25-29 May 2015
The Asia Internal
Audit Leadership
Programme
As we move into an era of greater complexity and volatility, Internal Audit is increasingly viewed as an indispensable partner to management in leading organisational changes to improve performance.
Developed with insights from eminent industry leaders, the Asia Internal Audit Leadership Programme is tailored for aspiring and senior Internal Audit practitioners and offers participants an exceptional opportunity to develop and refine their leadership capabilities, making the transition from executive to strategic business partner and effective change agent for the organisation.
Innovative Format
The programme offers a blend of practical knowledge, personal reflections and mentor-driven learning. Beyond the programme days, participants would also be able to benefit from a mentorship programme where they can learn from the experiences of prominent leaders and other senior industry practitioners.
Intimate Setting,
Optimal Learning
With a class size limited to 25 participants, the programme offers a platform that allows close interaction with faculty members and fellow participants.
Customised Sessions and
Interactive Pedagogy
Participants will be privy to an integrated curriculum tailored to their needs as Internal Audit leaders with deep insights and perspectives from eminent industry practitioners to enhance their experiential learning.
World-Class Faculty
The programme is facilitated by TMS Academy, the integrated leadership development arm of Temasek Management Services Group (TMS), a fully-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings. TMS Academy has rich experience in developing leaders in Asia and participants will learn from an international world-class faculty who brings extensive expertise in executive education in areas of leadership, strategic thinking and decision-making.
Day 1:
The IA Professional
as a Corporate Leader
Courageous Leadership:
Leading without Authority
This session lets participants understand that leadership is an identity rather than a mere position or role, and appreciate their own evolving perspective on leadership. They are also enabled to see leadership and leading change from both an organisational as well as personal perspectives.
Emergent Leadership
Participants get to examine how individuals interact within a large group setting in the absence of defined leadership roles and responsibilities, and how this impact on leadership and leadership behaviour. An eminent IA practitioner would also be invited to share experiences of influencing in an impactful manner.
Day 2:
Creating and
Claiming Value
Inspirational Leadership
Participants learn the difference between transactional and transformational leadership, and learn and practice behaviours intended to inspire people to higher levels of performance within challenging business environments. This is followed by the sharing of a practitioner’s personal journey in surmounting challenges as an IA.
Goal Setting: IA Leader as a
Coach and Mentor
By focusing on the motivational power of participative goal-setting, this session enables participants to better understand the responsibilities of “leader as coach” and learn to apply effective goal-setting and performance management processes in leader-follower relationships.
Programme Overview
The programme is conducted over 5 days in a unique learning delivery format, combining practical knowledge, personal reflections and mentor-driven learning. It consists of 3 themes, aiming to provide deep leadership and influencing insights, enhance critical thinking, strategic decision-making ability and leadership communication skills. The content is designed to be intellectually rigorous, yet pragmatic and highly interactive, emphasising “take-aways” and transferability to the real world.
Day 3:
Championing
Strategic Initiatives
and Leading Change
Achieving Organisational
Objectives
Participants learn to appreciate the general framework for achieving both short-term and long-term objectives of the organisation and would be engaged to explore ways to building an aspirational culture through their roles as IAs.
Decision Making for IA Leaders
This session introduces key concepts in decision-making with a focus on the cognitive traps of decision-making as IA leaders, where although experience could sharpen intuition, it could similarly hamper sound judgment and decisions. This is followed by a panel discussion with industry practitioners about providing strategic support to top management as IA.
Day 5:
Insights and
Perspectives
Panel Discussion
In this final session, eminent IA practitioners would be invited to interact with participants through a panel discussion. Participants will have the opportunity to share their personal reflections and learning journey with their peers and mentors.
Day 4:
Becoming a
Value-adding
Strategic Partner
Building Agility for
the Long Term View
In the increasingly volatile business climate, it is important for IA leaders to make the leap to dynamically identifying and managing short-term pitfalls and risks with a long-term view. This session lets participants learn how they can adapt their expertise and mind-set to aid the organisation in a value-adding way.
Moving from Decision
to Action
This session engages participants to explore the foundations of decision-making and its various overlapping components through analytics, judgment and critical thinking. Experiential learning and theory are integrated as participants learn about individual decision styles, the need for diversity in decision-making, and various types of cognitive biases, groupthink and group decision-making.
Programme Faculty
Todd serves as learning Director for various Executive Education Programmes at The Wharton School, where he teaches leadership and leader development to both executives and MBA students, and consults with organisations desiring improvement in leadership at all levels.
He has worked to enhance leadership capacity in numerous global organisations, including General Electric, Glaxo Smith Kline, Coca-Cola, Bao Steel, Kuwait Ministry of Finance, Huawei, IBM, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Novartis, Penske, McKinsey, Bain and McKesson and the National Military Academy of Afghanistan.
Todd earned his MBA from The University of Texas at Austin, concentrating in Executive Leadership and Strategy, and a Ph.D. in Business at the University of Kansas, examining leadership development and organisational culture.
Kathy is Founder and President of ELS, a firm focused on executive development and learning across industries. She is a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and has also served as an adjunct professor in the Operations and Information Management Department at The Wharton School.
An award-winning educator, Kathy is heavily involved in Executive Education at The Wharton School, Duke CE, and the Institute for Management Studies, teaching on a variety of topics such as Complex Decision Making, Strategic Agility, The Enterprise Mindset, Stakeholder Management, Operational Excellence, and Strategic Execution. As Academic Director for many programmes, she is responsible for design of the academic curriculum, integration of materials and overall educational quality of the programme. Kathy has worked with executives from a wide variety of global industries, including professional services, financial services, healthcare, technology, consumer products and manufacturing. She has also consulted with senior executives in Asia including China and Thailand, in the areas of strategy and execution.
Todd Henshaw
Leadership Development Consultant
Kathy Pearson
Founder & President Enterprise Learning Solutions (ELS)
Who Should Attend
Participation at the Asia Internal Audit Leadership Programme is exclusively by invitation. Senior Internal Audit practitioners or from adjacent functions who feel that the programme will be a right fit may write in for consideration for admission into the programme.
Dates and Fees
Date Inaugural run 25 – 29 May 2015 Fees S$8,000 (plus GST S$8,560) GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies
How To Apply
Application is now open and close at the end of April 2015. Prospective participants will need to fill up an application form which can be downloaded online at www.sac.gov.sg. Please print and send your completed form by email to [email protected], or by mail to “The Institute of Internal Auditors Singapore” at 6 Shenton Way OUE Downtown One #41-04, Singapore 068809.
