Natalie Ivey is an HR consultant, workplace investigator, and founder of RPCHR. With decades of experience navigating employee relations and compliance challenges, she brings clarity and confidence to HR professionals through practical training and real-world expertise.
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Natalie Ivey is an HR consultant, workplace investigator, and founder of RPCHR. With decades of experience navigating employee relations and compliance challenges, she brings clarity and confidence to HR professionals through practical training and real-world expertise.
Certified to Lead: Why HR Credentials Matter in Investigations & Employee Relations with Guest CEO Laura Middleton
The HR Investigations Podcast
22 minutes
2 months ago
Certified to Lead: Why HR Credentials Matter in Investigations & Employee Relations with Guest CEO Laura Middleton
Guest Laura Middleton, CEO, Human Resources Certification Preparation | HRCP.com
In this episode, podcast host Natalie Ivey discusses Key topics:
The role of HR certification in building trust and influence during investigations
Key differences between SHRM and HRCI credentials
How certification prepares HR pros for high-stakes conversations with executives
Real examples where certification helped drive results
Getting started: Choosing the right certification for your goals
Announcement of Natalie’s upcoming 2-day virtual workshop: How to Conduct Internal Investigations: A Practical Workshop for HR Professionals on September 23-24 from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm.
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The workshop will provide education on how to navigate tricky employee relations’ issues, how to assess when to open an investigation and when not to, how to prepare for and conduct effective witness interviews, how to gather and preserve evidence, and how to prepare a final investigation report.
Examine the issue of managers just not documenting employee behavior and performance issues.
Discuss the danger in firing an employee “At-will” without any sort of documentation and how an EEOC investigator sees it
Examine why it is critical to have documentation that supports an employee engaged in misconduct that violated organizational policy or that the employee wasn’t meeting performance expectations
Discuss the issue of managers failing to document employee issues, run to HR announcing they wish to fire an employee and then view HR as “the enemy” when HR pushes back on a termination of employment due to lack of documentation.
Identify root causes to managers failing to document
Explain the benefits of phone apps and tech shortcuts to help managers stay organized and minimize the burdensome task of memorializing notes of employee conversations
Review several key solutions to improving managers’ documentation capabilities
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The HR Investigations Podcast
Natalie Ivey is an HR consultant, workplace investigator, and founder of RPCHR. With decades of experience navigating employee relations and compliance challenges, she brings clarity and confidence to HR professionals through practical training and real-world expertise.
