Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates is a consulting and training organization dedicated to supporting professionals in the difficult task of identifying the truth. Our passion for the truth has led us to become a world leader in non-confrontational investigative interview training.
WZ facilitates over 450 programs annually for clients in human resources, loss prevention, executive management, compliance, law enforcement and government agencies. Each program is specifically designed with the individual client to ensure maximum application value.
May 1st, 1982, Co-Founders Doug Wicklander and Dave Zulawski took a leap of faith and began an investigative and training company based out of Chicago, IL with the hope of supporting private and public sector clients in their search for the truth. Focusing on investigations, polygraph services, and training – the company, named after its leaders, formulated what has now become the WZ Non-Confrontational Method. Wicklander and Zulawski published their first textbook through CRC Press, Practical Aspects of Interview and Interrogation in 1993.
Over the next few decades, Wicklander and Zulawski evolved the methods they instructed, expanded their training modules, and hired other instructors and support staff to help with the growth of WZ.
WZ has a broad landscape of course content, client support, instructor diversity, and geographic coverage. WZ has continued to evolve, becoming an advocate for modern, non-confrontational interviewing techniques and assisted in the eradication of coercive and antiquated methodologies.
WZ has embraced changes in society, litigation, and academic knowledge. WZ currently offers training in a variety of methods including the Participatory Method, Fact-Finding, and Cognitive Interviews, as well as the WZ Non-Confrontational Method. WZ also delivers its training through multiple platforms including live seminars, computer-based training, simulated interviewing, webinars, and live broadcasting.
WZ is proud to acknowledge that although our core values have remained the same, we have seen many changes in the past few decades. It is our belief that change is necessary, especially in the field of communication, and the ability to adapt is essential to providing the best-in-class training.
Although it is uncertain what tomorrow may bring, WZ is committed to continuing to be a leading, cutting-edge training provider of methods and techniques to assist our partners in identifying the truth. From a content perspective, WZ will continue to partner with academics and practitioners alike, to always remain flexible in understanding the full scope of how these methods are utilized in the field.
