by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Jan 15, 2025 | Team & Personal Productivity
“Do more with less” is a mandate I hear across boardrooms, team meetings and strategy decks. Too often, organizations respond by adding new tools to solve productivity problems. But real team productivity isn’t about the tools. It lives in the invisible things we...
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Oct 27, 2024 | Internal Audit
Risk Oversight sits down with David J. O’Regan to discuss his latest book, The Closing of the Auditor’s Mind?, and the challenges facing the Internal Audit profession today Dr. David J. O’Regan is the Auditor General of the World Health Organization (Americas Region)...
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Aug 10, 2024 | Governance, Internal Controls, Risk Management
A fish can’t survive in dirty water, and your controls can’t thrive in the wrong environment. That’s where Entity Level Controls (ELCs) come in. COSO 2013 didn’t introduce new governance concepts, but it did give our profession a comprehensive set of principles to...
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Apr 12, 2024 | Internal Audit
3 Questions to Consider Before Implementing the New Standards In January 2024, the Global Internal Audit Standards (the IIA’s Standards) were updated after a long consultation process. While the updated standards are not expected to have a dramatic impact on IA...
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Apr 12, 2024 | Documentation Best Practices, Governance
Board minutes may not seem like anyone’s idea of a “sexy,” “innovative,” or even “interesting” topic. However, internal control and internal audit professionals are often expected to understand what effective Board and Committee minutes are or should be. They are...
