Sara I. James

Sara I. James, PhD, CIA

Owner, Getting Words to Work®

With over 30 years' teaching, writing, publishing and corporate experience in the US and Europe, Sara provides report-writing training worldwide through her business, Getting Words to Work ®. She has written numerous articles on language and reporting and spoken at national and international conferences. As a member of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors’ Technical Guidance Working Group, Sara provides resources for members in the UK and abroad. She is the author of the bestselling Radical Reporting: Writing Better Audit, Risk, Compliance, and Information Security Reports and was one of Richard Chambers’ 2022 Internal Audit Beacon Award winners. In 2025, the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors awarded Sara the J. J. Morris Distinguished Service Award. For more information, please visit www.saraijames.com.