Only have time to listen in bite-sized chunks? Skip straight to the parts of the podcast most relevant to you:

• Understand how risk management touches all parts of the general counsel (GC) role. (1:48)
• Learn actionable insights for improving the board’s effectiveness at risk oversight. (6:27)
• Bolster risk governance with coordination and collaboration of cross-functional teams. (11:27)
• Enable lawyers to help the business take the right risks to grow. (16:10)

GC play a pivotal role in helping their organizations navigate a complex and evolving risk landscape. In this installment of the Strategic GC Podcast, host Alissa Lugo unpacks the essential role of GC in helping their organizations effectively manage risk and drive organizational success in 2025. Discover how GC can boost board oversight, establish risk governance for risks such as AI and cybersecurity and align legal strategies for business growth.

Eager to hear more? The Strategic GC Podcast publishes the last Thursday of every month. Plus, listen back to past episodes: The Strategic GC Podcast (2024 Season).

Gartner analyst Alissa Lugo helps GC and other C-suite leaders solve their most urgent corporate governance problems. Alissa supports executives on a wide range of initiatives. These include improving board effectiveness, sharpening organizational risk management and oversight, advising on emerging corporate governance trends, managing director life cycle events and developing and improving environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies and programs. Prior to joining Gartner, Alissa was an equity partner for a national law firm in the corporate governance and securities group working on a variety of corporate transactions, securities compliance, securities offerings and corporate governance matters.

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