Reframing the Role of Legal Within Businesses

On this week’s episode, host Seth Colaner welcomes Jeff Kruse, Founder and Legal Operations Consultant of Key Legal Operations Consulting LLC. Jeff shares his insights on evolving legal departments to align with business goals.Key Takeaways:(03:43) Legal professionals should view themselves as enhancing business operations rather than restricting them.(05:18) Saving time before automation tools were invented.(07:20) Technological advancements have rapidly changed expectations for legal departments.(09:33) Lawyers should focus on accomplishing company missions rather than solely mitigating risks.(13:29) Improving legal department processes indirectly speeds up business functions that rely on legal review.(20:12) Frame changes as improvements rather than substitutions to ease adoption.Resources Mentioned:Jeff Kruse - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffery-kruse/Key Legal Operations Consulting LLC - https://keylegalops.com/This episode is brought to you by Tonkean.Tonkean is the operating system for business operations and is the enterprise standard for process orchestration. It provides businesses with the building blocks to orchestrate any process, with no code or change management required. Contact us at tonkean.com to learn how you can build complex business processes. Fast.#Operations #BusinessOperations