Detecting Lies and Deception: Practical Skills for HR Professionals
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Repeated on Tuesday at 11:00 am.
HR professionals need to be able to spot deception when conducting investigations and interviewing and hiring applicants. While research shows that the average person is lied to twice a day, most people are extremely poor at spotting deception because they rely on inaccurate stereotypes about how people behave when they lie. In this engaging and interactive session from a former U.S. Department of Justice attorney, you will watch videos and examine case studies to learn how to spot signs of deception and truthfulness.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn which signs of deception are valid and which are based on myth (such as the mistaken beliefs that liars don't look you in the eye and are fidgety).
- How to spot scientifically validated signs of deception, including verbal and non-verbal cues.
- How to spot signs of deception and truthfulness when conducting investigative interviews.
- How to spot deception when interviewing and hiring applicants.
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Michael Wade Johnson
Former U.S. Department of Justice attorney Michael Johnson has trained thousands of people on skills for detecting signs of deception and truthfulness, including presenting at dozens of conferences for human resource professionals and other busines executives.
He has spoken at numerous conferences around the world for HR, legal, law enforcement, and other professionals. He has provided numerous client-specific sessions for international organizations such as the United Nations (in New York, Congo, and Sierra Leone) and the World Bank, government agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Social Security Administration, and dozens of Fortune 500 companies such as Google and Northrup Grumman.
As an attorney with the US Department of Justice, Michael was the lead attorney on one of DOJ’s first “pattern or practice” sexual harassment cases. Michael has served as an expert witness in cases challenging the adequacy of employer’s investigation procedures.
He is a graduate of Duke University and Harvard Law School.
