Angela Maniak

New hires in audit departments who have previously provided my writing workshop to the rest of their audit staff.
Professionals who have participated in my writing workshop and desire further feedback and development.
Audit departments who want to make their report-writing more effective, timely, and efficient.
Individuals who recognize a need and have a desire to strengthen their writing skills.

How Does It Work?

If your internal audit department has previously offered Angela’s on-site writing workshop, you are ready to maintain your standards for report quality and timeliness by training new hires promptly.

I offer a method for accomplishing that quickly and economically. Instead of waiting 12 or more months until you have enough new hires for an in-house workshop, you can use my services remotely to train new hires.

My method employs the following:

New hires’ reading of text and completion of exercises I provide.
New hires’ review of your internal audit department’s report template and writing guidelines.
My consultation with the new hires to assess their on-the-job writing.
My one-on-one coaching of new hires to develop the needed writing skills.

My work can be done remotely via phone and internet, and so it provides a training solution that is:

Timely—delivered within three months of a new hire’s starting date.
Cost-effective—no travel expenses are incurred.
Results-oriented—coaching is geared to your department’s standards as well as each individual’s needs.

The professional fee for training new hires is on a fixed per-person cost.

Contact Angela Maniak at 207-338-0108 for further details.

For individual professionals who have previously participated in my training, remote coaching involves:

Consultation with the individual to identify goals for improvements in writing skills.
My review of on-the-job writing samples and feedback to the individual.
Coaching on methods to strengthen writing skills.
Follow-up as needed to ensure successful learning.

The professional fee for one-on-one coaching is on an hourly basis.

Contact Angela Maniak at 207-338-0108 for further details.

For departments or individuals who have not previously participated in my training, I start with a consultation to determine your specific goals and assess your current reporting practices. This includes:

My review of report samples you provide.
Discussion with you to learn your goals for the coaching engagement.
Collaboration with you to set achievable and measurable objectives and agree on the scope and cost of the engagement.

Contact Angela Maniak at 207-338-0108 for further details.

My Approach to Coaching

Whether I am working with new auditors or experienced professionals, staff or management, my goals are to enable writers to:

Understand and apply objective criteria for audit report writing.
Proactively engage in setting goals for improved writing skills.
Draft reports according to their internal audit department’s expectations and guidelines.
Do objective self-assessments of their writing.
Develop pride of authorship and retain ownership of their writing.

As a writing coach, I do the following:

Understand the report template, writing guidelines, and style guide in place in the writers’ internal audit departments.
Collaborate with writers to identify their goals.
Provide objective and constructive feedback on writing samples provided by the writers.
Deliver feedback so that writers understand and accept the input.
Coach writers to enable them to improve their writing quickly and significantly.
Provide feedback to writers that is consistent with their audit management’s expectations and criteria for effective writing.
Respond promptly to writers’ requests for feedback and coaching.
Periodically report to audit management on writers’ progress.

Angela J. Maniak
191 Prescott Hill Road
Northport, Maine 04849
207-338-0108
angela@amaniak.com