In hindsight, I suppose we should have anticipated that an article about the career skills and needs of internal auditors would get heightened scrutiny. That is, after all, what internal auditors do: pay close attention to statements others make.
Nevertheless, Compliance Week boldly ventured forth last week with an article on that subject, “Studies Find Internal Audit Lacking in Leadership Skills.” We stirred up quite the storm both with that headline and the article itself. Complaints came in, critics fired away via tweet and blog post, and the internal auditing listserv run by the esteemed Dan Swanson buzzed most of last week picking apart what Compliance Week said and whether we were accurate. Let me address that controversy last week in my column this week.
