Over the last couple of weeks we have been asking our global audience of Internal Audit leaders and team members, “Do you feel Internal Audit is currently valued within your organisation?” We have over 200 contributors from various industries, and markets, and the answer is… 60% say yes, 40% say no. We have deliberately kept…

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‘Lay first the foundation of humility…The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation’ St Augustine The concept of Humility attached to Leadership, along with Service and Leadership, can cause confusion. Some see words such as humility and service as ‘weak’, ‘passive’, and ‘submissive’. Which they therefore assume means these behaviours…

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Golden Rule Never assume you have it, it needs to be earned every, single, day. This point cropped up as I was asked by someone, who had been newly promoted, how do they gain the respect of those they are now responsible for. The great news here was that they already realised that a job…

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Andrew Denham, Consultant  Don’t use recruiters Why would you use a recruiter? You can find all the jobs they have online, right? What do they actually do besides annoy you? I’ve heard that all they do is cold call you, think about themselves and send your CV to clients without your prior approval. Is that…

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I’ll get straight to the point: Only promote, and hire, leaders who possess the necessary leadership competencies, values and behaviours, and who desire to help others. Never put someone into a leadership role as a next step promotion or reward for a job well done. That one point, one singular point, would solve most of…

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We have a productivity problem, not ground breaking news I know. There are no doubt numerous contributing factors to this, many of them technical and complex. However I believe there is an obvious win we are missing, and an obvious way to make all teams, all organisations more successful, productive and fulfilled. How? Access the…

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