April 22, 2024
I once had the unenviable task of informing a 2-star American Army general that my internal audit team had discovered a potential procurement law violation. That […]
February 19, 2024
I try to stay attuned to the expectations of audit committee members when it comes to their internal audit functions. Dating back to my days at […]
July 17, 2023
I had a conversation recently with several attendees at The IIA’s International Conference about including positive commentary in internal audit reports. Some were in favor of […]
March 27, 2023
By now, most internal auditors are aware that The IIA has released long-anticipated proposed revisions to its Global Internal Audit Standards. As I recently shared in […]
January 2, 2023
In a recent blog, I observed that in many companies management and boards do not welcome – or even permit critical scrutiny by internal auditors. Fortunately, […]
August 24, 2022
I recently saw an ad for an internal audit seminar on interview techniques, and it reminded me once again why this is such an important skill […]
July 11, 2022
We are living in a world where frustration and confrontation borne out of resentment, mistrust and anger have become commonplace. It feels like the days are […]
June 6, 2022
Lawrence Sawyer, one of the “fathers” of modern internal auditing once observed that, “Few sources of friction within the auditing department exceed that caused by the […]
February 7, 2022
I was recently speaking with an old colleague who is now chief audit executive of an American company. She was lamenting how “testy” management seems to […]
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 […]