Introduction

Governance, risk, and compliance responsibilities increasingly sit with managers who are not GRC specialists but who make daily decisions affecting people, resources, operations, and organisational outcomes. Poorly informed decisions, unclear accountability, or failure to recognise risk can quickly escalate into regulatory breaches, reputational damage, or governance failure. This Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) for Non-GRC Managers training course translates complex GRC expectations into practical managerial responsibilities. It focuses on decision ownership, escalation discipline, and operating confidently within governance frameworks without requiring technical GRC expertise.

Key focus areas include:

 

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

 

Training Methodology

This training course applies a practical, discussion-driven learning approach using real-world governance scenarios, managerial case studies, and decision-based exercises. Participants explore realistic situations that reflect everyday management challenges, focusing on judgement, accountability, escalation, and governance-aligned decision-making within modern GRC environments.

Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) for Non-GRC Managers

Who Should Attend?

This training course is ideal for professionals seeking to…

  • Line managers and department heads
  • Operations, HR, finance, and procurement managers
  • Project and programme managers
  • Business unit and functional leaders
  • Technical specialists with people or budget responsibility
  • Managers preparing for senior leadership roles

 

Course Outline

Day 1

Governance for Managers

  • What governance means beyond policies and boards
  • How managerial decisions create governance outcomes
  • Delegated authority and responsibility
  • Accountability versus authority
  • The manager’s role in organisational trust
Day 2

Understanding Risk in Everyday Management

  • What risk looks like at operational and people level
  • Risk created through decisions, behaviour, and omission
  • Managing risk without becoming a risk specialist
  • Recognising early warning signs
  • Risk ownership and escalation
Day 3

Compliance Without Complexity

  • What compliance actually requires from managers
  • Regulatory expectations that affect daily operations
  • Conduct risk and ethical decision-making
  • Managing third parties, approvals, and controls
  • Avoiding informal workarounds
Day 4

Decision-Making, Judgement and Accountability

  • Making defensible decisions under pressure
  • Balancing performance, risk, and compliance
  • Documentation and audit trail discipline
  • When to escalate and when to decide
  • Learning from incidents and near misses
Day 5

Embedding GRC into Management Practice

  • Integrating GRC into routine management activities
  • Managing teams within governance expectations
  • Strengthening first-line accountability
  • Personal action planning for your role
  • Applying learning back in the workplace

International Standards & Professional Alignment

Our training courses are aligned with internationally recognised professional standards and frameworks across leadership, strategy, finance, governance, risk, compliance, and audit. By integrating globally trusted models, we ensure learners develop practical, relevant, and industry-recognised capabilities.

Our trainings draw on leading international standards and professional frameworks, including ISO, ISACA, COSO, OECD, IIA, FATF, Basel, IFRS/ISSB, GRI, NIST, CPD, ILM and the OECD AI Principles. This alignment ensures consistency with global best practices across financial management, risk oversight, digital governance, sustainability, and strategic decision-making..

Designed in alignment with globally recognised professional bodies, our courses support continuous professional development, strengthen organisational capability, and provide clear pathways toward professional certifications valued worldwide.

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FAQs

This training course focuses on how governance, risk, and compliance affect everyday managerial decisions rather than specialist GRC functions. It helps managers understand their responsibilities, accountability boundaries, and decision-making obligations within governance frameworks.  

No prior GRC knowledge is required. The course is designed specifically for non-GRC managers and explains governance, risk, and compliance concepts in clear, practical, and role-focused terms.  

By strengthening decision ownership, risk awareness, and escalation discipline, the training course helps managers identify issues early, avoid informal workarounds, and operate within approved governance controls.  

The course addresses operational risk, conduct risk, regulatory exposure, decision-making risk, and accountability failures that commonly arise at management level  

The training course strengthens first-line accountability, improves decision quality, and embeds governance awareness into daily management practice, reducing unmanaged risks and governance failures.  

Yes. The course is particularly valuable for managers moving into senior or executive roles who require stronger governance awareness, decision discipline, and accountability confidence.  

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