Course Objective Internal Auditors continuously face Leadership challenges in assisting their organizations to achieve their strategic objectives. 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 aims to introduce internal auditors to various leadership development areas with the objective to encourage them to participate in further leadership development interventions. Course Content Module 1: The Visionary Leader Why leadership is essential for achieving results through others. How your team achieves the vision. Understanding yourself as a leader, and how you identify with your company’s values. Values as a tool to get the right behaviors to achieve the right results. Storytelling for visionary leadership. Module 2: The Strategic Leader Using strategic thinking to maximize your value as a leader. Making the best possible strategic decisions. Effective strategic planning and execution to achieve high-quality results. Using storytelling to ensure the company’s strategy is understood and achieved. Module 3: The Resilient Leader Building personal and team resilience to ensure leadership impact. Making self-care a priority to ensure consistent results. Career pathing to achieve your full potential as a leader. | Module 4: The Empowering Leader Using a talent optimization approach to achieve results. Empowering your people to be successful. Leveraging the benefits of diversity. Module 5: The Motivating Leader Building an elite team. Using a culture of recognition to create a virtuous cycle of high performance. Module 6: The Coaching Leader Using feedback, mentorship and coaching to guide and develop your team. How to create the right learning opportunities to ensure your team’s success. Module 7: The Winning Leader Understanding how to innovate winning solutions. Creating a foundation of ethical leadership to protect against the temptation to win at any cost. Module 8: The Adaptable Leader Understanding how to lead through times of transformational change. Communicating effectively through difficult or conflict situations. Leveraging our strengths to ensure our teams succeed. Active Case studies and practical examples throughout Who should attend? Level 3 | Supervisory/competent/senior internal auditors: those who already have a sound, practical grasp of the fundamentals of internal auditing and manage staff. | Level 4 | For advanced internal auditors: Auditors with excellent understanding of topics being presented, who are interested in exchanging knowledge with instructors and other participants. | |