May 12, 2025
An unfortunate truth is that risk and control failures frequently can and do happen despite internal audit’s best efforts. This reality has resulted in far too […]
February 10, 2025
It is hard to believe that I launched this series of blog posts 16 years ago! A 12-year term as IIA Global CEO, 4 years as […]
May 13, 2024
When I served as The IIA’s Global Chairman of the Board, my theme for the year was “Mind the Gap.” The gap, of course, refers to […]
May 6, 2024
Occasionally, important research or insightful thought leadership on internal audit falls under the radar. That may have been the case in March, when Deloitte’s Center for […]
April 8, 2024
As a young internal auditor, I often felt like a student carefully observing and learning from those in the department who were senior to me. I […]
May 15, 2023
It’s Internal Audit Awareness Month, and a good time to revisit one of the age-old challenges for the profession: Why don’t people believe “we are here […]
April 18, 2023
One of the features that makes internal auditing so valuable to modern enterprises is that we serve multiple stakeholders, including the board, various levels of management, […]
April 10, 2023
As a young internal auditor, I concentrated on learning technical skills of the profession. I came to appreciate the importance of developing an audit plan at […]
February 13, 2023
Famed 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
In 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 […]