Conflict Doesn't Have to Cancel Kindness
Find the format that fits your team and your schedule.
Choosing the right format for workplace investigation training depends on your goals, schedule, and team needs. This overview offers a clear workplace investigation training comparison, outlining the key differences between our live vs online workplace investigation training options.
Whether you’re an HR leader seeking interactive team learning or an individual professional who prefers self-paced study, you’ll find both options grounded in the same trusted 3 Rs Framework—Receive, Review, Resolve.
Which Path Is Right for You ?
Choose Live Training
if you want to upskill an entire HR or ER team and build shared judgment in real time.
Choose Online Training
if you prefer self-paced learning, immediate access to materials, or want to pursue the MWI-C Certification to stand out as a trusted investigator.
Both programs deliver the same foundation:
Real-world tools, a human-centered mindset, and the confidence to lead with fairness.
Compare Your Options:
Live vs. Online Workplace Investigation Training
Both formats teach you how to think like an investigator — clearly, fairly, and with humanity at the center. Choose the path that fits your goals, learning style, and schedule.
Live Workplace Investigation Training
Virtual, instructor-led workshops for HR, ER, Legal, and Compliance teams.
Interactive & team-based — Live Q&A, roleplays, and real-world case discussions
Customizable content — Tailored to your organization’s culture and industry
Built for alignment — Creates shared language and consistent decision-making
4 SHRM / HRCI credit hours
Option to add MWI-C certification
Best for: HR, Legal, and Compliance teams seeking alignment and culture change
Starts at $12,000 for up to 15 participants
Online Workplace Investigation Training (MWI + MWI-C)
Flexible, self-paced learning for individuals and small teams.
Self-paced and practical — Learn anytime, anywhere
Built on the same 3 Rs Framework: Receive, Review, Resolve
Lifetime access to video lessons and toolkits
Downloadable resources — Checklists, templates, credibility rubrics
Quizzes and progress tracking
Certificate of completion (MWI) or full MWI-C certification exam
4 SHRM / HRCI credit hours included
Best for: Individual HR, ER, and Legal professionals building personal mastery
$697 (MWI Course)
or $847 (MWI-C Certification)
Chief Drama Slayer
"MWI-C is the certification I wish existed decades ago."
– Patti Perez
Meet Patti
Patti draws on her personal and professional experience to guide leaders on becoming drama slayers.
At PersuasionPoint, Patti is the Chief Drama Slayer and combines her professional experience as a California employment attorney, an expert witness, a state regulator, an HR professional and a workplace sleuth to identify root causes of drama.
Patti also draws deeply from her personal background. As a Salvadoran immigrant, she is the walking personification of intersectionality. Her challenges and triumphs have given her a distinctive perspective, one that she weaves into every facet of her work, including workplace investigation training.
Now based in Rome, Patti’s life and work are shaped by a truly global lens. Living in Italy offers her a daily reminder of the power of perspective, cultural curiosity, and connection. all qualities she brings to the organizations she serves.
Compassionate Sharp-Shooter
Patti’s style is direct and candid, yet grounded in empathy. She cuts through the noise and gets to the truth with clarity and compassion—helping others see what’s really going on, without judgment.
Always Practical
Motivated by performance and purpose, Patti helps clients who want results that last. Her approach centers on practical recommendations that help rising leaders and executives move forward, with grace, gusto, and gratitude.
What MWI Is & Isn’t
What MWI Is
- Real-world, human-centered training — not a legal lecture in disguise.
- Judgment training: how to think, not just what to do.
A mix of structure + flexibility so your investigators stay fair and fast. - The only program that says out loud what others won’t: compliance is the floor, fairness is the goal.
- Rooted in tools you’ll actually use tomorrow — credibility rubrics, decision matrices, conversation scripts.
- A mindset shift that transforms investigations from paperwork → trust-building moments.
What MWI Isn't
- Another CYA training where the message is “don’t get us sued.”
- A binder of policies that looks good on the shelf but never changes behavior.
- A box-ticking exercise designed to impress auditors but ignored by employees.
- A training taught by people who’ve never actually sat across from a scared employee and said, “tell me what happened.”
- A fear-based, backward-looking system that confuses risk management with doing what’s right.
- Cookie-cutter compliance theater. (We don’t do drama here. We slay it.)
Persuasion Point's online workplace investigation training course provides:
- HR investigation training for compliance and culture
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Human-centered investigator certification (MWI-C)
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Conflict resolution and employee relations tools
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DEI-aligned misconduct investigation methods
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SHRM and HRCI accredited workplace investigation courses