November 12, 2021
Professions thrive through advocacy and diversity of thought. The internal audit profession is no different. For the past two years, I have recognized 10 men and […]
November 3, 2021
One of the most frustrating events in my career was one of the first times an internal audit client firmly and repeatedly said “no” to one […]
October 22, 2021
Like much of the world, I was deeply saddened by the recent death of former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. He was a man […]
October 11, 2021
A recent headline from Reuters caught my eye: “Scandal-hit Credit Suisse names new interim heads of internal audit – memo.” According to Reuters: “Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) […]
September 30, 2021
In an effort to raise awareness about objectivity, I often pose a series of questions to internal auditors. Have you ever been called upon to direct […]
September 21, 2021
We are approaching the time of year again when many internal audit departments around the world initiate their audit planning process for the upcoming calendar year. […]
September 16, 2021
For years I have been writing about the need for internal audit to modernize its approach to risk assessment. I authored a blog in 2018 calling […]
September 7, 2021
It didn’t take long for me as a young internal auditor to realize how important it was that meetings with clients go well. Actually, we called […]
August 29, 2021
When it comes to corporate governance, I believe there is one enduring lesson from the past two decades: When boards of directors fail in their oversight […]
August 24, 2021
Last January, I shared perspectives about a recently released World Economic Forum Report on “The Future of Jobs.” In my blog, I shared that a magazine article […]