This week on The Audit Podcast, we're continuing our Retired CAE Summer Series with Dale Jeanes, former General Auditor (CAE) at Truist, where he spent an impressive 34 years. Dale now leads Jeanes Professional Development, where he coaches internal audit, risk management, and finance professionals.

In this episode, Dale joins the show to reflect on his career and his current work as a coach. He shares practical advice for professionals in the field, how to maintain integrity as auditors, and his take on what people often misunderstand about being a CAE.

We also explore a fun thought experiment: If Dale wrote a book about his career, what would the first and last chapters be about?

This series is all about gaining insights from those who have stepped back from the profession—and seeing things with a little more clarity.

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Timecodes:

3:47 – Using ChatGPT for Idea Development

8:23 – Dale's Most Coachable Moment

12:40 – Techniques to Elicit Eeflection

17:37 – Dale's Politics Lesson for Auditors

21:24 – CAE as Chief Audit Innovation Officer

29:26 – Building Leadership from the Start

31:27 – Thoughts on Leadership Training

35:02 – Maintaining Integrity as an Auditor

36:36 – Final Thoughts

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