CAE Roundtables Are Hurting You and Are a Big Waste of Time. Now you may be thinking, no they aren’t I’ve gotten some value from attending them. I understand. I’ve attended some great roundtables when I was a Chief Audit Executive, but most of them are a complete waste of time. Have all of the …
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Fire & Earth Podcast E109: Practicing resilience
Today’s episode is going to be a bit of a quick and practical discussion on how you can become a more resilient person.Through various techniques such as meditation, or guided breathing to mindfulness or just being more familiar with who you are, youcan build yourself up to be a much more resilient individual. #fireandearthpodcast Listen …
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E121: Your Title Doesn’t Make You a Leader
Have you ever worked for a horrible boss? If you are like most people, a couple of faces just popped into your mind. We’ve all worked with horrible bosses who didn’t use Intuitive Leadership, Neural Influence, or Mental Mastery … and it’s HARD to be a leader without them, and painful for the people you …
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E96: Successfully Using Data Analytics with Joe Oringel
In this #jammingwithjason #internalauditpodcast I speak with Joe Oringel about some of the challenges #internalaudit is facing when it comes to #dataanalytics. It turns out one reason people struggle is not understanding the seven body of knowledge areas we should be focusing on and determining where you want to be. We discuss personnel issues (e.g. …
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E90: Collaborative Audit Report Writing with Tracie Marquardt
Internal audit reports have been written the same for decades, and honestly are usually very boring and don’t meet our organization’s needs. In this episode I talk with Tracie Marquart about action oriented recommendations, improving report writing to consider the end of the value chain, seeing the big picture, linking our work to assurance over …
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E86: Soap Boxes and Podcasts with Trent Russell
In this special episode of #jammingwithjason #internalauditpodcast I talk with Trent Russell the host of “The Audit Podcast” about the profession of internal auditing and some “soap box” issues we both feel strongly about to help improve internal audit in organizations. It’s a dual interview style, so you get to hear questions and answers from …
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How to Deal with Difficult People (CAEB 47)
If you are like most internal audit leaders, you have a lot of difficult people you need to deal with on a daily and weekly basis. It can not only be exhausting, but if we don’t handle things correctly it can negatively affect our career. Instead of a video this week, I suggest you take …
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CAE Forum Admission & cRisk Academy Course Information (CAEB 46)
The Chief Audit Executive (CAE) Briefing is now a FREE course for all CAEs. If you are the CAE in your organization, or you report to a CAE in a large organization, you may register for this course at: https://jasonmefford.mykajabi.com/offers/ezsxLzjQ If you are NOT a CAE, this course is not for you. In this weeks’s …
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6 Impacts to Consider for Business Continuity Planning (BCP) – CAEB E44
In this weeks’s video I talk about business continuity planning (BCP) which is always a relevant topic anytime our organizations experience crisis events like the one we are going through now with COVID-19. It amazes me each time we go through an event, how unprepared most organizations are. This give us the opportunity to help …
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Putting on your Investment Manager Hat (CAEB 39)
In this week’s video I’m talking more about putting on your “investment manager hat” so we start acting and being perceived as an investment center instead of a cost center. Many of us leaders work in professional areas that have traditionally been seen by the CFO and other executives as a “cost center.” Since CFOs …
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