Liar Liar: How to tell if someone's not being completely truthful and what to do about it

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How do you know when someone is being less than truthful? Body language, tone of voice, and choice of words are some of the best indicators. We’ll discuss this and more through the use of pants-on-fire video footage. We’ll also discuss what to do when you suspect your witness, employee, or manager is lying to you. This presentation will provide attendees the tools they need to recognize, describe, and manage employee deception, a skill that is useful in all aspects of HR work, but particularly talent acquisition and management, employee development, and internal investigations.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Understand why, as an HR professional, it's important to trust your gut
  
• Learn how to spot employee deception by interpreting body language and verbal cues
  
• Learn what to do when you determine that an employee is being less than truthful
  

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Marla Moore – CEO & Founder of Marla Moore, PLLC

Marla Moore has over 25 years of employment law experience, almost 17 of which were spent as an in-house labor and employment lawyer managing a host of issues for a major multi-national oil and gas company. By leveraging her significant experience in the corporate world, she now runs her own successful practice focusing primarily on workplace training and investigations. Her clients include companies, non-profits, and governmental institutions.

A large part of Marla’s practice includes training executives, managers, and employees on a range of labor and employment and HR topics. She is a seasoned investigator, having conducted numerous and often complicated internal investigations for her clients over the years.

Marla graduated from Southwestern University, magna cum laude, and received her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. She is a member of the Employment Law Section of both the Texas State Bar and the Houston Bar Association, and she is a past-President and Treasurer of the American Petroleum Labor Lawyers Association.

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