Course Information
High Impact Auditing Practices
Course Description
Updated for 2020/2021.
Imagine if we could spend our days in auditing with the single goal of being effective. Really paying attention to the results we get, and tracking those moments when we know we’re operating at the highest level of effectiveness.
Here’s exactly what we would find. Some of our auditing practices bring reliable results. But many day-to-day habits and practices we all have just get in the way.
In this program, we’ll cover ten auditing practices that – quite simply – work reliably to bring about the results we want. You’ll find important issues faster, present them in a way that management will really listen, and dramatically improve your batting average on getting managers to act where it’s needed.
Course Objectives
· Explore 10 field-tested, proven actions to take on every audit project
· Discover relevant and motivating measures of audit productivity and impact
· Recognize technical and behavioral actions under your control needed to create measurable positive results – on every audit project
· Identify and build a tailored action plan to enhance you own results on audits, compliance and other management projects
· Definition of ‘High Impact Audit Results’
· How to plan projects to automatically generate great improvement suggestions
· How to bridge between audit project objectives and audit program steps
· Better sampling on every audit
· Using ‘key result measures’ to tie audit suggestions to management action
· The great power of Root Cause Analysis on every audit project
· Action steps to improved audit interviews and findings presentations
· Participant individual and small group brainstorming
Instructors
John J. Hall, CPA is the President of Hall Consulting, Inc., the creator of www.FraudPreventionPro.com, and the author of the award-winning book “Do What You Can! Simple Steps–Extraordinary Results”. He has been a business consultant, results coach, speaker and auditor for most of his 43-year career.
Through live skills training programs, conference keynote presentations, business and personal results coaching, and business consulting engagements, John helps program participants and client team members:
Identify and improve areas of exposure to business risk, wrongdoing, and fraud
· Improve organizational and personal performance
· Enhance the effectiveness of business processes and individual behavior
· Improve interpersonal and communications skills
Speaking, training, coaching and consulting areas include:
· Fraud Risk Management: prevention, deterrence, early detection and effective incident response
· Business keynote and conference presentations
· Communication and interpersonal behavior skills programs, including:
o Establishing business rapport and trust
o Effective interviewing and listening
o Speaking and presenting
o Selling ideas and influencing others to take action
o Leadership, collaboration and influence
o Consulting skills for professionals
· Intensive One-to-One and small group performance and results coaching
· Board and senior management anti-fraud consulting
· Audits of costs incurred in large construction projects and other contractor services
In addition to operating his speaking, training and business consulting firm since 1990, he has worked in senior leadership positions in large corporations and international public accounting and consulting firms.
John is a Certified Public Accountant (Pennsylvania). He is an active member of the National Speakers Association, the American Institute of CPAs, and the Institute of Internal Auditors.
Meet John
www.JohnHallSpeaker.com
www.FraudPreventionPro.com
Additional Information
TAC Rule 523.142(g) requires the CPE Sponsor to monitor individual attendance and assign the correct number of CPE credits. Participants will be asked to document their time of arrival and departure in compliance with this Rule. Additionally, attendance will be monitored throughout the day and CPE certificates will reflect actual attendance of each participant.
If you are making travel plans to come to Austin, we recommend making "refundable" air and hotel reservations or waiting until 14 days before the class to actually book your reservations. Courses are occasionally canceled or rescheduled due to low enrollment. We determine whether a course has enough participants 16 days prior to the course date. If we cancel or reschedule, we will email the participant and his or her billing contact no later than 14 days before the original class date.
The course coordinator will contact you with parking information. Handicapped parking is free at the meters around the downtown area.
Vending machines with Coca-Cola products and various snack items are available. There is also a refrigerator and microwave in our coffee bar area. Feel free to bring in your own drinks and food if you prefer.
You might want to bring a light sweater or jacket, as room temperatures vary.
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