(2016-05-27). At the biannual national IIA conference Switzerland, 26 to 27 May 2016, in Baden, Switzerland, Dr. Philipp Wilhelm gave a speech on 'Talent Management as a Crocodile Strategy'. He focused on the question how to best deal with one's own talent and with the talent of one's team members. How can I promote my career as internal auditor? How can I form and sustain an effective internal audit team that has the necessary business acumen and covers all needed competences? Dr. Philipp Wilhelm showed how to use talent management as a strategic tool. The topic is at the heart of the coaching and headhunting activities of Schweizer Institut für Managementerneuerung GmbH and was recently also recognized by the IIA in the new IPPF Practice Guide on Talent Management as of December 2015. In fact, career planning is an important activity not only every internal auditor should consider but also internal audit departments. Succession planning, promoting career paths inside the company, and growing own talent are unfortunately often neglected strategic activities. A professional internal audit coach can benefit individual auditors and audit functions alike. To find out more about the next Swiss National IA Conference, visit https://www.iias.ch/aus-weiterbildung/nationale-konferenz/.
(2016-05-09). Switzerland is currently experiencing an inflow of refugees, many of them victims of the war in Syria. The Schweizer Institut für Managementerneuerung GmbH is taking an active approach and supports Syrian refugees in their search for a job in Switzerland. We are happy to announce that we could recently position two skilled refugees as trainee internal auditors during three month internships in Swiss companies. Thanks to their background as mathematicians, the internship will allow them to gain experience in data analysis, a field where they can benefit their employer with their analytical skills. The internship enables them to gain first experiences in the Swiss labour market and corporate life, where they learn aspects new to them such as integrating into a Swiss team, business etiquette, working with corporate computers, or punctuality.
