Posts by Meredith Moore
Workplace Violence Tips Across Industries
In an era where work is treated as worship, conducive workplaces are vital to the overall growth of the brand. A place where the employees feel safe and valued adds to their overall inclination towards the job, directly affecting performance and attitude. Harassment by fellow workers, getting bullied by seniors, and other forms of workplace…
Read MorePersonal Safety Course for Women
In many societies, women are more likely to be victimized by violence. For some women, routine daily tasks such as walking to their car, going jogging, or meeting friends for a night out causes anxiety over personal safety. This situation also occurs at the workplace. Women in the corporate sector tend to face uncomfortable situations.…
Read More4 Tips that Every Worker Can Be Doing Now for Personal Security Awareness
Sign up for our Workplace Violence course today! In today’s unpredictable and fragile world, we all need to be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to stay safe and secure. At Greylake, we believe considering the “human element” is essential in crisis management, violence prevention, and personal resilience to get the most effective outcomes.…
Read More4 Reasons Why You Should Take Our Cyber Security Essentials Course
Cyber security has always been important, but there’s never been a more pressing need to become educated about how to protect yourself online. Between more people working remotely than ever before and the ability to access sensitive information anywhere, anytime from our phones, the opportunities for online exploitation are virtually limitless. There are also plenty…
Read MoreSummer Traveling Tips
Suppose you’re like many people across the country. In that case, you’re probably planning a summer getaway that you’ve been looking forward to since COVID-19 impacted our lives in unimaginable ways more than a year ago. We don’t want your trip to get ruined by an emergency, so below, we’ll discuss four tips that can…
Read MoreHow To Deal With Unwanted Attention
Harassment is defined as unwanted and offensive behavior. This could include offensive jokes, name-calling, intimidation, insults, threats, physical assault, offensive objects and imagery, and unwanted attention. Unfortunately, most women have dealt with unwanted attention at one time or another. Below, you’ll learn how to deal with unwanted attention in three common settings. To learn more…
Read More4 Things Women Need to Know to Stay Safe
Learn to Protect Yourself From Violence Women are disproportionately the victims of gender-based violence not just in the United States, but across the world. At Greylake Training Solutions, we believe that women have a right to feel safe in their day-to-day lives, and this info provides four easy-to-implement tips that you can use to develop…
Read MoreThe science of heuristics, informing your feelings about risk
Ever stop and think about that sudden gut feeling you had? Where did it come from? Did you trust that feeling, or did you rationalize a reason to talk yourself out of, or into something despite your unconscious intelligence telling you otherwise? Those quick judgments and decisions we make every day are called heuristics. According…
Read MoreSpeaking up, Speaking Out: Why security concerns don’t always get reported.
As security professionals, we rely on the workforce at our companies and organizations to report incidents that have the potential to put us at risk. Our hope is that our colleagues will be proactive and preventative, ensuring potential threats will be brought to the attention of security so it can be nipped in the bud…
Read MoreCan we prevent violence? Looking back on human evolution can give us some insights.
When we know the root causes of why people commit violence, we can better anticipate and prevent events from occurring. We can learn to recognize signs and warnings, we can train people to be better able to prepare and respond. But understanding these root causes means looking across our history. Our behaviors are the result…
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