Internal Audit Stakeholder Relations
February 13, 2023
February 13, 2023Famed American poet Maya Angelou once observed: “When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.” I have always found that to be […]
July 5, 2022
July 5, 2022In my recent blogs, I have been focusing on the basics of effective client service by internal auditors. I even wrote an article for AuditBoard on […]
February 16, 2022
February 16, 2022My recent blog, “Five Things Not to Say When You Are Starting an Internal Audit,” was far and away the most popular I have written in […]
November 29, 2021
November 29, 2021As a newly appointed chief audit executive many years ago, I tried early to identify the other executives in the organization who would be our strongest […]
November 3, 2021
November 3, 2021One 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 […]
August 29, 2021
August 29, 2021When 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 16, 2021
August 16, 2021In the past year, management and internal audit have stood together in the vast majority of organizations in the face of the unprecedented risks presented by […]
September 20, 2020
September 20, 2020“We are here to help you!” That phrase seems so innocent, but those six little words are sometimes referred to as “the biggest lie of the internal […]
August 31, 2020
August 31, 2020As the COVID-19 pandemic extends further into the second half of the year, many of us have fallen into a grudging acceptance that disruptions to our […]
July 6, 2020
July 6, 2020There’s an old expression — “when everyone shouts, no one listens” — that certainly rings true today. From politics to social media and even in grocery […]
