{"product_id":"deep-dive-executive-summary","title":"Deep Dive: Executive Summary","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 11.0pt;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1st December, 2026 | \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e13:30 - 17:00 CET\u003cbr\u003e2nd December, 2026 | 13:30 - 17:00 CET\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConnect the dots – don’t hand your board a puzzle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"color: black;\"\u003eFor your most senior stakeholders, the executive summary is the audit report – it’s all they read. Too many executive summaries are still a list of findings, and a list is not a message.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThis workshop is dedicated entirely to the executive summary: what belongs there, what doesn’t, and how to write an audit conclusion that delivers a message – insight the reader can act on, not a recap of the fieldwork results. Guidance, language, and exercises from the audit conclusion through the key issues, including tone, balance, and formality for the most senior readers in the organization.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThe bar: a senior reader – audit committee member, board member, C-suite – understands the message in one pass, unaided. What happened, why it matters, and what happens next, without ever flipping back to the detail. That’s when the executive summary starts doing its job.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThis is a working workshop: concepts are explored through discussion and exercises, with writing practice and live critique from the group and the trainer, ensuring participants leave able to turn any set of findings into one clear message.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eWhat changes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -12.95pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 5.0pt 21.55pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e–\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eExecutive summaries deliver a conclusion – one clear message, not a findings recap.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -12.95pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 5.0pt 21.55pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e–\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eInsight replaces repetition – readers get the what, the why, the so what, and the now what.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -12.95pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 5.0pt 21.55pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e–\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eSenior readers act after one reading – no clarifying emails, no “what does this mean for us?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -12.95pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 5.0pt 21.55pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e–\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eWriting the executive summary gets faster – the hardest page in the report stops being written last, worst, and under the most pressure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -12.95pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 5.0pt 21.55pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e–\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eConversations at the top change – less explaining the report, more discussing the risks in it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eFor: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eAuditors-in-charge and above – \u003cb\u003ewhoever writes, assembles, or owns the executive summary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eRecommended prerequisite (not required): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eDeep Dive: Findings. The executive summary is distilled from the findings – if the findings are weak, no summary can save them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eWorking material: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThe strongest results come from working on your own writing – participants ideally bring an anonymized report from their own audits to work with; realistic practice material is provided as an alternative. For in-house deliveries, the team works on its own reports in its own confidential environment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrainer:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;\"\u003eTracie Marquardt is a 2024 and 2025 Beacon Award recipient and sought-after Audit Results Strategist. She helps Chief Audit Executives and their teams transform audit results through communication, leadership, and productivity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;\"\u003eAs an audit reporting expert, Tracie addresses audit's core challenge: deriving and communicating results that add value to stakeholders. She guides teams in redesigning outdated audit report templates and builds their capability to deliver exceptional reporting at the intersection of human judgment and AI-driven communication.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;\"\u003eTracie has trained 13,000+ international internal auditors across industries. She is a keynote speaker at audit conferences worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;\"\u003eShe launched \u003ci\u003eInspiring Women in Audit in 2024\u003c\/i\u003e, the industry podcast amplifying women's voices in internal audit around the globe. The podcast has a supporting LinkedIn community of over 600 internal audit professionals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARC Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54623249301841,"sku":null,"price":890.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1058\/4807\/8673\/files\/DeepDiveExecutiveSummary.png?v=1787128098","url":"https:\/\/arc-institute.com\/products\/deep-dive-executive-summary","provider":"ARC Institute","version":"1.0","type":"link"}