Culture shapes how risk is understood, discussed and managed across an organisation. This course explores what risk culture is, how to recognise the signs of a poor or positive risk culture, and how to evaluate your current state so you can work towards a stronger, more mature approach to risk.

Is this course right for you?

This course is designed for anyone interested in understanding and improving risk culture, particularly those in leadership or executive roles who influence tone from the top.

It may be right for you if you:

  • Work in an executive, senior leadership or governance role
  • Influence organisational culture, decision-making or risk settings
  • Want to better understand your organisation’s current risk culture
  • Need to identify the signs of poor or positive risk culture
  • Are responsible for supporting risk management, assurance or internal audit
  • Want to understand how to bridge the gap between current and desired risk culture

What you’ll explore

This session dives into what risk culture is, how it can be managed and why it is important.

  • How to consider your current state of risk culture, define your desired state of risk culture and bridge the gap
  • Poor risk culture or positive risk culture, and the telltale signs of each
  • The culture of high-performing organisations
  • How to evaluate and measure your current state of risk culture

Benefits to You and Your Organisation

  • Understand how to evaluate your current state of risk culture and determine how to work towards your desired state
  • Build awareness of how to identify poor risk culture versus positive risk culture
  • Understand the consequences of a poor risk culture and the benefits of a positive risk culture
  • Consider how to implement changes to improve your organisation’s risk culture
  • Support stronger risk conversations, decision-making and accountability across the organisation

Should Attend

Anyone is welcome, especially those in an executive role who are responsible for demonstrating tone at the top.

Group Bookings

**For groups of five or more, IPAA SA can tailor the training to suit your organisation. Group bookings may also be eligible for a preferential rate. Complete the form, and our team will be in touch to discuss options. **

Learn about our speakers

Teresa Riccio-Goodwin

Director and Facilitator
Oxford and James

Teresa is a founding Director of Oxford and James with over 17 years’ experience in quality assurance, internal audit and risk management. Teresa is a globally qualified Internal Auditor and has completed a fraud investigation qualification. Teresa’s experience is vast having worked in the public and private sector in Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom.

Teresa spends a lot of time advising Board Directors and Executives across risk management and internal audit, specifically around areas of emerging risk and how to communicate risk well across an organisation.

Teresa is a professional member of the IIA, a fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and a member of the Institute of Strategic Risk Management.


Upcoming course availability

In person

October 2026

Friday, 30 October 2026

Register now

Format
Face-to-face

Duration
1 full-day
9:00am - 4:30pm (8:45am registration)

Inclusions
Resources, morning tea and refreshments

Location
12 Pirie Street, Adelaide CBD, SA 5000
(please visit registration links for further information)
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Costs
Personal Member $575
State Govt Employee Member $615
Corporate Member $625
Non-Member $725

This course is also available in-agency. Please contact us for further information

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