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28 Apr-02 May 2025Online$3,950

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ONLINE TRAINING COURSE OVERVIEW

You will learn how to craft audit reports that are positive, clear, and direct, using straightforward language to get straight to the point. You will acquire proven techniques to ensure your reports make a strong impact and communicate effectively with your audience.

This Mastering Report Writing and Communication Skills for Auditors training course is also designed to help participants develop essential skills for the modern auditor, including communication, teamwork, negotiation, planning, and time management, among others.

Additionally, you will be introduced to innovative communication strategies in the Internal Audit (IA) profession and learn how to apply them in your work.

This online training course will feature:

  • Tips for writing better Executive summaries
  • Ways to draft a report with impact
  • Ideas to improve the review process after the report has been drafted
  • Ways to simplify and focus the main report
  • The key characteristics of effective communication
  • Ways to improve your negotiation and listening skills

ONLINE TRAINING COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of this online training course, participants will be able to:

  • Simplify your reports and enhance their readability
  • Significantly enhance the impact of your reports
  • Make your reports easier to write, easier to review and easier for management to implement
  • Improve the acceptance and implementation of your recommendations
  • Use all your interpersonal skills more efficiently
  • Manage your time more effectively
  • Negotiate more successful outcomes
  • Apply proven listening skills

DESIGNED FOR

It is targeted at both new auditors and also more experienced personnel. The event will be particularly beneficial for those supervising assignments, lead auditors and those being asked to lead audit teams.

This online training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Heads of Audit
  • Audit managers
  • Senior auditors and lead auditors
  • Less experienced auditors
  • Quality auditors
  • Other assurance professionals such as those in Compliance and QA functions who are wanting to improve their reports

LEARNING METHODS

This online training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented.

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ONLINE TRAINING COURSE OVERVIEW

You will learn how to craft audit reports that are positive, clear, and direct, using straightforward language to get straight to the point. You will acquire proven techniques to ensure your reports make a strong impact and communicate effectively with your audience.

This Mastering Report Writing and Communication Skills for Auditors training course is also designed to help participants develop essential skills for the modern auditor, including communication, teamwork, negotiation, planning, and time management, among others.

Additionally, you will be introduced to innovative communication strategies in the Internal Audit (IA) profession and learn how to apply them in your work.

This online training course will feature:

  • Tips for writing better Executive summaries
  • Ways to draft a report with impact
  • Ideas to improve the review process after the report has been drafted
  • Ways to simplify and focus the main report
  • The key characteristics of effective communication
  • Ways to improve your negotiation and listening skills

ONLINE TRAINING COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of this online training course, participants will be able to:

  • Simplify your reports and enhance their readability
  • Significantly enhance the impact of your reports
  • Make your reports easier to write, easier to review and easier for management to implement
  • Improve the acceptance and implementation of your recommendations
  • Use all your interpersonal skills more efficiently
  • Manage your time more effectively
  • Negotiate more successful outcomes
  • Apply proven listening skills

DESIGNED FOR

It is targeted at both new auditors and also more experienced personnel. The event will be particularly beneficial for those supervising assignments, lead auditors and those being asked to lead audit teams.

This online training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Heads of Audit
  • Audit managers
  • Senior auditors and lead auditors
  • Less experienced auditors
  • Quality auditors
  • Other assurance professionals such as those in Compliance and QA functions who are wanting to improve their reports

LEARNING METHODS

This online training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented.

Day One: Audit Reports – Your Shop Window

  • The challenges of audit reporting
  • The main problems with audit reports
  • The need to create impact
  • Analysis of 4 actual reports
  • Evaluation of your own reports – using a proven method
  • The Executive summary

Day Two: Best Practice Audit Reports

  • The psychology of audit reports
  • Writing reports with impact
  • The need to make reports more positive
  • How to simplify the content
  • Highlighting the issues that really matter
  • Improving the review process

Day Three: Keeping the Report as Simple as Possible

  • The main report
  • Writing a clear, concise report
  • Forming and expressing the audit opinion
  • Recommendations and action plans
  • Finalising the report
  • The need for follow-up – should this be carried by IA?

Day Four: Effective Communication – the Key Audit Goal

  • The challenges for auditors
  • The characteristics of effective communication
  • The impact on productivity of clear communication
  • Interpersonal skills for auditors
  • Influencing
  • The power of senior management and stakeholder engagement

Day Five: Negotiation and Listening

  • The power of Effective negotiation
  • Negotiating during each audit phase
  • The need for win-win solutions
  • Listening - the most important audit skill?
  • Types of listening and the importance for IA
  • Time Management
10:30 - 11:00:Welcome, Setup, Registration
11:00 – 12:30:First Session
12:30 – 12:45:Break (15 minutes)
12:45 – 14:15:Second Session
14:15 – 14:30:Break (15 minutes)
14:30 – 16:00:Third Session

The Certificate

    An Anderson e-Certificate will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the online training course

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Call us: +971 4 365 8363

Email: info@anderson.ae

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