Reducing Workplace Violence

Unfortunately, workplace violence is on the rise in our workplaces. The incidences of violence are varied and alarming if we don't stop to think of our ability to create and contribute to peace.

Our guest today is a colleague Johnny Lee who is the

Director of Peace@Work, an agency dedicated to the prevention of violence in and through the workplace and the providers of the ePanic Button, a software duress alarm program.  His previous experience includes his role as the Training Director for the UNC-Chapel Hill Injury Prevention Research Center’s PREVENT program, delivering a national violence prevention training program. He was previously also the Workplace Violence Specialist for the Office of State Personnel in Raleigh, North Carolina.  His responsibilities included consulting state agencies on the development and revision of their workplace violence programs.