The Course
Transform How You Lead — and How Your Team Performs
As a Chief Audit Executive or Audit Manager, your team’s success depends on more than technical skill — it’s built on growth, accountability, and alignment with professional standards.
Yet many performance reviews feel like check-the-box exercises rather than strategic opportunities to elevate talent and strengthen the audit function.
This course changes that.
In Driving Audit Excellence, you’ll learn proven, practical strategies to conduct annual performance reviews that not only meet evolving internal audit standards, but actually develop stronger, more capable auditors.
What you will learn
✅ Align performance reviews with new audit standards – ensure your evaluation process supports compliance and quality objectives.
✅ Assess and develop top internal audit skills – identify competency gaps and create targeted development plans.
✅ Incorporate self-assessments for deeper insights – empower auditors to take ownership of their growth.
✅ Use coaching techniques to drive engagement – turn reviews into meaningful, two-way conversations.
✅ Apply best practices from leading internal audit teams – learn what separates high-performing audit functions from the rest.
Strategic
Harness leadership tactics to align annual reviews with audit standards and your strategy.
Rigorous
Embed uncompromising quality and conformance to audit standards into every annual review for audit excellence.
Adaptive
Use an adaptive style for each employee while leading teams to consistent, compliant results.
Your instructor
I’m a former Chief Audit Executive, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, and CISO who has built and led internal audit functions across industries and around the world. I’ve designed risk-based audit plans, run annual performance and quality reviews, and implemented QAIPs and external assessments that align with the IIA Standards and deliver measurable results. Today I coach CAEs, audit committees, and audit teams, turning complex requirements into clear, practical leadership strategies—exactly what we focus on in Driving Audit Excellence with Hal Garyn.
I’m passionate about helping auditors lead with confidence and credibility. My teaching is hands-on and outcomes-driven: tools you can use right away, real-world examples, and the soft skills that make the standards stick. Recognized as a Yale Rising Star in Corporate Governance and an OCEG Fellow, I bring a pragmatic, people-first approach that elevates annual reviews, strengthens stakeholder trust, and creates lasting impact.