Format: Online
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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.
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By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:
- 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.
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SPEAKERS
Tissa Richards
Award-Winning Author, Former Tech Founder, Keynote Speaker, Executive Advisor
Tissa Richards is an award-winning author, former tech founder, and keynote speaker known for delivering high-impact, story-driven keynotes that challenge how leaders think about resilience, pressure, and performance.
She has spoken on globally recognized stages including TEDx, the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, The World Bank, Humana, and CHIEF. She is the author of multiple award-winning books on leadership and resilience, including Rethinking Resilience, with endorsements from leadership voices including Marshall Goldsmith.
Keith Kahl, CIA, CRMA, CPA, CFE, CGMA
Retired Chief Audit Executive, Lead Quality Advisor for IIA Quality Services (contractor), Senior Advisor to Audit Leaders Network and Vision 2035 (contractor)
Keith Kahl is an IIA Quality Services qualified External Quality Advisor (contractor) with experience leading/performing external quality assessments and he facilitates the IIA Audit Leaders Network’s CAE roundtables. He was a member of the IIA’s Global Quality Assessment (QA) Manual Task Force, senior advisor on IIA’s Vision 2035 project, and co-developed IIA Quality Services’ Principles Effectiveness (maturity) Framework. His total career spanned 40 years in external and internal audit (22 years as a Chief Audit Executive), tax, finance and accounting, investor relations, and operations at global, multi-billion dollar, NYSE companies.
He has a BBA in Accounting from Cleveland State University (Cleveland, OH) and an MBA in International Business from DePaul University (Chicago, IL), and is a Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Chartered Global Management Accountant and holds a Certificate in Risk Management Assurance. Keith served on both the Chicago and Houston IIA Board of Governors and led CAE roundtables in Chicago and Houston.