Soft Skills for Auditors - In-Person
Elevate your auditing expertise with Soft Skills for Auditors - In-Person Training, a dynamic two-hour seminar crafted to help auditors build the interpersonal skills essential for professional development and audit success. This in-person seminar is designed to give you hands-on strategies to improve communication, leadership, and team collaboration while earning 2 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits.
Why Attend?
Earn 2 NASBA-Approved CPE Credits through an Interactive, Live Seminar
Gain practical knowledge while meeting your professional development requirements with a live, engaging, and collaborative in-person learning experience.
Develop Essential Soft Skills for Effective Communication
Master critical skills like verbal and written communication, relationship building, and adaptability to achieve greater impact in your audit projects.
Boost Leadership Abilities and Influence
Learn actionable strategies to excel as a leader in your organization and drive positive relationships and results in audits.
Focus on Practical, Real-world Applications
Our instructor-led training provides insights tailored for internal auditors and compliance professionals to strengthen core competencies and inspire confidence across teams and stakeholders.
Course Highlights
This session focuses on the core elements of soft skills that every auditor needs to thrive. Key topics include:
- Improving Verbal and Written Communication: Learn how to clearly and effectively communicate findings with clients and colleagues to foster better decision-making.
- Building Strong Professional Relationships: Gain tools to establish trust and respect with clients and team members for long-lasting professional success.
- Adapting to Changing Environments: Discover how to effectively use both technical and interpersonal skills to handle dynamic audit challenges.
- Enhancing Leadership Skills: Empower your role within your organization by mastering leadership abilities that drive team collaboration and strategic insights.
- Expanding Your Influence: Develop a toolkit of skills to position internal audit as an essential, value-driven function within your organization.
Event Learning Objectives
By attending this training, participants will:
- Master the Distinction Between Soft and Technical Skills: Balance both effectively for greater results in audit projects.
- Elevate Leadership Proficiency: Refine strategies to coordinate teams and lead audits with confidence.
- Improve Communication Abilities: Strengthen verbal and written methods for impactful audit discussions and reporting.
- Build Stronger Relationships: Foster more transparent and respectful interactions with clients and stakeholders.
- Learn Time Management Techniques: Effectively balance priorities and execute audit strategies efficiently.
Key Course Agenda
This in-depth seminar is structured around these essential components:
- Selling the Value of Internal Audit: Show organizations how internal audit drives value.
- Understanding the Role of "Soft Skills": Explore how non-technical abilities enhance professional relationships and audit quality.
- Improving Audit Leadership Skills: Gain leadership tools to manage projects and inspire confidence.
- Strategic Time Management for Audit Professionals: Learn to manage tasks, deadlines, and competing priorities.
- Strengthening Communication: Sharpen your verbal and written communication for clearer and more effective messages.
- Expanding Audit Influence: Position yourself and your team as key contributors to organizational success.
Event Details
This live, on-site seminar creates a highly engaging and personalized learning environment for professionals ready to take their skills to the next level.
- Format: Group-live, in-person experience.
- Schedule: Mondays, 1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
- Location Options: The event is available in multiple cities (select your preferred location).
- Cost: $190 per participant.
- Group Options: Custom sessions available for groups of two or more attendees.
Who Should Attend?
his training is perfect for:
- Internal Auditors: Build the interpersonal skills essential to audit success.
- Audit Leaders and Managers: Strengthen leadership abilities and enhance collaboration within your teams.
- Compliance Professionals: Improve communication and professional relationships to boost organizational compliance practices.
The Value of Developing Soft Skills in Auditing
Auditing excellence isn’t just about technical accuracy; it’s also about fostering trust, clear communication, and effective collaboration. Whether you’re leading a team, managing client relationships, or navigating complex audits, your soft skills are vital to achieving success. Investing in skills like adaptability, skepticism, and transparent communication will not only improve audit outcomes but also position you as a trusted professional in your organization.
Register Today
Don’t miss the opportunity to enhance your professional development through hands-on, in-person training. Join the Soft Skills for Auditors - In-Person CPE Training Event to gain timeless interpersonal tools, build stronger relationships, and grow your career as an impactful auditor.
Sign up now to begin mastering the skills you need to elevate your role and deliver outstanding results!
Details on Event Presentation
Being offered on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
CPE Event Highlights
The training event is focused on concepts behind:
- Verbal Communications
- Written Communications
- Relationship Building
- Respect for clients as subject matter experts
- Honest and transparent lines of communication
- Continuous knowledge gain
- Adaptability while using both soft and technical skills
- Healthy Skepticism
Learning Objectives
Attendees will improve the effectiveness of their work by:
- Identifying the value of Internal Auditing to the organization
- Learning the definition of “soft” skills vs. “hard” skills”
- Examining methods to improve Audit leadership skills
- Understanding how to effectively manage Audit time
- Identifying improvements in Audit communications
- Specifying ways to expand your Influence
Key Issues on the Agenda
Section 1 - Selling the Value of Internal Audits
Section 2 - What are “Soft“ Skills?
Section 3 - Improve Audit Leadership Skills
Section 4 - Improve Audit Time Management Skills
Section 5 - Improve Audit Communication Skills
Section 6 - Expanding Audit Influence
Section 6 - Summary and Wrap-Up
NASBA Program Disclosure
Program Level of Understanding: Basic
Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Delivery Format: On-site Training (Group-Live); Seminar (Group-Live)
NASBA Field(s) of Study: Auditing
CPE Credits: 2, based on 50 minutes of instruction per hour
Summary of the Subject Matter
This CPE event "Soft Skills for Auditors" focuses on equipping auditors with essential non-technical skills to enhance their effectiveness in the audit process.
This comprehensive seminar delves into the significance of soft skills such as communication, interpersonal abilities, adaptability, and problem-solving in the context of auditing. By emphasizing the development of these critical skills, the event aims to empower auditors to navigate complex professional scenarios, cultivate strong client relationships, and communicate audit findings with clarity and precision.
Through this nuanced approach, the seminar endeavors to elevate auditors' proficiency beyond technical expertise and foster well-rounded professionals capable of thriving in diverse audit environments.