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.

This installment of Should I Stay or Should I Go sees your host Mike Tannenbaum joined by guest Jennifer Santiago, the Assistant Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at Penn State University.

With over 20 years of experience which includes sitting on both the risk management and brokerage sides of the fence, in this episode, you can expect Jennifer to deliver incredible insights and points of wisdom that she has picked up over her fruitful career.

Beginning with how she got her start in the business through to her current role and even looking to the future, key points of discussion include how crisis' can be key developers in skills that will take you forward in your career, tips for risk managers to get the best deals in a hard market and how "all sides of the stool" of risk management will be integral in future work models.

Mike and Jennifer also discuss the hiring process, including; the ever-growing significance of diversity in all its forms; conscious and unconscious bias; important considerations for both how to hire and how to be hired; plus career advice from the junior level all the way through to dealing with the C-Suite.

Alongside her current role, Jennifer also sits on the Board of Directors for RIMS, leading her to shed insights on the benefit of RIMS and how being on the board has fueled her passion for the industry.

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. A big thank you to our new 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 discussion in this episode insightful.

In this episode of Should I Stay or Should I Go, your host Mike Tannenbaum is joined by guest Joe Peiser, the Executive Vice President and Global Head of Broking at Willis Towers Watson.

Describing corporate insurance as "endlessly fascinating", Joe is a passionate advocate for the Insurance industry. His unique background, mainly as a Broker for the majority of his career, allows him to provide a greater understanding of the insurance brokerage business and how Risk Managers can be more effective, from his perspective.

Joe has also worn the hat of Interim Risk Manager when he served as the outsourced Risk Manager for a large client, in addition to regularly interacting with C-suite executives as well as senior risk leaders, all of which has enabled him to shed brilliant insights into the mutually beneficial relationships that Brokers, Risk Managers and Underwriters should have. Something that Joe points out, is especially important in these times of working through a hard market.

Thanks for listening, we hope you find the discussion in this episode enlightening.