Rethinking Resilience

This broadcast is part of The IIA Bookroom: Author Webinar Series, where we bring you webinars that feature authors and their books found within The IIA Bookstore. 

Internal audit professionals are operating in an environment defined by emerging risk, economic disruption, accelerating technology, regulatory complexity, and rising stakeholder expectations. In this environment, resilience is not about enduring pressure or “bouncing back.” It is a strategic capability that helps auditors anticipate disruption, adapt with judgment, and continue creating value when conditions change.

In this session, award-winning author and executive advisor Tissa Richards will share key ideas from Rethinking Resilience, joined by Keith Kahl, CIA, CRMA, CPA, CFE, CGMA, who will connect those ideas directly to the internal audit profession. Together, they will explore how Intentional Resilience helps internal auditors strengthen professional judgment, elevate stakeholder trust, adapt audit approaches, and increase the relevance of internal audit in a rapidly changing world.

Participants will leave with practical ways to apply Intentional Resilience in their own roles, audit functions, stakeholder relationships, and careers.

DATE: Jul 22, 2026

TIME: 11:00 AM–12:00 PM ET

One (1) NASBA CPE will only be awarded to participants on the live broadcast who are logged in for a minimum of 50 minutes and engage on at least three poll questions per each hour of the event.

By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

Learning Objective(s):

• Define resilience as a strategic capability for internal audit, moving beyond endurance or reactive “bounce back” thinking.
• Explain how Intentional Resilience strengthens audit effectiveness, including professional judgment, stakeholder trust, adaptability, and decision-making under pressure.
• Find opportunities to embed resilience into internal audit practices, including audit planning, assurance and advisory recommendations, stakeholder communication, and audit function leadership.
• Gather practical resilience strategies to increase internal audit’s relevance, strengthen relationships with senior management and the board/audit committee, and create greater value for the organization and the profession.