Transforming AI from Admin to Strategic Partner | Geoff Woods

The Courage of a Leader

Geoff Woods, best-selling author and founder of AI Leadership, joins us to discuss how leaders can harness AI to enhance strategic thinking and decision-making. He challenges us to move beyond viewing AI as just a tool for routine tasks and instead embrace it as a thought partner that can help solve complex problems and amplify results. By applying the 80/20 rule, Geoff encourages leaders to focus AI on high-impact priorities that drive meaningful outcomes, unlocking new levels of performance and growth.

Throughout the conversation, Geoff shares actionable strategies to maximize AI's potential. By assigning specific roles to AI and using it as a thought partner, leaders can simulate feedback, anticipate challenges, and prepare for critical conversations. His approach empowers us to leverage AI as a strategic ally, enabling smarter, faster decisions while enhancing leadership capacity.

Highlights

1. AI as a Thought Partner: Discover how rethinking AI as a collaborative partner can unlock new levels of strategic thinking and decision-making.

2. Prioritize High-Impact Tasks: Explore how focusing AI on critical priorities can drive meaningful results and amplify your effectiveness.

3. Role Assignment in Prompts: Learn how assigning roles to AI can create more tailored insights and solutions for complex challenges.

4. Interactive AI Prompts: Uncover how engaging AI with thoughtful questions can lead to clearer, more accurate, and actionable outcomes.

5. Continual AI Improvement: Find out how to refine AI’s capabilities by aligning its insights with real-world results, ensuring smarter support over time.

Resources Mentioned

Geoff’s Book – The AI-Driven Leader - https://a.co/d/eiBeM1Y

ChatGPT - https://chatgpt.com/ - Used for creating prompts, simulating scenarios, and role-playing to enhance leadership strategies.

Perplexity.ai - https://www.perplexity.ai/ - Highlighted for conducting AI-driven research with source citations, ensuring accuracy in results.

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About the Guest:

Geoff Woods is the #1 international bestselling author of The AI-Driven Leader, host of the AI-Driven Leader podcast and the Founder of AI Leadership where he empowers leaders to harness AI, escape operational overwhelm, and think strategically to accelerate growth. As the former Chief Growth Officer of Jindal Steel & Power, his guidance helped their market cap grow from $750 million to over $12 billion in four years. He also co-founded the training and consulting company behind The ONE Thing, where he coached and advised companies with annual revenues from $10 million to $60 billion.

Best way for people to reach Geoff: [e-mail]

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results.

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

· The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy

· The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration

· The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community

· The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.

http://www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley

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Mentioned in this episode:

The Inspire Your Team to Greatness assessment (The Courage Assessment)

https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/