The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. When we set our mind to do something and then fall short we have options: dust yourself off and hop back on the wagon, or wallow in self pity. In this episode we discuss some practical steps you can take to put things in perspective, dust yourself off, and get back to unlocking your potential.
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Internal audit has established some great traditions over the years. As Tevye, the character from Fiddler on the Roof said: “Traditions, traditions. Without our traditions our lives would be as shaky as… as a fiddler on the roof!” Later; however, Tevye realizes, “our old ways were once new, weren’t they?” We have to be willing to change with the times and create new traditions that provide more value to our organizations than the old ones.
Jason Mefford is joined by Dan Clark, for a discussion on establishing your own personal brand, tips for becoming a better auditor, and making internal audit a career. You’ll also learn how to become a trusted advisor and provide insight and foresight.
Dan Clark is the GOAT of Internal Audit (you’ll have to listen to learn what that means) and CAE of Washington Trust Bank. In a career that spans more than 30 years, Dan has accumulated a lot of wisdom that he shares in his book: Dare to Be Different – An Auditor’s Personal Guide To Excellence. Currently, he is working on new book: The Tao of Internal Audit.
Let’s face it, sometimes we have communication breakdowns that increase our stress and damage our relationships. Learn how to be more mindful in your communications by being present, listening, asking questions, knowing the other person’s communication preference and reversing your buts.
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Most Chief Audit Executives (CAEs) struggle with justifying the level of internal audit resources. When internal audit is viewed by stakeholders as a “cost center” this is an annual challenge justifying headcount and annual budgets, especially when the organization is in cost-cutting mode. Many in the profession advocate using benchmarking as a way to “right size” the internal audit function, but this can be a very slippery slope and is based on some faulty assumptions. A much better approach is to focus on the organizational risks and expectations of the board and senior management to develop a resource level commensurate with the risks and expectations.
We are joined again by Jeanne Mozier, who shares her predictions for 2019 and 2020 based on astrological charts. If you want to know what you can anticipate the rest of this year and into the next couple, take a listen. This way you can be prepared when these things transpire and avoid the surprise most of the world will experience. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
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Many professionals get caught in a CPE mindset when it comes to professional development. A CPE mindset will not get you promotions or new positions. In the knowledge revolution, we have to become lifelong learners – those concerned with learning and growing each day, week, and month – not just completing hours of random CPE each year. Find out how to switch mindsets, increase your likelihood of having your training requests approved, and some questions you can ask yourself to be proactive with your learning opportunities.
A CPE mindset will not get you promotions or new positions. It will keep you trapped where you are.
In the knowledge revolution, you have to become a lifelong learner – one committed with learning and growing each day, week, and month – not just completing hours of random CPE each year.
Find out how to switch to a lifelong learning mindset, increase your likelihood of having your training requests approved, and some questions you can ask yourself to be proactive with your learning opportunities.
Change is a natural part of life that we need to embrace. Instead of staying in a rut, or running faster on the hamster wheel, embrace change as a way to help you evolve into a better you. Use the fear, think, do model to help you move from a place of fear to taking action to spice up your life and become a new and better you. Here’s some tips to help you make little changes each day to move you towards the good things and success you want in your life.
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As auditors we audit the effectiveness of controls and make recommendations for improving controls. If we are not careful, what we may actually do is recommend ineffective controls or try to over control our organizations, effectively strangling the organization and making it more difficult to achieve objectives. Here’s a case study showing some ineffective and over control from one of the largest banks in the world that should know better. Makes me want to scream “give me a break.”
Astrology is so much more than reading the Sunday horoscope. It’s about making sense of the patterns and cycles in the universe. Consider this, the Berlin Wall went up and came down during similar astrological patterns. We happen to be in this similar pattern again, and there is now talk of putting up another wall. Coincidence? Maybe, but there just may be more written in the stars and planets than we realize.
We are joined by Jeanne Mozier who provides more insight into astrology and dispels some common myths and misunderstandings.
For those of you who may be skeptical, take a listen to what Jeanne has to say … who by the way started off as a skeptic herself as a research analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency. Oh, and that Berlin Wall thing. Jeanne predicted it to the day, six months before the wall came crumbling down.
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Jason Mefford is joined by Dan Clayton, for a discussion of how internal audit is evolving and changing, driving some of the updates to Sawyer’s Internal Auditing, 7th edition. Information in the International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF), the Internal Audit textbook, and CIA Review Course materials, provide a basis for how to practice internal auditing, but Sawyer’s Internal Auditing (one of the most influential books in the profession) fills in some of the gaps in the other material.
Dan Clayton is the Director of Strategy and Knowledge Management for the System Audit Office at The University of Texas System, and was the project leader for the update team to Sawyers Internal Auditing, 7th edition.
