Have you ever sat in a meeting about AI, nodded along, then thought, "I've got no idea what they're talking about, and I'm meant to be leading this"? If so, you're in good company.

In this episode, I chat with Em and AI expert James Killick to answer the question every leader is quietly asking. In 2026, does AI get you promoted, or replaced?

Here's the truth. AI isn't coming for leaders. It's coming for the leaders who live in the detail and do the work of the people below them. Your job hasn't changed since the Industrial Revolution. Take your people, your tools, and your budget, and turn them into something valuable.

In this episode:

• Why AI replaces the technical work, not the leadership work, and who that puts at risk
• The "automate last" rule, and why 9 in 10 AI projects fail
• How to treat AI like an over-enthusiastic intern, so your judgement matters more, not less
• The one mindset shift: lead AI inward, lead people outward
• What to hand to AI first, and the 20% only you can do

The window is open right now. Move first and you get ahead. Sit still and you get left behind.

Leadership Beyond the Theory June cohort is open. Doors close Friday 26 June. Join now: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/

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Connect with James:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ai_orchestrator/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-killick/

YouTube + Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@james-killick

Join his FREE Skool community: https://www.skool.com/make-money-with-ai

Get training or his DFY AI services: njin.co

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Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.

Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.

2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!

Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/

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Virtually every leader likes to talk about empowering their team. But if you were to ask 10 of them what empowerment actually means, you’d get 11 different answers.

Over the years, the concept of empowerment has been dumbed down to make it vague and aspirational.

True empowerment is neither of those things. It's a core driver of performance, and in this Moment, I give you my number one tip for not accidentally killing it.

For practical tips on effectively empowering your people, have a listen to Ep.374: The Biggest Killer of Empowerment

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You can connect with me at:

Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor

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Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.

Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.

2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!

Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talented jerks and people who game the system just need to go.

The value they bring through their technical skill is massively outweighed by the damage they do to the rest of the team.

You can't motivate them.

You can't inspire them.

You can't lift them. So stop trying!

Because while you hold onto the person destroying your culture, your good people are quietly working out that there's an easier way to earn a living somewhere else.

In this Q&A episode we cover:

• The two-question rule for dealing with someone who's too good to lose but too toxic to keep
• Why PIPs, pay rises, and pep talks keep failing on the same person, and the one thing that actually shifts the behaviour
• How to hold a subcontractor accountable without the accountability sliding straight back onto you
• The trap of being a control freak when the work goes remote, and the fix
• How to manage a system gamer in a place where performance management is almost impossible to pull off
• Why redundancy and performance management are not the same thing
• The move to make before you act on any problem person, so the real problem in the building never becomes you

If you liked this format, leave a comment on the episode and let us know!

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You'll walk away with three practical frameworks to reset your standard, rebuild accountability, and build a team that doesn't need you for everything.

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SECURE YOUR FREE SPOT HERE

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You can connect with me at:

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor

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Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.

Your boss wants more with less. Your team wants less, full stop. You're stuck in the middle.

Leadership Beyond the Theory is 9 weeks to promotion-ready leadership.

2,800+ leaders from 150+ organisations. 99% would recommend.

Doors are now open for the June 2026 cohort, they close Fri 26 June!

Join the cohort here: https://go.leadershipbeyondthetheory.com/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.