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Elevating Board Culture
By Mandy Wright
To be effective in the face of numerous challenges, boards must create a board culture that is agile, inclusive, and high-performing so that they can be prepared to take on these obstacles.
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Understanding a company’s strategic and operational risks in an increasingly complex business environment is both a top priority and a top challenge—and internal audit has a vital role to play. Staying attuned to the company’s changing risk profile—including its control environment, culture, and crisis readiness—has put a premium on internal audit being in sync with the audit committee...
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Stephen L. Brown is a senior advisor at the KPMG Board Leadership Center.

Michael A. Smith is a partner and internal audit leader at KPMG LLP.
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