Dr. Susan Strauss
Dr. Susan Strauss is a national and international speaker, trainer and consultant. Her specialty areas include management/leadership development, organization development, communication, and harassment and bullying. She is an expert witness for discrimination and harassment lawsuits. She trains and consults with business, education, healthcare, law, and government organizations from both the public and private sector. Dr. Strauss has authored over 30 book chapters, books, and articles in professional journals. 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. She has her doctorate in organizational leadership, is a registered nurse with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and human services, a master’s degree in community health, and professional certificate in training and development.
Live Webinars
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
May 23, 2025
Tattoos, hijabs, piercings, and pink hair: The challenges of a dress & appearance code
From the style and 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 facin…
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 75 Minutes Time: 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
May 14, 2025
Female to Female Hostility @Workplace: All you Need to Know
This training program will discuss whether women are more hostile to each other in the workplace. It will discuss sexism and stereotypes in our perceptions of women's and men's bullying, t…
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 90 Minutes Time: 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
May 13, 2025
How To Conduct An Internal Harassment And Bullying Investigation To Determine Facts And Minimize Liability
The EEOC requires that employers receiving a complaint, or otherwise learning of alleged harassment in the workplace, to “investigate promptly and thoroughly… take immediate and appro…
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 90 Minutes Time: 12:00 PM PDT | 03:00 PM EDT
Chronicles
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
Recorded Session
Workplace Investigations 101: How to Conduct your Investigation Like a Pro
When we think of workplace investigations, the most common thought is that of investigating harassment complaints. However, there are so many other forms of workplace misconduct that require…
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 90 Minutes
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
Recorded Session
The Business Case for LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in the Workplace: Navigating Policies, Procedures, Practices.
LGBTQIA+ workers still go to work every day with fear that they might lose their jobs because of who they love and who they are. There is no federal law protecting the LGBTQIA community from workplac…
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 60 Minutes
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
Recorded Session
2-Hour Virtual Seminar on How to Conduct an Internal Harassment and Bullying Investigation to Determine Facts and Minimize Liability
This Seminar undertakes to explain the process of internal harassment and bullying investigation. Participants will learn how to handle harassment complaints and conduct the investigation to deter…
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 120 Minutes
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
Recorded Session
2-Hour Virtual Seminar on The Complexity and Interplay Among ADAAA, FMLA, and Worker's Comp (WC) - How do they Work Together, or Not?
The webinar training will address ADAAA, FMLA, and Worker's Comp laws that HR is responsible for upholding. When the laws are not followed, it increases the liability for the organization and …
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 120 Minutes
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
Recorded Session
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 …
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 120 Minutes
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
Recorded Session
Legal And Ethical Challenges For Employers: An Increase In Burnout, Stress, And Mental Illness
Employers are seeing more mental health issues in their workforce than ever before. Long COVID has enhanced mental health concerns even more. Each year 1 in 5 adults is stricken with a mental illn…
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 120 Minutes
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
Recorded Session
Remotely Onboarding Your New Hire: Policies, Practices, and Processes
We’re in a new world now creating new challenges in the way we do our work including how we welcome and engage our new hires virtually.
We have new challenges now with the pandemic - h…
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 90 Minutes
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
Recorded Session
Legal and Contractual Perspectives of Managing the Remote/Virtual Employee
This webinar training discusses the legal and contractual perspectives of managing the remote/virtual employee. It will highlight the opportunities and challenges that the virtual workplace offers…
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 90 Minutes
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
Recorded Session
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 n…
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 60 Minutes
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
Recorded Session
Piercings, Tattoos and More: Dress Codes For the Workplace - Legally Compliant Policies and Guidelines
This webinar on Workplace Dress Codes will discuss your reasons and rights as an employer to establish a dress code in your workplace and how to develop and adopt one that complements your busines…
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 60 Minutes
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
Recorded Session
Maximize the Return on Your Hiring Investment: How to Welcome, Engage, and Retain New Employees with Your On-boarding Strategy in 2020
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 …
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 60 Minutes
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
Recorded Session
Inclusion of LGBT Employees in Healthcare: Navigating Policies, Procedures, and Practices
Workplaces have made progress towards GLBT equality yet GLBT workers still go to work every day with fear that they might lose their jobs because of who they love and who they are. There is no fed…
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 120 Minutes
By: Dr. Susan Strauss
Recorded Session
Inclusion of LGBT Employees in Healthcare: Navigating Policies Procedures and Practices
How does your business go about recruiting to the LGBT community? Do any of your advertising and marketing practices target LGBT consumers? Do you know how to assist a transgendered employee in th…
Industry: HR Compliance Duration: 90 Minutes