Global Learning for Operational Leaders
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Introduction
Course overview
Today’s chief audit executives, their deputies and internal audit managers need to work closely with business leaders, boards, audit committees, peers and their own audit teams. Now more than ever, leadership, stakeholder relations and influencing skills are becoming as important as managing a team, planning and delivering insightful internal audit assurance and consulting engagements.
This course focuses on the various challenges and opportunities internal audit leaders face and shows how audit leaders can make a contribution at a strategic level, clearly adding value and also enhancing productivity in the audit process.
This clear, practical, and interactive course will help participants improve their awareness and skills, making them better internal audit leaders who deliver impactful and insightful internal audit work that can make a strategic difference to their organization.
What you will achieve
Learning objectives
- Demonstrate greater confidence in dealing with senior leaders
- Appraise what it really takes to be an effective internal audit leader
- Explain how to make effective and valuable contributions at a strategic level and towards overall business success
- Apply practical methods to manage key relationships with the audit committee, senior management and peers
- Add value through efficient and effective internal audit good practices
- Explain key priorities for them and their departments to help maximize their contribution to their organization
Who should attend
Target audience
- Chief audit executives, deputy heads of audit, internal audit managers and senior internal auditors who deal with business leaders and/or lead or manage members of the internal audit team. This course is equally valuable for both in-house and outsourced internal audit teams.
- Target Competencies
- Internal audit management
- Improvement and innovation
- Internal audit delivery
- Persuasion and collaboration
- Governance, risk and control enhancement
Methodology
Learning approach
- A blend of theoretical, technical, discursive and practical approaches. It will include facilitator-led input sessions, and numerous team exercises based around practical internal audit situations, case studies, group presentations, discussions and debates.
Complete course outline
Course outline and key learning areas
The timings provided are estimates and may vary depending on the number of participants and the discussions taking place during the sessions. They are indicative only and do not constitute a binding commitment.
Module 1
Internal Audit Leadership
- Effective leadership
- The importance of steady management
- Qualities of an effective internal audit leader
- A reminder of leadership and management theory
- The inspirational internal audit leader
- Large vs small internal audit teams
- The mission statement and definition of internal auditing
- Relevant attribute and performance standards
- Challenges all internal audit leaders face
- Resolving common challenges
Module 2
Effective Internal Audit Planning
- Determining risk maturity
- Designing the risk-based assurance universe
- Developing an effective internal audit strategy
- How you develop your universe and strategy
- Coordination with other assurance providers
- Advantages and disadvantages of working with other assurance providers
- Determining the annual or six-monthly internal audit plan
- Delivering the plan and working in an agile way
- Discussion: Good practice planning
- Internal audit delivery today and building team capability for tomorrow
Module 3
Getting Maximum Impact from our Internal Audit Resources
- Securing the necessary internal audit resources
- Managing internal audit resources
- Dealing with the dispersed team
- Ensuring an effective internal audit engagement process
- Maximizing efficiency
- Managing co-sourcing and contractors
- In-house vs outsourced contractors
- Risk management in the internal audit function
- Risk identification and management for internal audit
Module 4
Stakeholder Relationship Management
- Perceptions of internal audit
- Stakeholder analysis
- Effective stakeholder relations
- Marketing internal audit
- Internal audit’s product mix
- Best practice stakeholder management
- Effective reporting and recommendations
- Conflict management, negotiation and persuasion
- Networking
- Conflict and solutions
Module 5
Insight, Added Value and Quality Assurance
- What is insight
- Delivering insight and impact
- Enhancing and protecting organizational value
- Adding value through assurance and consulting
- The power and perils of advisory work
- The quality assurance and improvement programme
- Internal assessments
- External assessments
- Elements of the improvement program
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does High Impact Internal Audit Leadership (AGRC-001) cover?
This course covers Auditing and Governance Risk and Compliance through a structured five-day outline focused on practical application, discussion, and implementation planning.
When is the next available session?
The next scheduled session starts on 12 - 16 October 2026. See the course schedules section for the available dates and delivery formats.
Who should attend this course?
Chief audit executives, deputy heads of audit, internal audit managers and senior internal auditors who deal with business leaders and/or lead or manage members of the internal audit team. This course is equally valuable for both in-house and outsourced internal audit teams., Target Competencies, Internal audit management
Is bilingual course delivery available?
Yes. All course materials and presentations are provided in English, while bilingual explanation and discussion support may be available depending on the selected location and trainer availability. For example, when attending a course in Istanbul, you may request a Turkish-speaking trainer to explain the English course content in Turkish. Arabic explanation support may also be requested at this location. Other languages are available in selected cities. You can choose your preferred language support as an optional preference during registration.
How can I register for a session?
Use any Register button next to the available course dates to open the participant registration page and submit your booking request for the selected session.
Is this course available online as well as classroom-based?
Check the course schedules section for currently published classroom and Online / Live sessions.
Where are classroom sessions delivered?
Current classroom venues include Munich, Barcelona, Paris, Rome, Kuala lumpur, London, Cape Town.
How long is the training programme?
The programme runs for five days, with up to five training hours per day, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Each programme includes a total of 25 training hours.
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