Internal Audit Communications
January 2, 2023
January 2, 2023In 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
August 24, 2022I 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
July 11, 2022We 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
June 6, 2022Lawrence 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
February 7, 2022I 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
September 7, 2021It 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 […]
July 26, 2021
July 26, 2021We live in a world today where the words we choose are more important than ever. An insensitive comment made today is likely to elicit a […]
June 16, 2021
June 16, 2021This week, members of the United States House Intelligence Committee will receive a classified briefing on a topic of universal and enduring controversy: Unidentified Flying Objects […]
June 14, 2021
June 14, 2021I recently heard from an old acquaintance that I had worked with as an internal audit colleague years ago. He eventually moved on, and today holds […]
June 8, 2020
June 8, 2020News last week of improvement in the U.S. jobless situation brought a glimmer of hope that, perhaps, the very worst may be behind us. At least […]
