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One Tip to Test the Readability of Your Business Writing
One Tip to Test the Readability of Your Business Writing
By Robert Berry
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What if the mountain top actually sucks? → You thought you had everything you wanted. → Yet you're starting to think you were wrong all…
What if the mountain top actually sucks? → You thought you had everything you wanted. → Yet you're starting to think you were wrong all…
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When's the last time you threw yourself a celebration bash? Can't recall? You're not alone! Research indicates that many high achievers forget to…
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eSpeakers Certified Virtual Presenter
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Certified Public Accountant
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Six Sigma Greenbelt
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Ask, Get, Perform: The Auditors Essential Guide to Asking Better Questions, Getting Better Answers, and Performing Better Audits
If you cannot master the art of asking questions while auditing, your career is over. This refreshingly entertaining book is the ultimate resource for teaching auditors to do just that. Ask Better Questions.
It contains four in depth chapters to help you increase the quality of your questions. It covers some of the following:
-3 Concerns With Questions
-5 Elements For Quality Questions
-4 Types of Questions For Your Toolkit
-7 Questions For Successful Audit Report…If you cannot master the art of asking questions while auditing, your career is over. This refreshingly entertaining book is the ultimate resource for teaching auditors to do just that. Ask Better Questions.
It contains four in depth chapters to help you increase the quality of your questions. It covers some of the following:
-3 Concerns With Questions
-5 Elements For Quality Questions
-4 Types of Questions For Your Toolkit
-7 Questions For Successful Audit Report Issues
-5 Step Approach To Quality Questioning
After finishing this book, you'll be able to better communicate with clients, know what to do when things go wrong, and know when to walk away. Get ready to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, Perform Better Audits. -
Creating Wonderful Workpapers: The Auditor's Essential Guide to Delivering Good Documentation
Bad workpapers leave you bogged down in audits that are not focused on the right things, take too long to complete, and are inconsistent with expectations. Proper workpaper documentation is the first skill every auditor must master. And this is the first book entirely focused on workpapers.
•First, I'll tell you my personal workpaper revelation.
•Next, we explore the purpose of workpapers and the types of workpapers.
•Then, we discuss key workpaper characteristics and essential…Bad workpapers leave you bogged down in audits that are not focused on the right things, take too long to complete, and are inconsistent with expectations. Proper workpaper documentation is the first skill every auditor must master. And this is the first book entirely focused on workpapers.
•First, I'll tell you my personal workpaper revelation.
•Next, we explore the purpose of workpapers and the types of workpapers.
•Then, we discuss key workpaper characteristics and essential elements.
•Finally, we end by discussing workpaper organization, relevancy, accuracy, and completeness.
Catapult your audit career by learning the fundamental principles required to create wonderful workpapers. -
Learning to Do More with Less in a Small Audit Shop
College & University Auditor / Volume 57 - Number 1 - Winter 2015 / The Association of College and University Auditors (ACUA)
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Business Bullcrap: Craptacular Counter Productive Practices that Kill Cultures and Cripple Profits
-Have you ever worked with someone you wanted to high five, in the face, with a chair?
-Is your work environment full of adults who act like children on a school yard playground?
-Are you so bogged down in red tape that you cannot get your job done?
-If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you may be a victim of Business Bullcrap!
You know, that unnecessary stuff that stops you from doing your job.
Business Bullcrap, the book:
1. Exposes common crap like…-Have you ever worked with someone you wanted to high five, in the face, with a chair?
-Is your work environment full of adults who act like children on a school yard playground?
-Are you so bogged down in red tape that you cannot get your job done?
-If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you may be a victim of Business Bullcrap!
You know, that unnecessary stuff that stops you from doing your job.
Business Bullcrap, the book:
1. Exposes common crap like behavior
2. Discusses the causes and
3. Provides ways to remedy crappy business behaviors
Pick up a copy of Business Bullcrap and start removing the crap from your work life today!
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How to Ask When Auditing: Master this Skill to Succeed as an Internal Auditor
College & University Auditor - Volume 54 | Number 2 | Fall 2012
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Your Opinion Matters
Internal Auditor Magazine | Institute of Internal Auditors
Stakeholders are increasingly asking audit functions to opine on the adequacy of enterprise governance, risk management and controls. This article, published in the Institute of Internal Auditor's Internal Auditor magazine, discusses the importance of providing solid opinions and conclusions for audit engagements.
Honors & Awards
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Top 10 Rising Stars in Internal Audit
Granite Consulting Group
The Top 10 Rising Stars in Internal Audit is a business award for new and soon to be Chief Audit Executives. It was established to recognize high performing members of the Internal Audit profession who have contributed in new and interesting ways!
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