment, bullying, and related topics. She has been featured on 20/20, CBS Evening News, and other television and radio programs as well as interviewed for newspaper and journal articles such as Harvard Education Newsletter, Lawyers Weekly, and Times of London. Susan is the recipient of the Excellence in Educational Equity Award from the Minnesota Department of Education for her work in sexual harassment in education. She has spoken about sexual harassment at international conferences in Botswana, Egypt, Thailand, and the U.S. She consulted with the Israeli Ministry of Education, as well as with educators from Israel, England, Australia, St. Maartin, Bali, and Canada. She traveled to Poland and conducted research on sex discrimination and sexual harassment in Polish workplaces with Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights. She has consulted with health professionals in Beirut regarding violence in healthcare. Susan has a doctorate in organizational leadership. She is a registered nurse, has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and counseling, a master’s degree in community health, and a professional certificate in training and development. She has been involved in the harassment and bullying arena since 1985.


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Bullying in the Healthcare Workplace: Is There an App for That?

 Susan Strauss
 July 03 2025
 01 : 00 PM EST    
 75 Minutes
Bullying in the Healthcare Workplace: Is There an App for That?

All of us would like to come to work on Monday mornings, knowing we will enjoy our day. Additionally, we know we will be treated respectfully and professionally. And if we experience or witness some bullying behavior, all we need to do is access our “bully app” and poof, it will be gone. Oh, for it to be that easy. Unfortunately, more and more employees feel the opposite—they experience rude and discourteou..

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2025 Political Passions and Contention: How to Navigate Political Speech at Work

 Susan Strauss
 August 07 2025
 01 : 00 PM EST    
 75 Minutes
2025 Political Passions and Contention: How to Navigate Political Speech at Work

Course Description Political speech at work is creating more of a problem now than it did during the 2016 Presidential election!!!  With the impeachment, divisive country, and recent 2024 elections, it has escalated even more. A new survey has found that a significantly increased percentage of employees are feeling stressed and strained because of the political speech. Employees are feeling more cynica..

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Emojis, AI, Algorithms, Vulnerable Workers and Systemic Harassment – YIKES! Are You Ready to Apply the New Proposed EEOC Guidelines and Court Rulings?

 Susan Strauss
 Recorded Webinar
 120 Minutes
Emojis, AI, Algorithms, Vulnerable Workers and Systemic Harassment – YIKES! Are You Ready to Apply the New Proposed EEOC Guidelines and Court Rulings?

A court in Louisiana found a winking smiley face coupled with a narrative about a colleague’s good looks, to be flirtatious and offensive. But was it illegal? Saying the N-word one time may be severe enough for the case to go to court or can it?You are used to knowing about the typical issues around harassment so what in the world is going on now!? What is it with emojis, and AI? You have been in Human Reso..

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Mental Illness, ADAAA, and the Workplace: Taking Responsibility as an Employer

 Susan Strauss
 Recorded Webinar
 90 Minutes
Mental Illness, ADAAA, and the Workplace: Taking Responsibility as an Employer

More and more people are complaining of feeling depressed, hopeless, and just plain out of sorts. Therapists indicate that more and more people are seeking therapy, especially since the 2016 election. Millennials, the largest workgroup in our workplaces, have an increase in depression. These are your employees—what are your responsibilities as a manager or HR professional in recognizing and helping them? Ho..

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Nurse To Nurse Bullying: A Sepsis In Healthcare

 Susan Strauss
 Recorded Webinar
 60 Minutes
Nurse To Nurse Bullying: A Sepsis In Healthcare

Nurse-to-nurse bullying threatens the safety and well-being of patients and nurses. The misconduct is a major problem for all nurses and causing 60% of new nurses to leave their first nursing position and 1 in 3 nurses to quit the profession. Sometimes the bullying is so subtle it is almost invisible yet causes cumulative damage to the targeted nurse as well as those nurses who witness the behavior. The Joi..

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Practical Steps to Applying Critical Thinking in the Workplace: No, This is Not Just Another Boring College Class

 Susan Strauss
 Recorded Webinar
 60 Minutes
Practical Steps to Applying Critical Thinking in the Workplace: No, This is Not Just Another Boring College Class

It is our nature to think we all do it.  However, a good share of our thinking is biased, distorted, or incomplete. Critical thinking is an essential skill for both managers and employees. Few of us are effective critical thinkers though research suggests that leaders believe they think quite well. Critical thinking ensures we pose the right questions, view others’ viewpoints with merit, and challenge ..

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Succession Planning and Leadership Development: Critical Business Strategies

 Susan Strauss
 Recorded Webinar
 60 Minutes
Succession Planning and Leadership Development: Critical Business Strategies

Every organization, regardless of its size, needs succession planning. Harvard Business Review stated that the CEO succession process is broken in the U. S. and around the world. This results in poor performance followed by higher turnover and corporate instability. But organizations need to be thinking broader than just CEO succession they need to dig deeper into the organization when thinking “succession”..

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Tattoos, Sandals, Yarmulkes, Dress and Appearance: Increasing Legal Challenges for Employees and Employers

 Susan Strauss
 Recorded Webinar
 60 Minutes
Tattoos, Sandals, Yarmulkes, Dress and Appearance: Increasing Legal Challenges for Employees and Employers

From the length of one’s hair to the number and location of visible tattoos, to recognizing gender non-conformity style, to creating a summer dress code, employers are facing an increased need to determine their organization’s culture and policies, as well as following federal and state laws. How does an organization balance employees’ rights to express themselves with the organization’s rights to determine..

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Virtual and in-person Onboarding: Beyond Handbooks, Benefits, and Photo IDs

 Susan Strauss
 Recorded Webinar
 90 Minutes
Virtual and in-person Onboarding: Beyond Handbooks, Benefits, and Photo IDs

Whether you call it Onboarding, Induction, Enculturation, or New Employee Orientation (NEO), the process used to welcome and train your new employees while capturing their excitement of a new job and reducing their new job jitters is critical to their success. NEO is not a one-day event, but rather a process that begins after their acceptance of the job and extends through the first year of their employment..

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A Leer, A Pat, A Joke, A Gesture, An Innuendo, A Kiss: Are You Prepared To Be the Next Social Media Blitz, Identified on #MeToo, or a Headline in the Newspaper?

 Susan Strauss
 Recorded Webinar
 90 Minutes
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A Leer, A Pat, A Joke, A Gesture, An Innuendo, A Kiss: Are You Prepared To Be the Next Social Media Blitz, Identified on #MeToo, or a Headline in the Newspaper?

Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose, Al Franken, Garrison Keillor, members of Congress, and various State lawmakers have been accused of sexual harassment and/or sexual assault. But there is a difference between pulling one’s pants down in front of a female colleague at work and touching a woman on her buttocks during a photo op—isn’t there? What is that difference? Are both examples considered sexua..

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How Do They Work Together—Or Not? : The Complexity & Interplay Among the ADAAA, FMLA, and Worker’s Comp

 Susan Strauss
 Recorded Webinar
 90 Minutes
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How Do They Work Together—Or Not? : The Complexity & Interplay Among the ADAAA, FMLA, and Worker’s Comp

Challenges - It’s confusing, isn’t it? How are we supposed to keep it all straight when there are times when the legal requirements of both the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the American Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA) are similar, yet at other times one law contradicts another? We find that we can’t comply with both laws at the same time, so which one takes precedence over the other? And where..

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How to Conduct a Harassment & Bullying Investigation

 Susan Strauss
 Recorded Webinar
 120 Minutes
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How to Conduct a Harassment & Bullying Investigation

The EEOC requires that employers receiving a complaint, or otherwise learning of alleged harassment in the workplace, “investigate promptly and thoroughly…take immediate and appropriate corrective action by doing whatever is necessary to end the harassment, make the victim whole by restoring lost employment benefits or opportunities, and prevent the misconduct from recurring”. That’s a tall order to ensure ..

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LGBT Inclusion in the Workplace: Navigating Policies, Procedures, and Practices

 Susan Strauss
 Recorded Webinar
 90 Minutes
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LGBT Inclusion in the Workplace: Navigating Policies, Procedures, and Practices

Workplaces have made progress towards LGBTQ equality yet LGBTQ workers still go to work every day with the fear that they might lose their jobs because of who they love and who they are. There is no federal law protecting the LGB community from workplace discrimination and harassment. There is confusion among organizations as to whether the federal civil rights law Title VII protects gay, lesbian, and bisex..

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Management, Legal and Contractual Perspectives of Managing Remote/Virtual and Telecommuter Workers

 Susan Strauss
 Recorded Webinar
 90 Minutes
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Management, Legal and Contractual Perspectives of Managing Remote/Virtual and Telecommuter Workers

More and more organizations are “going virtual,” whether it is an employee who telecommutes, a team of workers in another country, or simply an employee who extends her or his workday by checking e-mail or downloading a document from Dropbox that connects to their phone, iPad, or home computer. Approximately 80% of U. S. workers continue to do business remotely after normal work hours. More and more organiz..

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Managing the Remote Workforce During COVID-19: Policies, Procedures, and Practices

 Susan Strauss
 Recorded Webinar
 90 Minutes
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Managing the Remote Workforce During COVID-19: Policies, Procedures, and Practices

Employers and employees are experiencing one of the biggest challenges in history in how people work. Some have never worked from home—some with spouses, kids, and pets at their desks – assuming they even have a desk at home. Many managers have never managed employees who work from home. The new situation is stressful and maybe all-consuming.How should remote teams communicate? How often? How do they have a..

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