Five Crucial Attributes for Successful Audit Leadership

As CPAs, we exercise due professional care in all we do. When we perform audits, the bar is higher.

By Alan Anderson, CPA
Transforming Audit for the Future

In my work with auditors around the country, and as I’ve thought about where audit is headed, I’ve developed a framework of five key attributes of successful leadership for audit. If we focus on these five attributes, I truly believe we can transform audit from the checklist exercise that it’s becoming into a service that genuinely adds value to our clients.

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Let’s look at each of these five crucial attributes of successful audit leadership: