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Managing Workplace Investigations Effectively

Protect your organization and your people with a rigorous, fair, and legally defensible investigation process.

Created byAdam Mendlerworkspace_premiumBest Instructor
BeginnerUpdated Jun 1, 2026

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleApply systematic documentation and evidence-gathering techniques to ensure investigations are legally defensible.
  • check_circleDetermine the appropriate scope and investigator for different types of workplace complaints.
  • check_circleAnalyze witness credibility and manage conflicting accounts during investigative interviews.
  • check_circleImplement effective interim measures to protect parties and maintain workplace safety during an investigation.
  • check_circleDevelop strategies to restore trust and prevent retaliation following the conclusion of an investigation.

About This Course

This course offers a practical, experience-driven guide to conducting workplace investigations. Through a candid conversation with a senior HR executive, learners gain insight into the full investigation lifecycle — from receiving an initial allegation to communicating findings and preventing retaliation. Drawing on real-world examples from a large multi-site healthcare organization, the course addresses how to document complaints, select and scope investigations, interview parties effectively, assess credibility, maintain confidentiality, and build the organizational culture that makes investigations more likely to succeed.

Topics

  • Initial response to workplace allegations: documentation and first steps
  • Determining when a formal investigation is warranted and defining its scope
  • Selecting the right investigator: internal versus external considerations
  • Communicating with complainants, respondents, and witnesses at the outset
  • Confidentiality obligations and balancing transparency
  • Interim protective measures during active investigations
  • Evidence gathering beyond interviews: files, records, and physical evidence
  • Planning and conducting investigative interviews with different parties
  • Assessing credibility when accounts conflict
  • Managing witnesses who have already spoken to each other
  • Handling reluctant or uncooperative witnesses
  • Common early mistakes in the first 24–48 hours
  • Keeping investigations focused and on scope
  • The role of organization and documentation in investigation integrity
  • Language to avoid in investigation reports
  • Post-investigation communication of findings
  • Anti-retaliation monitoring and follow-up obligations
  • Remediation, education, and preventing recurrence
  • The role of workplace culture and trust in investigation outcomes

Course Content

1 activity • 1 videos • duration: 57m

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Mastering Workplace Investigations1 videos • 57 min
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    Duration 57:34

Your Instructors

Adam Mendler

Motivational & Leadership Speaker

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Adam Mendler is a nationally recognized authority on leadership, renowned for his unique ability to deliver perspective-shifting insights shaped by interviewing more than 500 of America’s most successful leaders. The creator and host of the top-rated business and leadership podcast Thirty Minute Mentors, Adam regularly elicits insights from America's top CEOs, founders, athletes, celebrities, and political and military leaders. A keynote speaker to businesses, universities, and non-profit organizations, Adam has written extensively on business and leadership, having authored more than 70 articles published in major media outlets including Forbes, Inc., and HuffPost. A Los Angeles native and lifelong Angels fan, Adam teaches graduate-level courses on leadership at UCLA, serves on the board of UCLA’s Master of Applied Statistics & Data Science program, is an emeritus member of USC’s Board of Governors, and is an advisor to numerous companies and leaders.

Shelly Barry

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

As Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Recovery Centers of America, Shelly plays a key role in shaping the organization’s workforce strategy. She leads talent acquisition efforts, provides strategic hiring insights, and oversees HR operations across corporate, inpatient, and outpatient teams. Additionally, she directs employee education, training, and development to cultivate a strong and engaged workforce. Before joining RCA, Shelly held senior leadership roles at Tower Health, managing HR systems for Phoenixville, Brandywine, and Chestnut Hill hospitals, as well as the Memorial Hospital of Salem County. With extensive experience in hospitals, physician practices, and ambulatory services, she has successfully led succession planning, training and development, compliance, policy management, compensation, onboarding, benefits administration, performance management, and fair hiring practices. Shelly holds a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Management from Wilmington University and a Master of Science in Human Resources Management from the Fox School of Business at Temple University. Passionate about addiction services, Shelly deeply values the dedication of RCA’s staff, who make it their mission every day to change lives. Her commitment to building high-performing teams ensures RCA continues to provide exceptional care while fostering a supportive and empowering workplace.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

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