Ready, Set, Grow: Building a Future-Ready Workforce

Wednesday, April 02, 2025

11:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

1 hour

Description:

As audit departments face rapidly evolving risks, such as cybersecurity threats, tax complexities, and new regulations, it’s crucial to develop a future-ready workforce. This session will focus on how to assess the current skillset of your team, identify gaps, and develop a strategy for upskilling to meet emerging challenges. Learn how to cascade critical knowledge from specialized areas, like cyber and tax, to ensure your entire team is equipped to handle diverse audit needs. Discover how to create a comprehensive succession plan that builds leadership pipelines, develops managers to push beyond their comfort zones, and prepares your team to take on more strategic roles. Attendees will explore ways to push individuals outside their comfort zones, develop resilience, and create a culture of continuous learning that drives audit innovation and readiness.

Learning Objectives: 

  • Learn how to assess your team’s current skill set and identify gaps for future audit challenges.
  • Discover strategies for cascading specialized knowledge (e.g., cybersecurity, tax) throughout your team to build broader expertise.
  • Explore methods for creating an upskilling culture that drives continuous learning and prepares auditors for evolving risks.
  • Understand how to develop a succession plan that nurtures future leaders and pushes managers to step into more strategic roles.
  • Gain practical approaches for managing uncomfortable or unfamiliar audit areas and turning them into growth opportunities for your team.

CPE Credit(s): 1

Field of Study: Auditing

Instructional Delivery Method: Group Internet Based

Level: Basic

Prerequisite: None
Advanced Preparation: None


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