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Workplace Investigations: Interviews, Evidence, Credibility and Findings

$795.00

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Conduct fair, thorough investigations and reach findings you can explain. A workplace complaint can lead to consequential decisions about employees, managers, discipline, workplace relationships, and organizational risk.

The quality of those decisions depends on the quality of the investigation behind them.

Workplace Investigations: Interviews, Evidence, Credibility and Findings is a practical live program for HR and employee relations professionals who conduct or support internal workplace investigations.

Across two live sessions, you will work through the investigation process from the initial complaint through planning, interviews, evidence assessment, credibility, findings, and the final report.

Led by Jim Woods, Managing Partner of Seattle Consulting Group, former university professor, and author of HR Unchained. He holds a master’s degree in Organizational Development and Human Resources, and his work has helped more than 500,000 professionals and frontline employees across 51 countries navigate consequential workplace and management decisions.

Conduct fair, thorough investigations and reach findings you can explain. A workplace complaint can lead to consequential decisions about employees, managers, discipline, workplace relationships, and organizational risk.

The quality of those decisions depends on the quality of the investigation behind them.

Workplace Investigations: Interviews, Evidence, Credibility and Findings is a practical live program for HR and employee relations professionals who conduct or support internal workplace investigations.

Across two live sessions, you will work through the investigation process from the initial complaint through planning, interviews, evidence assessment, credibility, findings, and the final report.

Led by Jim Woods, Managing Partner of Seattle Consulting Group, former university professor, and author of HR Unchained. He holds a master’s degree in Organizational Development and Human Resources, and his work has helped more than 500,000 professionals and frontline employees across 51 countries navigate consequential workplace and management decisions.

Build the skills required for a strong workplace investigation

You will learn how to:

define the allegations and establish an appropriate investigation scope;
identify, collect, and preserve relevant evidence;
plan and conduct effective investigation interviews;
ask follow-up questions and test conflicting accounts;
assess reliability, inconsistencies, and credibility;
determine when additional investigation is necessary;
analyze evidence allegation by allegation;
reach findings supported by the available evidence; and
write a clear investigation report that explains the reasoning behind your conclusions.

Learn by working through an investigation

You will apply the investigation process to a realistic workplace case.

As new information emerges, you will decide what questions to ask, what evidence matters, where accounts conflict, whether further inquiry is required, and what conclusions the evidence supports.

The emphasis is practical: making the decisions an investigator actually has to make.

Investigation tools included

Your registration includes:

Investigation Planning Worksheet
Interview Preparation Guide
Evidence and Credibility Assessment Worksheet
Findings Analysis Worksheet
Investigation Report Guide

You will use the tools during the program and keep them for future investigations.

Who should attend

Designed for HR professionals, HR business partners, employee relations professionals, internal investigators, managers with investigation responsibilities, and others who conduct or support workplace investigations.

The program is appropriate for professionals preparing to conduct investigations as well as experienced practitioners who want a more structured approach to interviews, evidence, credibility, findings, and reporting.

Program details

Format: Two live, three-hour online sessions
Instructional time: 5.5 hours
Tuition: CA$795 per person
Class size: Maximum 25 participants
Included: Investigation tools, case materials, 90-day teaching-segment recording access, and certificate of completion

Your facilitator

Jim Woods is the Managing Partner of Seattle Consulting Group. He holds a master’s degree in Organizational Development and Human Resources and previously served as a university professor.

His work has helped more than 500,000 professionals and frontline employees across 51 countries handle consequential workplace and management decisions with greater clarity and confidence.

Be prepared when the next complaint arrives

A strong investigation requires more than collecting statements and taking notes.

It requires a clear scope, purposeful interviews, disciplined evidence assessment, careful credibility analysis, and findings that another decision-maker can understand and act on.

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Cancellation and Transfer Policy

If you cannot attend, notify Seattle Consulting Group before the first session begins. Your tuition may be transferred once to a future scheduled offering of Workplace Investigations: Interviews, Evidence, Credibility and Findings, subject to availability.

If Seattle Consulting Group cancels the program, you may transfer to another available session or receive a full refund.

Program Disclaimer

This program provides workplace-investigation education and practical guidance. It does not constitute legal, employment, Human Resources, or other professional advice.

Participants and organizations remain responsible for determining how investigation practices should be applied within their own policies, collective agreements, circumstances, and applicable law.