What can you expect from an audit report?
For executive boards, audit committees and those who commission internal audit. The recipient's perspective: the assurance/advice distinction, the control framework as the only meaningful 'advice', solicited versus unsolicited advice. · Level: Foundation.
What you'll work through
- Assurance versus advice: know what you are getting
The difference between assurance and advice, and what it means for what you can expect from an audit report. - Why advice often fails to land, and what does work
The psychology behind advice: why unsolicited advice provokes resistance and what you as a board can do to get real movement.
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Content last updated: 2026-08-24.