Book Dr. Sabine Charles
Global Leadership, Audit Innovation & Emotional Intelligence Speaker
Transforming leaders, teams, and organizations through high-impact, research-backed keynote experiences.
Elevate Your Event with Dr. Sabine Charles
Invite Dr. Sabine Charles, a globally recognized leadership strategist, to speak at your next event—and give your audience an unforgettable experience that builds emotional intelligence in leadership, strengthens leadership skills for managers, and develops future-ready leaders. Whether it’s a corporate conference, internal audit summit, workshop, or virtual program, Dr. Charles delivers high-impact keynote presentations and leadership development programs that transform teams into high-performing, strategic, and resilient units.
✔ 20+ years advising Fortune 500 & higher education leaders
✔ Featured keynote speaker for global IIA, ISACA & CPA organizations
✔ Creator of Leadership MEQ™ and the Certification Success System™
Why Choose Her
With decades of experience in internal audit, governance, and executive development, Dr. Charles brings credibility, insight, and action-oriented content. Her talks fuse data-driven decision making, leadership communication skills, and innovative and creativity in leadership into a compelling narrative. She supports professionals—including auditors and accountants—in developing leadership skills for internal auditors, ethical leadership in accounting, and accounting leadership qualities that go beyond technical expertise to drive real organizational impact.
Signature Topics
Some of her most requested themes include:
Emotional Intelligence in Leadership – Tools to enhance self-awareness, team trust-building, and collaborative and inclusive leadership.
Transforming Internal Audit into Strategic Value – How audit professionals move from oversight to influence by applying leadership in the digital age, big data and analytics in leadership, and resilient leadership in uncertainty.
Leadership Development for the Future – Preparing managers with leadership skills for managers, a growth mindset for leaders, and building high-performing teams that thrive in rapid change.
What Attendees Will Gain
When you invite Dr. Sabine Charles to speak, your audience will:
Develop leadership potential assessment insights that support personal development for leaders and career advancement through leadership.
Learn how to integrate business strategy and leadership, leadership agility and adaptability, and innovation culture and strategic risk-taking into their day-to-day roles.
Strengthen self-awareness in leadership, emotional well-being for leaders, and professional growth strategies that position them as influential leaders in their fields.
Format & Customization
Dr. Charles offers flexible delivery formats—keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, and leadership effectiveness summits. Each engagement is customized to your audience and organizational goals, ensuring her message aligns with your vision for leadership training for accountants, internal audit leadership development, and executive leadership in financial services. Whether live or virtual, she brings energy and relevance that resonates long after the stage lights dim.
What Dr. Sabine Charles Offers
Keynote Presentations
Leadership Effectiveness • Executive Presence • Growth Mindset • Leadership in the Digital Age
Dr. Sabine Charles delivers thought-provoking, research-driven, and energizing keynotes that help organizations thrive in today’s complex, fast-changing world. Each presentation is customized to the audience — blending data, storytelling, and real-world strategies that spark measurable impact. Designed for leadership effectiveness summits, leadership and ESG strategy events, leadership in the digital age forums.
Topics include emotional intelligence in leadership, executive presence and influence, growth mindset for leaders, leadership training for accountants, leadership skills for managers, leadership in high-tech environments. Engaging, evidence-based, and inspiring — Dr. Sabine Charles doesn’t just speak; she elevates thinking. Her keynotes leave leaders equipped with the clarity, tools, and confidence to create meaningful, measurable change. Learn More Here
Leadership MEQ Workshops & Retreats
Emotional Intelligence • Mindset • Team Development • Leadership Communication
Dr. Sabine Charles’ corporate leadership retreats, transformational leadership workshops, and Leadership MEQ™ programs deliver comprehensive leadership development programs designed to elevate emotional intelligence in leadership, strengthen leadership skills for managers, and build high-performing, future-ready teams. These immersive experiences combine strategic leadership training, data-driven decision making, and collaborative and inclusive leadership to help professionals develop stronger leadership communication skills, enhance self-awareness in leadership, and cultivate ethical leadership in accounting and leadership skills for internal auditors.
By integrating mindset, emotional intelligence, and practical tools for innovation, these programs empower leaders to adopt a growth mindset, build trust-centered leadership skills, and apply innovation and creativity in leadership to real-world challenges. Organizations that partner with Dr. Charles gain a proven path to developing resilient, influential leaders who thrive in the digital age and drive sustainable, long-term success.
Certification Success & Audit Innovation
Internal Audit Leadership • Career Advancement • Leadership for Accountants • Innovation in Audit
Programmatic sessions on leadership training for accountants, internal audit leadership development, leadership skills for internal auditors, transforming managers into leaders, career advancement through leadership, internal audit leadership development, leadership potential assessment, emotional intelligence 360 assessment, leadership legacy building.
Audiences Dr. Charles Serves
Corporate Leaders & Executives: Fortune 500, global enterprises, and leadership teams
Educational Institutions: Universities, professional schools, academic leadership conferences
Nonprofit & Public Sector Organizations: Mission-driven leaders focused on inclusion, ethics, and impact
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Her sessions empower leaders to integrate personal development for leaders with organizational strategy. She uses emotional intelligence in leadership, leadership communication skills, leadership presence and influence, accounting leadership qualities, leadership training for accountants, internal audit leadership development, and resilient leadership in uncertainty.
Potential Speaking Topics
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Emotions Meet AI: Tech-driven Leadership
A session focused on the integration of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) in IT audits, emphasizing the importance of EQ in communication and leadership within the AI-driven digital landscape, and provides practical strategies and a group case project for developing EQ skills in the technology-dominated sector.
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Enhancing Corporate Sustainability
It focuses on the crucial role of internal audit in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) facilitation and auditing, covering ESG fundamentals, the audit's facilitative role, conducting ESG audits, effective communication of findings, and strategies for ensuring management action on audit recommendations.
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Mastering Business Dynamics
This presentation delves into the crucial role of emotional intelligence, relationship management, and technological integration in fostering effective leadership in the modern business world. It offers insights and strategies for leaders to adapt and thrive in a rapidly evolving global business landscape.
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Audit Your Life
"Audit Your Life: The Key to Personal Success" emphasizes applying the principles of internal auditing—planning, executing, and reporting—to personal life for structured, effective self-improvement and fulfillment.
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The Integration of EQ and AI in Auditing
This presentation explores the significance of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) in improving human-AI interactions and decision-making, demonstrating how EQ can be applied to audits to enhance their effectiveness.
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Unlocking the power of responsibility: The path to leadership
This presentation highlights responsibility as a foundation for leadership in internal audit, emphasizes a growth mindset for turning challenges into opportunities, and encourages leading with empathy to build trust and become a strategic advisor.
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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff: Enhancing Internal Audit Efficiency with AI
This session explores how AI technologies streamline internal audits by automating tasks, enhancing accuracy, and expanding scope. Participants will identify high-impact areas like data analysis and learn best practices for secure, ethical AI integration.
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Transforming Audits – Emotional Intelligence in the Age of AI
This presentation explores the crucial role of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) in the context of the AI era. We discuss the significance of EQ in enhancing human-AI interactions and improving decision-making processes. Additionally, we delve into how applying EQ makes audits more effective and comprehensive.
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The Emotionally Intelligent Leader
Top leaders use emotional intelligence to boost engagement and success by connecting self-image with leadership presence and team dynamics. They build confidence and leadership skills through intentional strategies and apply emotional intelligence to increase their influence and effectiveness in leading others.
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From Oversight to Impact: Leading with Purpose in Internal Audit
Leadership is redefined through influence, purpose, and accountability rather than titles, using the Leadership MEQ Framework—Mindset, Emotional Intelligence, and Leadership Qualities—to strengthen internal audit leadership. It includes creating a personal growth plan with the Audit Career GPS, overcoming career plateaus, leading with vision, communicating effectively, and leaving a legacy of public trust.
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Elevating Audit Excellence: Through Emotional Intelligence and Innovation
The content focuses on applying the Leadership MEQ™ framework to strengthen leadership and team dynamics in audit. It emphasizes emotional intelligence for better decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and risk awareness, while promoting resilience, adaptability, and innovation to thrive in today’s evolving audit environment.
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Unlocking the Power of Responsibility: Turning Accountability into Influence and Growth
The message emphasizes embracing responsibility as a foundation for leadership and fulfillment in internal audit, adopting a growth mindset to turn challenges into opportunities, and leading with empathy to build trust and become a strategic, trusted advisor.
Potential Workshops Topics
Staying Competitive
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The workshop explores technology's impact on business, stressing adaptation to tech advancements and strategic information management. It discusses leveraging big data for insights, aligning IT with business strategies, and balancing innovation with standards, offering flexible delivery methods.
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Learn the critical importance of human connections in business and the enhancing role of technology in these relationships.
Gain insights into aligning a brand's core values with its public image, utilizing technology for message synchronization and amplification.
Discover the transformative impact of technology in strengthening organizational internal controls, enhancing business security, agility, and competitiveness.
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3-4 hours
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4.0
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Intermediate
Audit Mindfulness
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This workshop highlights EQ's role in auditing, emphasizing its effect on decision-making and audit quality. It covers emotion management, empathy in relationships, and how EQ-driven leadership boosts team collaboration and client interaction.
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Grasp Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence Principles: Acquire the ability to recognize and effectively apply mindfulness and EI techniques specifically tailored for auditing scenarios.
Enhance Stakeholder Communication: Develop skills in mindful communication and active listening, aimed at fostering deeper, more empathetic relationships with stakeholders during audits.
Incorporate Mindful Leadership Qualities: Understand and assimilate key Leadership Qualities and mindfulness practices to enhance the adaptability and effectiveness of the auditing process.
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3-4 hours
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4.0
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Intermediate
Leadership MEQ
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This workshop covers leadership skills, focusing on the MEQ Framework, emotional intelligence, and practical exercises. Participants will learn key traits and develop plans to enhance their leadership potential, ending with a Q&A session.
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Grasp the concept of Leadership MEQ, which combines mindset, emotional intelligence, and leadership qualities for effective leadership.
Identify and cultivate key leadership traits like vision, empathy, adaptability, and communication skills.
Understand the significance of aligning personal goals with core values and the role of self-reflection in developing leadership.
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7-8 hours
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8.0
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Intermediate
EQ for IA
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This presentation covers the fundamentals of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and its key components, demonstrating how to apply EI in internal auditing to enhance interpersonal communication and relationship management.
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- Understand the role of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) in the context of the AI era.
- Explore the significance of EQ in enhancing human-AI interactions and decision-making.
- Discuss how EQ can be applied to audits, making them more effective.
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7-8 hours
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8.0
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Intermediate
Book Dr. Charles to Speak
Ready to transform your next event with a dynamic, transformative speaker? Invite Dr. Sabine Charles to join your event as a motivational keynote speaker for growth, or facilitate deeper learning through leadership coaching and mentoring and immersive programs like Leadership MEQ for auditors. Contact us today for availability and a tailored proposal.
“Unlock your potential. Reclaim your leadership. Lead with purpose, empathy, and impact.”
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Testimonials
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It was great to connect with all the people who participated.
Jessica
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Wonderful workshop. Absolutely fantastic!
Robert
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Sabine’s smile is contagious and keeps drawing people in and spreading good vibes.
Jess
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Great Sabine! What a tremendous offering.
Tim
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Joseph Horowitz
Great topic Dr. Sabine Charles
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Bravo!
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