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Introduction

In many organisations, performance expectations and control requirements exist in constant tension. Pressure to deliver can unintentionally encourage shortcuts, workarounds, and inconsistent enforcement of standards. At the same time, governance frameworks often assume controls will be followed without recognising how strongly day-to-day leadership behaviour determines whether teams comply or bypass them.

The Leading Teams Within Risk and Control Environments Course develops leadership capability for settings where oversight, discipline, and ethical standards matter. It focuses on how leaders can sustain performance while reinforcing accountability, setting clear expectations, addressing non-adherence, and managing behavioural risk. The emphasis is on practical leadership practices that protect results and organisational integrity—without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.

Key focus areas include:

Reinforcing standards and accountability under performance pressure
Recognising early signs of control drift and behavioural risk
Leading practical, evidence-based oversight routines
Addressing non-adherence consistently and professionally

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of this Leading Teams Within Risk and Control Environments training course, participants will be able to:

Apply clear standards and expectations without damaging performance culture
Analyse early indicators of control drift, shortcuts, and behavioural risk
Implement practical oversight routines that support accountability
Address non-adherence consistently using fair and defensible approaches
Strengthen team resilience and accountability under sustained pressure
Integrate control discipline into everyday leadership practice

Training Methodology

This Leading Teams Within Risk and Control Environments training course uses realistic leadership scenarios, facilitated role-play, and applied exercises drawn from controlled operational environments. Participants work with practical routines, diagnostics, and application planning to ensure leadership behaviours translate directly into stronger standards, oversight, and team accountability.

Who Should Attend?

This Leading Teams Within Risk and Control Environments training course is ideal for:

Managers and supervisors leading teams in controlled or audited environments
Leaders responsible for delivery involving approvals, compliance, or controls
Professionals inheriting teams with inconsistent standards or weak discipline
Managers operating under sustained performance pressure
Team leaders required to reinforce accountability without undermining engagement
Supervisors responsible for behavioural standards and oversight

Course Outline

Day 1

The manager’s role in sustaining control environments
“Tone from the middle”: why teams mirror manager behaviour
Standards, expectations and consequences: what works in practice
Accountability routines: what managers must consistently do
Build your “team standards” and leadership non-negotiables

Day 2

Controls that matter: where teams typically drift
Practical oversight: approvals, checks, supervision and evidence
Reducing control fatigue and bureaucracy without weakening discipline
Spotting workarounds and normalised deviance
Oversight design: make it workable for your operation

Day 3

Performance pressure: where risk exposure increases
Leading against shortcut culture and “get it done” risk
Creating safe challenge: enabling people to raise concerns early
Coaching for standards: reinforce behaviour and competence
Case lab: performance vs control trade-offs

Day 4

Managing non-adherence: when it’s skill, when it’s attitude
Difficult conversations: consistency, fairness, and documentation
Escalation decisions for team failures and repeat issues
Working with HR / compliance / assurance without losing authority
Role-play: holding the line under pressure

Day 5

Embedding discipline into everyday management practice
Team culture: reinforcing accountability through habits
Measuring what matters: simple indicators for control health
Personal leadership plan: what you will change immediately
Application commitments and peer review

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.