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This workshop is geared not only toward auditors who want to improve their supervisory and leadership skills; it is also geared towards auditors who want to be more effective in their interaction with those around them. 

The goal of this workshop is to sharpen auditors’ interpersonal communication and leadership skills and thereby improve the audit environment and ultimately increase the compliance of audit findings. 

Participants will explore ways to motivate people, improve enlistment and keep morale high through expanding their insight into how they impact those around them in terms of their communication style and the impressions they create. Communication, listening, team building and leadership skills are targeted areas which will increase the quality of audits and reduce the stress inherent in every audit situation, thus allowing for positive audit environments based on mutual trust and respect.

The global economy is in a state of constant change and because of it, auditors’ roles are also ever changing. Increased flexibility in and understanding of communication and leadership has become the key for success.

Specific goals of the seminar include:

• Experiencing the impact of trust and respect on professional and personal interactions,
• Seeing yourself as others see you, both in terms of your style and the impressions you create,
• Understanding your own communication style, the styles of others, and how these styles impact outcomes,
• Learning best practices for gathering information, negotiations, interviews and other communication situations
• Enhancing your communication skills in an audit context,
• Practicing skills and techniques throughout the course, and receiving feedback.

Contact us for upcoming Enhancing Audit Environments workshops or to organize a workshop specifically for your company.

“Many leaders think that only 10% of their employee population can contribute at a high level. That kind of thinking creates a culture of mediocrity and marginal achievement. It’s my viewpoint that beliefs impact behavior. What you achieve is a direct result of what you believe. If every leader and manager could embrace the fact that every employee, regardless of their ethnicity, gender, or educational background, is capable of greatness and possesses personal genius, can you imagine how that might change employee attitudes and actions on the job?”  - BusinessWeek.com in interview with Stephanie Chick

This is an interesting comment that should cause many to pause and consider. In times of decreasing revenues and increasing uncertainty, wouldn’t it be great to be able to change the mindset of your employees and allow each to unleash his/her potential?

The best part - you can!

A positive, inspiring and motivating mindset will bring increased productivity, commitment, growth and - very obviously missing in many comanies - sustainability.

Aren’t those exactly the ingredients we’re looking for to increase resilience and go beyond surviving the global crisis, to thriving in it and emerging a market leader.

Think of the potential you have on your pay roll.

At our open house on November 7, participants had the opportunity to feel what it’s like to communicate and be successful.

As conscious beings, horses have a great capacity for independent thinking; social relationships; individual personalities; physical, intellectual and emotional abilities and, of course, limitations (just like humans!). Because of these similarities to humans (and the profound differences) horses make wonderful partners for initiating powerful change. Horses have no investment in the outcome of an interaction; they always tell the truth, they have no egos and no agendas. They are simply who and what they are, without any need for right and wrong.

This makes the information we get from them very powerful.

Participants at our open house had the opportunity to feel for themselves the power of functioning communication and learn what it takes to make communication work. Intention, focus, energy, relationship, trust and respect were some of the issues we discussed and tried out first hand with the horses.

Working with horses simulates situations we face in our everyday professional and private lives.

We all have a continual string of tasks and desires we wish to complete and various persons we wish to do this with. Each person is different and each task requires a new approach.

Our success in any endeavor is largely dependent on our ability to interact successfully with others. If we are able to create positive, motivating and clear interactions then we are much more likely to reach our goals.

Many participants were surprised how the horses responded to them and how quickly they reacted to changes and adjustments. It really is fascinating how accurately horses respond to us. It gives us the chance to examine our own professional and personal interactions and gives us the key for future success.

Join us at our information day on November 7, 2008 from 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm.

Experience a free training session - get a first hand chance to feel the power of working with horses. Watch leaders like yourself communicating to and learning from the horses. Hear what experts have to say.

Free entrance includes access to training sessions, coffee, tea, spiced cider and much more.

Don’t miss the chance to get an upfront view of this powerful tool for change.

Gut Drasing, Drasinger Str. 134, 9201 Krumpendorf am Wörthersee, Austria. We’re easy to find, not far from Klagenfurt and Villach. Click here for a google map.

Our Excellence Enhancement team is looking forward to working with you.