October 16, 2023
Over the past few days, internal auditors around the world have been mourning the sudden loss of Phil Tarling, one of the profession’s most widely known […]
October 4, 2023
I recently attended a large internal audit conference in Europe where attendees were anxious (as always) to discuss their daily dilemmas and seek my perspectives. Not […]
September 28, 2023
Over the years, I have weighed in often on behalf of municipal/local government internal auditors who have been victims of the wrath of bureaucrats or politicians. […]
September 20, 2023
There have been plenty of regional and country-level reports on internal audit in recent years, but the well has been pretty dry when it comes to […]
September 14, 2023
In a recent blog for AuditBoard, I observed that the world has seemingly entered “a state of persistent crisis, with no sense of how we’ll escape.” […]
September 12, 2023
During a recent lecture on internal audit’s enduring timeliness challenge, I was once again preaching of the dangers of audit engagements that take too long. A […]
August 28, 2023
“I just wish the internal auditors understood the business better!” I can’t count the number of times I have heard this lament from company executives during […]
August 21, 2023
The term “gaslighting” has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity in recent years. Its origins date back to a British play later made into a film during […]
August 14, 2023
There has been a surge in news regarding CEO compensation. Always a topic of intense interest, CEO pay can become especially contentious during periods of economic […]
August 7, 2023
I am often asked for the most common advice I offer to internal auditors seeking to deliver greater value for their organizations. I offer 3 simple […]