Successful influencing strategies for audit managers – a masterclass

Today’s internal audit managers need to work closely with business leaders, their head of audit, peers and their audit teams, effectively negotiating, influencing and motivating others. These soft skills are often the distinguishing characteristic between average and high performing audit managers and this masterclass will strengthen your understanding of what these skills entail as well as the opportunity for some practical application. 

Who should attend?

Senior audit managers who deal with business leaders and/or manage members of the audit team.

What will I learn?

Upon completion you will be able to:

• deepen your understanding of what stakeholders do and do not value
• understand the common pitfall areas for auditors when influencing
• analyse and understand your own leadership and influencing style
• understand key biases and psychological pitfalls in one to one interactions, when dealing with groups and when dealing with senior leaders (ie political savvy)
• explore how to use this knowledge to develop your career and add value to the business.

Course programme

Models of influencing

• key influencing models
• gaining insights around your own influencing style.

Basics of psychology

• understand key biases and psychological pitfalls
• understand the way group dynamics operate
• learn how to manage meetings.

Common challenges for audit

• understand how to address the key challenges faced by auditors.

Political savvy

• brief overview of politics in the workplace.

Putting it into practice

• use of action learning techniques to apply insights and learning.

CPE competency areas covered

• Improvement and innovation
• Persuasion and collaboration
• Internal audit management

7 CPE points

Full price

Member: £625 + VAT
Non-member: £840 + VAT

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