Board Reporting
Board Reporting
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Jun 29, 2026
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6 min read
Beyond the Lines – Issue 43
This week’s edition tackles one of the most common frustrations in internal audit: how to produce audit results that management actually feels, uses and acts on. Not because the report is louder, longer or more dramatic, but because the finding is translated into decision, consequence, ownership and evidence of movement. I’ll walk through a practical Management Felt-It Test you can use before issuing a significant result, plus a before-and-after example showing how to move from technically correct audit wording to something more commercially useful.
Risk
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Jun 15, 2026
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13 min read
Beyond the Lines – Issue 41
This week’s issue is a strategic update on the next chapter for Beyond the Lines. I’m sharing where BtL is heading, why it is moving beyond content, and how the new website, Board-Trusted CAE Scorecard, Board-Trusted CAE Toolkit and future Accelerator will fit together. I’ll also cover why Internal Audit Transformation should be measured by movement, not activity and share my practical 6 step movement check to test whether your audit work is actually creating movement, or whether it is just being documented, accepted and tracked.
Risk
+4
Jun 1, 2026
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8 min read
Beyond the Lines – Issue 39
This week’s Beyond the Lines briefing builds on my Leadership Signals conversation with Rania Bejjani on influence without authority, but it is not a webinar recap. It looks at why good internal audit work can still fail to land, and how audit leaders can make findings more decision-ready by clarifying context, consequence, trade-offs, ownership, resistance and the decision required. The issue includes a practical Audit Influence Filter and a “Do this Monday” exercise to help turn one stuck issue into a sharper conversation with management.
Risk
+6
May 18, 2026
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8 min read
Beyond the Lines – Issue 37
Edition #37 looks at a constraint internal audit does not always talk about directly: management attention. In a business already crowded with reports, controls, evidence requests, meetings, AI outputs and assurance activity, audit needs to be sharper about the attention it asks for and clearer about what leaders get back from it. We explore how AI, future-ready audit skills, control design and the Three Lines all need to help management focus on what matters, make better decisions and act with confidence.
Risk
+4
Apr 13, 2026
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12 min read
Beyond the Lines – Issue 32
This edition looks at one of the harder truths in audit and risk leadership: being capable is not always the same as being trusted. Some leaders are invited in because their judgement improves the room. Others are listened to politely, but do not materially shape decisions. I break down what creates that gap in practice, what boards are quietly testing for, and how stronger trust is often built long before the meeting starts. It is a practical read for leaders who want their work to land with more credibility, more influence and more consequence. Welcome to Edition #32.