Legal Team Optimisation
“Driving change in a legal function is challenging, whatever the size of the team or the organisation. Doing it on top of a demanding GC/CLO day job is often impossible. It is reassuring to have Kerry by my side to provide an objective and extremely well-informed view, and to bring ideas and energy to the difficult job of implementation. In only a few days a month, Kerry has made a big impact on my leadership team and on the pace of change.”
WHY does your business need legal optimisation?
Put simply, optimised legal operations are more effective and more closely aligned with broader objectives of your business, and able to play a pivotal role in driving strategic initiatives.
Legal teams that have been through an optimisation process can:
- Triage work more efficiently,
- Direct tasks to the appropriate team members, and
- Utilise data-driven insights to make informed business decisions.
Bringing clarity to the scope and services delivered, teams can concentrate on delivering the high-impact work that brings the most value.
HOW does legal optimisation work?
Our legal optimisation programme involves five key steps. Starting with ‘discovery’ – we will assess the maturity of your legal team, in order to develop a vision and strategy that resonates with your legal team and the wider business.
Only from here, can we define and scope your legal service to deliver best value. The resulting plan, will explore the people, tools and technology, knowledge, reporting and communication required to reach your desired destination.
Collaboration and communication are key throughout this process – providing regular updates to both your team and senior leadership and celebrating success (however small) helps keep everyone engaged and simultaneously, reinforces the benefits of optimisation itself.
Take five steps to transform your legal team
Step 1
Where are you now?
Step 2
Where do you want to be?
Step 3
Define and categorise
Step 4
Set intentions
Step 5
What, when, how?
Discover more about legal optimisation. Speak to a member of our team.
Reach out to us at 020 3056 8538 or email info@thelegaldirector.co.uk—we want to help you optimise and streamline your legal team.
Your Legal optimisation programme is a bespoke project, created for you by an experienced TLD Client Legal Director. Using the five step process outlined above, they will:
- Undertake a discovery exercise to assess your current legal operations; assess the maturity of your legal team (categorised on a maturity index) complete with SWOT analysis.
- Create a clear vision for where you want to get to in 12, 18 or 24 months time.
- Define and scope the work that your legal team will undertake in order to define the most efficient operating system.
- Create a plan to deliver the vision, identifying the skills and resources your team will need to be successful.
- Leverage tools and technology to support you on your transformation journey.
Your Legal Optimisation programme is is unique to you and will depend on the size and complexity of your business and current legal team.
We’ll be clear about the cost right from the start so you can be confident it meets your needs and fits within your budget.
Please contact us for a quote.
To book a conversation about Legal Optimisation, please contact us:
– by emailing info@thelegaldirector.co.uk
– by calling 020 3056 8538
We’ll be happy to explain how we’ve worked with other UK and international businesses to transform their legal teams and how we could help you too.
