Return to Training ScheduleLevel I - Workplace Investigative Interviewing Strategies For HR/ER Professionals
| Host: | Wicklander-Zulawski |
| Location: | WZ Virtual Training Zoom Video Conferencing, Virtual Virtual |
| Dates: | April 22, 2026 - April 23, 2026 |
| Times: | 9:00am - 4:30pm Central Time |
| Fee: | $615.00 |
As Human Resources, Employee Relations, and Ethics Professionals handle the most challenging and sensitive cases, guidance is critical for conducting proper investigations within today’s turbulent work environment. Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates, Inc. (WZ) recognizes the importance of due diligence, interviewing all parties involved, and staying focused on one true objective to Identify the Truth. Our team of Certified Forensic Interviewers (CFI®) teaches a series of evidence-based, proven techniques to apply the latest investigative interviewing strategies to adapt to any investigation.
The HRCI and SHRM Pre-Approved WZ Seminar on Workplace Investigative Interviewing Strategies is a powerful interactive two-day workshop open to ALL professionals who conduct inquiries into hostile work environment issues such as bullying, workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, and many other integrity issues. Gain valuable insights from actual cases conducted by WZ investigators. Get access to real-life videos when you attend this course in person.
ATTENDEES WILL LEARN
· Legal and Ethical Considerations
· Rapport
· Elements of an Investigative Interview
· Environment & Remote Interviewing
· Strategies to Investigate Unwanted Workplace Behavior and Misconduct Allegations
· Benefits and Risks of Interpreting Behavior
· Fact Gathering
· How to Reduce Resistance During Sensitive Interviews
· Causes of Resistance | Interviewing the Victim, Witness or Subject
Amanda Weaver, CFI, PHR
Amanda Weaver, CFI, PHR, brings more than two decades of private-sector, retail investigative experience to her role as Investigations Manager and Instructor with Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates, Inc. (WZ). Throughout her career, she has held leadership positions across a variety of investigative functions, supporting operations nationwide and guiding teams through complex workplace challenges.
Her diverse retail background spans specialty, luxury, big-box, and supply chain retail environments, with expertise in internal and external investigations, employee and labor relations, loss mitigation, threat assessment, and strategic planning.
At WZ, Amanda facilitates training and consulting initiatives focused on ethical, evidence-based investigative interviewing practices. She believes in teaching interviewers to prioritize collaboration over confrontation.
Amanda is a Certified Forensic Interviewer (CFI), a Professional in Human Resources (PHR), and a Florida Licensed Private Investigator. She is also affiliated with the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police (MCOPA) Behavior Threat Assessment & Management and Violence Risk Assessment (BTAM/VRA) Committee. Amanda has presented at industry events, including the National Retail Federation (NRF) Protect, the International Association of Interviewers (IAI), HR Star, and various Organized Retail Crime Associations (ORCAs). Her writing has appeared in Loss Prevention Magazine and the CFInsider Journal.
Host: Wicklander-Zulawski
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