Outline
This module supports managers who may be involved in workplace investigations. It focuses on how to prepare properly, gather information fairly, and avoid common mistakes that can undermine outcomes.
We will cover:
- When an investigation is needed and when it isn’t
- The manager’s role in an investigation
- Planning the investigation and defining scope
- Gathering information and evidence fairly
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Need a different topic?
Need something different?
To better balance your required depth of learning with your time and budget constraints, we offer a number of different length courses covering the same material. Likewise, we also offer training covering a range of other management-related topic areas.
| Duration | Leadership & Management | HR & Employment Law | Health & Wellbeing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Hour | – | – | How to Have Mental Health Conversations Lunch & Learn |
2 Hours | Management Essentials Bitesize Series | HR Essentials Bitesize Series | – |
| 4 Hours | – | – | Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Refresher |
| 1 Day | – | – | Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Champion |
| 2 Days | How to be a Manager Course | How to be an HR Person Course | Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) MHFAider |
| 6+ Days | Management Development Programme | HR Development Programme | – |
To find out more about our delivery options, please contact us to arrange an informal chat with one of our friendly and down-to-earth training instructors.
Need to train a lot of people?
In addition to our public scheduled courses, we also offer the option of on-demand private training that’s exclusive to your organisation.
This can provide a particularly convenient and cost-effective solution if you have a large number of staff members to train.
And it’s also tremendously flexible.
Since on-demand courses only have your delegates attending, we can customise them to be specific to the policies and processes of your organisation, and tailor course lengths and depths to suit your particular needs. Likewise, we can combine material from several existing courses, develop fully bespoke content, or combine multiple courses into full programmes of training.
And we can deliver this training whenever and wherever is best for you; in-house at your venue, at one of our training venues, somewhere else entirely, online, or any combination of these.
To find out more about our delivery options, please contact us to arrange an informal chat with one of our friendly and down-to-earth training instructors.
Instructor

Sarah
I’m a chartered HR professional with more than 20 years of experience in the field. Over my career I’ve provided HR advice, support, and leadership to a wide range of sectors and business types, ranging from family-owned micro-businesses to major multinationals. I’m also an experienced trainer, having delivered, amongst other things, the HR industry’s professional qualification for a number of years. And, as you might have guessed, I’m the founding director of Loates HR Consultancy and Loates Management Training!
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