November 2, 2015
Great internal auditors understand the value of perspective. When grown and nurtured through exposure to all areas of the organization, it is the driver of insight. […]
October 26, 2015
Last week, the world celebrated “Back to the Future Day,” an event inspired by the 1989 movie Back to the Future Part II, which envisioned what life […]
October 19, 2015
Each of us have likely encountered individuals from whom we have learned much about the art of leadership. If we are fortunate, we are able to […]
October 12, 2015
Another week, another example of internal control failures hurting an organization and industry. Details of the scandal engulfing the online fantasy sports company DraftKings should be […]
October 5, 2015
Internal audit is under great pressure — pressure to meet growing stakeholder expectations, pressure to adapt to new and rapidly emerging risks, pressure to keep up […]
September 28, 2015
My first car was a used 1967 Volkswagen Beetle. It was a great little “starter” car, but only a couple of months after I bought it, […]
September 24, 2015
This week, America lost one of its true icons with the death of former New York Yankees great Yogi Berra. He was 90. While Yogi was […]
September 21, 2015
The IIA’s Financial Services Audit Center recently hosted a well-attended and highly successful inaugural Financial Services Exchange in Washington, D.C., bringing together legislators, regulators, and internal […]
September 14, 2015
In a blog earlier this year, I sounded an alarm about the dangers of investing in companies with no internal audit function. Ultimately, the goal was […]
September 8, 2015
Early in my career, my ambition got the better of me, and I left internal auditing for an immediate promotion in an accounting role. Being young […]