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...
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Oct 4, 2023 | Documentation Best Practices, Governance, Internal Controls
Do people in your organization worry about saying too much, too little, or the wrong thing? I can guess the answer is yes. The risks of disclosure (and nondisclosure) are intensifying with the rise of new regulations regarding what we say and how and when we say it....
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Oct 3, 2023 | Governance, Internal Audit, Internal Controls, Risk Management
As we gear up for a strong Q4, everywhere we go we hear people talking about interest rates, inflation, layoffs, and the economic risks ahead. We’re seeing delays and even decreases in spending on projects, training, and benefits. People are trying to figure out how...
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | May 30, 2023 | Governance, Internal Controls
A fish can’t survive if the water it’s living in is dirty. The same goes for your control environment. Your controls can only thrive in the right environment. Ten years ago, the approach to achieving that “right environment” shifted with the concept of Entity Level...
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Mar 14, 2023 | Documentation Best Practices, Governance, Internal Controls
Whether you call them policies, standards, or guidelines, rules are everywhere in our organizations. We have rules for how we hire, train, take time off, buy things, and do our work. We have rules for our employees, our vendors, our partners, and even our customers....
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Nov 3, 2022 | Documentation Best Practices, Governance
In the world of Internal Controls or GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance), there is tons more value we can extract from documentation and processes, but too many people leave that value on the table. And that’s where the topic of minutes comes in. They are obviously...
