Past Training

Audit Course

Virtual

All region participants welcome to sign up.

Regional

Managing positive and productive relationships during the course of audit work, directing, coaching or working with members of the audit team, and dealing with auditees, organizational management and external stakeholders can be emotionally challenging and often confrontational. We often have to deal with difficult people in difficult situations– and they have to deal with us! This executive seminar will examine the emotionally intelligent competencies and communication skills necessary to maintain control, and better connect with people in defusing angst and in building positive, cooperative relationships for constructive problem solving and inspired action. We will explore differences in personality types that cause misunderstandings, how to manage your own hot buttons, and how to manage difficult personality types or potentially contentions situations for positive outcomes.

Audit Course

Virtual

All region participants welcome to sign up.

Regional

Government auditors need to continually deploy strategies to ensure their audit work results in maximum impact and value. This session previews four innovative performance auditing portfolios that demonstrate the power and potential f non-traditional performance auditing scope and objective areas including auditing culture (tone at the top and middle), auditing equity, execute real-time auditing, and deploying advisory service. The session includes case examples highlighting each of the innovative audit portfolios and includes cost-benefit and other strategic considerations for deploying these innovative practices.

Audit Course

Virtual

All region participants welcome to sign up.

Regional

Governments struggle with managing resources and requirements for delivering efficient and effective programs and services.  The additional cost of systems and practices to manage and report on government operations can seem daunting at times.  This session will discuss concepts for results based management that are fit for purpose and can provide the kind of accountability needed for many government programs and services.