Beyond the Ordinary

John currently offers the following training courses - or variations of these - in-house, in person or remotely. John's courses are ALL informed  by his own practical, personal, extensive real world internal audit and risk management work experience.

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 AI Governance (New course for 2027)

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 Continuity

Auditing Culture, Behaviour 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 and Corruption 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 Thinking and Professional Scepticism for Internal Auditors (New course for 2026)

Critical Internal Audit Soft Skills - practical facilitation, interviewing, presentation and negotiation skills

Effective Benchmarking Tools and Techniques for Internal Auditors (New course for 2024)

Effective Conflict Management and Handling Difficult Conversations for Internal Auditors (New course for 2026)

Effective Internal Audit Delivery

Effective Internal Audit Interviewing

Effective Internal Audit Testing and Fieldwork

Effective Performance (VFM) Auditing

Effective Real Time Assurance and Advice over Change and Transformation Initiatives (New course for 2027)

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 KPIs and Performance Measures for Internal Audit: Capturing 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 Global Internal Audit Standards: All you need to know as an Internal Audit Professional (New course for 2024)

Generating value from 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 even three-day versions of each of the above courses.

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

If you want something else

In the unlikely event that John can’t professionally assist you with any requirement, he may also be able to suggest a suitable alternative from his extensive network of contacts. John will do his best not to leave you in the lurch!

For effective internal audit, compliance and risk report-writing and related communications courses, John strongly recommends that you contact Sara I. James of Getting Words to Work: http://www.saraijames.com/ 

Sara has helped John (and his previous team!) improve their writing, impact and reporting to senior stakeholders. Sara's book, Radical Reporting, now in its second edition, is well worth a read too (especially as I'm quoted!) and is available here: https://www.routledge.com/Radical-Reporting-Writing-Better-Audit-Risk-Compliance-and-Information-Security-Reports/James/p/book/9781032727530 

John also rates Neil Macdonald for all things data analytics related. Check out his website, should you wish, if you need help in this particular area: Home - Technology4Business- Your data analytics provider