Audit Advantage

  • Readers of CareersinAudit Agony Aunt pages will be familiar with my lyrical waxing on the much maligned value of transferable skills.
  • We tend to think about brand in the context of commercial organisations and can't deny (or avoid) its ubiquitous value across consumer and business to business markets.
  • Presenting and public speaking perturb me, not. You'll find me one of the more vocal contributors at the table; I'll regularly chair and facilitate, present to board and I'm a habitual conference speaker.
  • I've been writing about time management for many years now. In fact, it was one of the very first topics on which I was consulted as a coach to the perpetually busy, audit and accountancy profession.
  • No can do. That's never going to happen. You won't get that through. Way above my pay grade. I just can't... Any of these sound familiar?
  • Many a time on these pages we have asserted that auditing is people-business; we've waxed lyrical about communication, managing up and down, building relationships.
  • Long-standing readers of my articles and Audit Agony Aunt responses will have heard me wax-lyrical many-a-time about the difference between effectiveness and efficiency. I make no apology today for returning to my soap box.
  • Audit + Risk, another pairing of soul mates! Welcome to Audit Advantage, our regular exploration of the expertise and aptitudes you need to broaden your audit wings and operated as a fully-fledged T-shaped professional.
  • Effective stakeholder management is integral to effective audit and, as an auditor, is it also going to be equally essential to your career success and personal well-being.
  • Leadership theory is prolific with models, styles and types. While you don't need to know all the detail, it can be helpful to understand where your own line manager sits on the continuum so you can flex your own approach accordingly.
  • Welcome to a brand new professional development series, created, crafted and customised to the needs of the audit professional.