5-hr Virtual Seminar: Conducting an Internal Sexual Harassment Investigation

Why Should You Attend:

• Are you unsure how to manage an emotional, hostile or difficult interview?
• Uncertain about what steps are important to take to wrap up the complainant interview?
• Are you confident about interviewing the alleged harasser?
• Are you skilled in asking open-ended, probing and clarifying questions? 
• Can you determine if a witness is being untruthful?
• Unsure when to protect the investigation using the attorney-client privilege or attorney work product doctrine?
• Are you prepared to write a report of the findings and recommendations for the implementation of appropriate action by your decision makers?

This 5-hr virtual seminar will answer all of the above questions. It will provide a step-by-step procedure for conducting an efficient, effective, and credible internal sexual harassment investigation. You will learn how to provide a clear factual picture to the executive leadership which will lead to an appropriate resolution to the sexual harassment complaint.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will learn about the role and responsibilities of an efficient and effective, credible internal investigator.

Areas Covered in the Seminar:

• How to establish your credibility as an investigator.
• What you should consider first as you begin the investigation.
• Identify potential witnesses and their relationship to the incident under investigation.
• How to determine the order of the interviews.
• How to develop and utilize the most appropriate format to memorialize witness information.
• How to prepare for the witness interview.
• Preparing for, and asking the appropriate questions of the complainant, alleged harasser, hostile or uncooperative witnesses.
• Concluding interviews, preparing notes, retrieving and maintaining appropriate documentation and witness follow-up.
• Analyzing the results  of the investigation and determine the outcome.
• Documenting  the results of the investigation.
• Preparing a written report of the findings and recommendations for the implementation of appropriate action by decision makers.

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Who Will Benefit:

• Human resources
• Managers and Supervisors
• Risk managers
• Labor relations officers
• Senior management
• A company or person who may now be facing a sexual harassment complaint

Instructor Profile:

Barbara L. Fielder, is a successful entrepreneur, leader, and businesswoman. She is a much sought after consultant and management trainer. Her expertise is in human resources, leadership, communication, change, creativity, and personal development.

Barbara writes frequently on topics that cover a wide range of business, human resources, teamwork, and communication issues. She is the author of I’m Communicating, but…am I being heard?, Motivation in the Workplace and the Smart & Painless Training Solutions System.

Barbara earned her Masters Degree in Human Resources and her BSBA from Redlands University. She served on the extension faculties of the University of California at Irvine, Riverside and Davis. She served in increasing roles of responsibility, in the corporate world, prior to establishing her consulting and training business over three decades ago.

She is a member of the Society of Human Resources Management, American Society for Training and Development and the National Speakers Association Tennessee.

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