Interpersonal Skills For Auditors

How we interact with others is essential to having healthy relationships with audit clients. Having good 'people skills' is a cornerstone of business success. People work harder and better for those who communicate well with them.

Unfortunately, being an effective communicator is not a skill that we are all born with. But, it can be developed. The ability to be able to 'fit in' with a team is often just as important as a person's ability to do the job. Being able to 'relate' to audit clients helps improve the effectiveness of internal audit projects.

Therefore, it is in every auditors best interest to develop interpersonal skills.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand and describe how their individual communication style affects the people around them.

• Determine how to adapt their behavior to various situations.

• Create a positive work environment through improved awareness of personality styles.

• Improve their self-awareness when communicating with colleagues and clients.

• Build better rapport with audit clients.

• Persuade and influence others with a focused communication approach.