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Tell your story

Telling Your Story in One Slide
A practical guide to distilling your legal department's value into a powerful board-ready presentation

Communicate effectively by showcasing your legal department’s real value — strategically and powerfully. This section of the Value Alignment Toolkit helps you distill complex metrics and achievements into a compelling, business-focused narrative that resonates with executives, board members, and your own team.

Learn how to translate legal terminology into business language, prioritize what truly matters, and demonstrate balanced performance across all four pillars: effective, efficient, protect, and enable. With practical guides and real-world examples, you’ll be equipped to create a single, impactful slide that tells your value story at a glance — whether for the boardroom or for internal team alignment.

Downloadable materials:

  • Tell Your Value Story: One Slide Story
    Explore this step-by-step practical guide for creating a powerful, board-ready presentation that demonstrates your legal department’s strategic impact across all four value pillars. Includes tips for metric selection, visual design, and executive communication. 
  • Tell Your Value Story: The business view
    See a real-world example of a one-slide story tailored for board audiences, connecting legal department outcomes directly to company goals and highlighting strategic support, value add, and areas of concern. 
  • Tell Your Value Story: The legal department view
    Explore a sample slide designed for internal legal department use, featuring key metrics, trends, and priorities that showcase performance and drive team alignment.

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