November 3, 2021
One 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
When 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
In 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
“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
As 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
There’s an old expression — “when everyone shouts, no one listens” — that certainly rings true today. From politics to social media and even in grocery […]
February 17, 2020
For more than 20 years, I have been cautioning chief audit executives (CAEs) to always be attuned to signals from their stakeholders, whose expectations can vary […]