Practical guidance for new CAEs and CROs—from your runway into role through the first 90 days and into a clear, lasting roadmap.
Todd helped me to develop my 90-day plan and supported me in my first 12 months.
I avoided dead ends, shaved 6 months off implementation, made the right first impressions, and saved a lot of time, effort and money while doing so.”
Chief Auditor, ASX 20 company (first role as a CAE, now an experienced respected serial-CAE)
The Modern Chief Risk / Assurance Officer
Today’s Chief Risk Officers and Heads of Internal Audit must be able to hold their own with their board and senior executive team.
They must be able to partner with the CEO and CFO – holding them to account, while also building the bridges that will be necessary for securing and keeping mandate, and providing a platform to fall back on during challenging moments.
Most of all, they must be completely across their brief.
The first 90 days
Your first 90 days will have important defining moments for you and the team you lead.
Getting this right is often the difference between a new leader being successful and having lasting influence and impact or not.
Having a process and guide in place to support a new leader can make all the difference in those first 90 days.
What we do
We work with emerging and experienced leaders in the 90 days before and after taking on a new Chief Auditor, Chief Risk Officer or Audit/Risk Committee role.
With programs shaped to fit your budget and desire for access, we work with audit and risk leaders in 90 cycles to help you get the focus, clarity and impact they need to succeed in these important roles. During this process, we help you to get clear on your baseline, vision, mandate and direction while drawing on our extensive playbook of tried and tested leadership tools and methods.
From there, we are available for additional coaching, project or implementation support.
Our experience
Since 2007 Todd Davies & Associates has supported Chief Auditors and Chief Risk Officers to lead effectively at high-profile organisations.
Todd has been named a top 10 thought leader globally in risk and assurance and is driven by finding the best thinking and applying this in a practical, engaging way.
As an Audit and Risk Committee chair, former Chief Auditor and coach and mentor to audit and risk leaders in senior roles in Australia and the United States, he knows the challenges of these roles and the importance of getting them right.
Drawing on our local and international experience at the top end of the market, we have worked with and supported many of the region’s most experienced and successful chief audit and risk officers.
The first 90 days white paper and email series
Now in its second edition, this practical series offers focused guidance from the lead-in period right through the first 90 days and beyond.
It covers:
- The Modern Chief Assurance Officer
- Tips on role fit and mandate shaping during the recruitment process
- Different strategies for different profiles of new CAEs
- Key thinking in the first 30, 90 days, and 90 days prior to an appointment
- Why the second and third trimesters are so critical and what to be thinking about
- Thoughts about vision, scorecard, capabilities, roadmaps and stakeholders
- Strategies and ways we can help
The series includes a tight sequence of emails—delivered every few weeks during your first 90 days, with prompts at key milestones.
How to access
To access this full series you must have an existing relationship with us, or be a senior risk or assurance leader in the markets we serve (Australia, United States, Europe and Great Britain).
For current and new leaders in other regions, we’re building a lighter series where you can choose your own path, and still access us when you’re ready.
All resources are free of charge.
Get started
Fill in your details below to begin your journey. We’ll guide you with prompts, insight and sequencing built to support clarity and confidence from day one.
These are great roles, and we’re excited for you and for the opportunity to support you.
Best of luck in this most important role.
Todd Davies