Welcome to the latest episode of Should I Stay or Should I Go, hosted by Mike Tannenbaum.

In this installment, we welcome guest Valerie Franco, leadership coach and longtime risk manager, to talk about what it means to be a leader within the Insurance and Risk Management sector, and the key insights and actionable advice she's learned throughout her career.

Having led a team of 75 people in her last corporate position as VP Risk Management with Lowe’s, it’s safe to say that Valerie knows a lot about leadership, confidently coaching others on how to lead, what problems can occur and how to overcome them.

From the importance of self-reflection, the need to have clear and open communication, to cutting her teeth in claims; this episode has fantastic insights for any leaders or aspiring leaders within the Insurance and Risk Management community.

If you have any thoughts or feedback on the show, you can email your host, Mike Tannenbaum, directly at: mtannenbaum@keystrategies.com. He may even answer your question on the show. You can also learn more about Key Strategies here. Thanks again to our sponsor, Patrick O’Neill, Founder & President of Redhand Advisors, providers of consulting services geared to assisting organizations in maximizing the value of their investment in technology in areas of risk, insurance, and health IT. They work directly with organizations that use the technology and the providers that deliver the technology solutions. For a free copy of their fully comprehensive RMIS report go to redhandadvisors.com/key Thanks for listening, we hope you find the conversation in this episode enlightening, interesting and helpful. Feel free to let me know if there’s a topic or leader you’d like to hear from and I’ll do my best to make it happen.