“If you’re just getting lemmings to vote for cliff diving,” says today’s guest, that may not be the best way to lead in the modern AI landscape.

Julian Lighton is an executive coach with over 30 years experience advising, hiring, and developing leaders. He is the author of the new book, Navigating Your Next: Discover the Career You Want and the Path to Get There. In today’s episode, Julian joins Daniel and Peter to look at different approaches to leadership when AI joins the organization.

Julian suggests that the current AI playing field is split between two approaches. “We have one set of people that really view AI as a wonderful thing and that we're headed towards a singularity, and that this is terrific because it means that you can avoid more human contact, the messy wetware in the system,” he says. The other camp believes “in empowering human beings and so look at AI at most as a co-pilot, not a replacement.”

Tune in to learn:

• How AI applies to “red ocean problems and blue ocean problems”
• Why the fundamentals of leadership are still essential
• How the “rule of three” applies to career growth in the age of AI

No matter how the future shapes up, it’s clear that AI is here to stay, and Julian says that being a bystander isn’t the way to meet career goals. “No matter what stage of your career you are, you have to start getting proactive now,” he says. “And the fastest and easiest way to do that is to go after the fundamentals and to start practicing them.”

Questions, or comments? E-mail us at podcast@stewartleadership.com

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Resources and Links

Julian Lighton LinkedIn

Navigating Your Next: Discover the Career You Want and the Path to Get There (Amazon page)

Stewart Leadership Insights and Resources:

The Fundamentals of Leadership (Video)

How to Become an AI-Native Organization (Podcast)

Develop Your Managers by Focusing on These 8 Skillsets (Article)

6 Essential Skills to Teach Managers (Article)

Upskilling Managers to Meet New Challenges (Article)

4 Ways to Encourage a Healthy Failure Culture (Articles)

4 Mistakes Leaders Make with AI–And What to Do Instead (Article)

Building Psychological Safety at Work: 6 Tips (Article)

Creating Psychological Safety in Remote Teams (Webinar)

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Lead is a verb, says today’s guest, John Zorbini.

John is a successful executive coach, consultant, speaker, facilitator, and adjunct professor and long-time colleague of the Stewart Leadership team. For 30 years, John has held various leadership roles for three of Wisconsin's largest employers, spending 25 of those years in the Chief Human Resources Officer position.

In today’s conversation, Daniel, Peter, and John take an in-depth look at the fundamentals of leadership and what it takes to succeed in a leadership role.

Tune in to learn:

• How leadership is more like a reliable Ford pickup than a shiny new Ferarri
• The valuable practice from medicine that can drive leadership success
• The one thing all engaged employees have in common

Ultimately, John says, if leaders can’t connect and inspire their people, they’ll struggle to deliver results. “If you can't inspire commitment, everything else is going to be pretty meaningless,” he says.

Questions, or comments? E-mail us at podcast@stewartleadership.com

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Resources and Links:

John Zorbini LinkedIn

John Zorbini Bio at Stewart Leadership

Stewart Leadership Insights and Resources:

John Zorbini resources at Stewart Leadership

LEAD NOW! Leadership Development Model

5 Ways to Inspire Your Team

10 Tips to Inspire Commitment

5 Tools to Own Your Career and Inspire Engagement

How to Create a Strong Digital Executive Presence

Buying Hands and Feet

6 Tips to Support Remote and Hybrid Team Well-Being

6 Tips to Make 1:1 Meetings More Effective

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What happens when you stop trusting your gut and let AI do your thinking?

Today’s guest says that’s when people start to lose themselves inside AI. “Instead of coming to a problem with your own brief or with your own kind of institutional knowledge, you're letting AI drive your own narrative for you and then just accepting that as fact,” says Elizabeth Rosenberg.

Elizabeth is the Founder of both The Good Advice Company and Chief Spiritual Officer. As an experienced PR and communications professional specializing in personal branding and intuitive intelligence, she joins Daniel and Peter in this episode to share her insights into how leaders can fully leverage AI without losing their humanity.

Tune in to learn:

• How to set boundaries around AI usage
• How to best leverage AI while building a unique personal brand
• What NOT to do in building a personal thought leadership brand

As a proponent of AI, Elizabeth says leaders shouldn’t hide from it. “Embrace it,” she says, but balance AI usage with an equal amount of time outside or connecting with other humans. “Nature and people and relationships and connection and community are the things that actually bring us into old age and keep us alive.”

Questions, or comments? E-mail us at podcast@stewartleadership.com

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Resources and Links

Elizabeth Rosenberg LinkedIn

The Good Advice Company

Chief Spiritual Officer

Stewart Leadership Insights and Resources:

3 Tips for Leading Through the AI Digital Transformation

4 Mistakes Leaders Make with AI–and What to Do Instead

3 Tips for Leading Through Uncertainty

The AI Integration Roadmap

Strategic Planning for Unpredictable Times

The Value of Wasting Time

4 Ways “Green Therapy” Can Make You a Better Leader

9 Ways to Live Longer and Lead Better

5 Ways “Cloud Watching” Improves Your Leadership

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