In-house training

John currently offers the following training courses - or variations of these - on an in-house basis, in person or remotely:

Introductory and Refresher Courses

• Introduction to governance, risk management, assurance and internal audit
• Introduction to value adding internal audit
• Introduction to effective internal control
• Introduction to the Global Internal Audit Standards
• Introduction to Internal Audit Ethics and Professionalism
• Introduction to IT auditing

Risk Based Internal Auditing Courses

• Auditing Change, Projects and Project Management
• Auditing Climate Change Risk and Responses (New course for 2024)
• Auditing Communications and Public Relations
• Auditing Compliance
• Auditing Corporate Governance
• Auditing Crisis Planning and Business Resilience
• Auditing Culture and Ethics
• Auditing the Dark Side: Financial Crime Risk
• Auditing Data Protection, GDPR and Data Risk
• Auditing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Auditing Employee Engagement 
• Auditing Employee Health, Safety, Welfare and Wellbeing Risk 
• Auditing ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance: an overview 
• Auditing Fraud Risk
• Auditing Geopolitical Risk Management
• Auditing Health and Safety Risk
• Auditing Human Resources and People Risk
• Auditing Management Information and Digital 
• Auditing Marketing
• Auditing Procurement and Contract Management
• Auditing Resilience
• Auditing Risk Management
• Auditing Sanctions Risk and Governance
• Auditing Social risks and responses: An ESG masterclass (New course for 2024)
• Auditing Strategic Planning and Organisational Performance Management
• Auditing Third Party Risk
• Auditing Topical Cyber and Information System Risks
• Auditing Workforce Planning, Recruitment and Induction Risk 

Be a Better Internal Auditor Courses

• Consultancy and Advisory Skills for Internal Auditors
• Critical Internal Audit Soft Skills - practical facilitation, interviewing, presentation and negotiation skills
• Effective benchmarking techniques and approaches for Internal Auditors (New course for 2024)
• Effective conflict management and handling difficult conversations for internal auditors (New course for 2024)
• Effective Internal Audit Delivery
• Effective Internal Audit Interviewing 
• Effective Internal Audit Testing and Fieldwork
• Effective Performance (VFM) Auditing
• Effective Remote and Hybrid Internal Auditing 
• Effective Risk Based Internal Auditing
• Effective Root Cause Analysis for Internal Auditors
• Ethical Internal Audit dilemmas and how to resolve them

Internal Audit Leadership Master Classes

• Developing an Effective Internal Audit Balanced Scorecard
• Developing an effective Audit Strategy: a springboard for success (New course for 2025)
• Effective performance measures for internal audit: influence and impact (New course for 2025)
• Getting the most from an External Quality Assessment (EQA)
• High Impact Internal Audit Leadership
• Jargon-free Agile Auditing
• Managing Internal Audit’s Strategic and Operational Risks
• Navigating the new Global Internal Audit Standards: All you need to know as an IA professional (New course for 2024)
• Quality Assurance and Improvement Programmes (QAIPs)
• Setting the right tone at the top - creating an ethical internal audit culture
• The Insightful Internal Auditor
• Working with Other Assurance providers, Coordination and Effective Assurance Mapping

John can deliver bite-size, one, two- or three-day versions of each of the above courses.

If you have a particular bespoke training need not covered above, do contact John - he will develop and deliver a solution that meets your needs and exceeds your expectations.