Welcome to the Value Alignment Toolkit — a comprehensive resource designed to help legal departments unlock their full potential and demonstrate strategic value across the organization. Whether you’re just beginning your journey or looking to refine your approach, this toolkit provides the clarity, frameworks, and actionable insights you need to align legal priorities with business goals.
Inside, you’ll find a curated set of resources to guide you through every stage of value alignment, from defining strategic objectives to measuring impact and communicating results. The toolkit is structured to support continuous improvement, offering practical tools, checklists, and expert perspectives that reflect the latest thinking from legal leaders and industry research.
By exploring these materials, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of how legal departments can move beyond traditional roles, proactively support business growth, and become recognized as essential strategic partners. Start here to build a complete value story for your team and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Downloadable materials:
- Value alignment roadmap A to Z
Follow our A-to-Z guide that walks you through the six interconnected sections of the Value Alignment Toolkit. It provides actionable steps and resources to build a complete value story for your legal department. - The Four Spinning Plates Model
Apply this practical model based on extensive research. It illustrates the four perpetual responsibilities — effective, efficient, protect, and enable — that legal departments must balance to deliver full value and shift perceptions from cost center to strategic partner. - The role of the legal department
Explore an example framework that breaks down the legal department’s roles into four dimensions: service provider, operator, guardian, and strategic leader. We offer insights, objectives, challenges, and metrics to help align legal priorities with business goals.
Ready to transform how your legal department is valued? View the downloadable materials below and then return to explore the Value Alignment Toolkit and start telling your complete value story.
