307. What skills do leaders actually need in the age of A.I.? With Vince Sanderson

About this episode

The episode discusses essential leadership skills in the age of AI, emphasizing human-centric abilities like empathy and resilience.

Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. As artificial intelligence accelerates and automation becomes a fixture in our workplaces, a massive shift is happening. The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs data maps out the skills that will define the next five years, and the top of the human skills list reads less like a traditional training catalogue and more like a description of a great therapist: empathy, active listening, resilience, and the ability to influence without authority. This week, we are joined for a third time by management and leadership coach Vince Sanderson. With 14 years of coaching experience and millions of likes on social media, Vince’s mission is to teach leaders the vital human-centric skills they very often never get formal training on. In this episode, we break down these "soft skills" into actionable workplace behaviours, discuss why a manager has more impact on an employee's life satisfaction than a therapist, and identify the single "multiplier" skill that will define successful leadership this decade. 🔑 Key Takeaways from the Episode The Shift from "Soft" to "Core"…

People in this episode

Guest: Vince Sanderson

Topics covered

• leadership skills
• artificial intelligence
• workplace culture
• human-centric skills
• soft skills
• employee satisfaction

Keywords

• leadership
• AI
• soft skills
• workplace
• employee satisfaction
• management
• coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World Economic Forum, HubSpot Podcast Network

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