Financial, IT and safety audits are commonplace across all businesses. Audits provide an independent assessment and evaluation of the business to ensure their processes, policies and operations are Compliant and follow Best Practice. In the case of an IT audit it helps evaluate if the IT systems are protected and reliable. Regular audits protect a business through reduction of risk.
Why is it then that many businesses rarely spend the same time and effort auditing the same processes responsible for the day to day management of their greatest resource, and sometimes most riskiest resource – their people?