A recent conversation reminded me of some past experiences which have an impact on the discussion based on my previous post. The point I want to drive home now (the point I want to drive home before we talk about knowing what we need from people and then finding them) is to emphasize that what we want are talented people, not just job fillers.

We here at Internal Audit have always valued you - our customers. And now, we are happy to share with you an exciting opportunity to reward our most loyal customers. Welcome to the “Frequent Auditing Program” – a program designed to reward you, our auditees, for your hours of loyal devotion to us, your auditors. We know you’ve got a lot of questions, so let’s address them right now. 

I would like to apologize to everyone — everyone I know, everyone I don’t know, everyone who is counting on me, everyone I am counting on, everyone to whom I owe something, everyone.  The last few days, I haven’t been working at the quality level I expect of myself. Recent events have taken a whole lot more out of me than I suspected. (Maybe, probably, most assuredly, not surprisingly).