The 3 I's of leadership

Your team is anxious about AI, so be proactive | practice | The 3 I's of leadership Created for {EMAIL} | [{NAME}]( at [{NAME}]( [For more relevant content - Update Your Profile]( | [Web Version]( June 15, 2023 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE]( ADVERTISEMENT Leading the Way [] [Your team is anxious about AI, so be proactive]( [Your team is anxious about AI, so be proactive]( (Parradee Kietsirikul/Getty Images) More company leaders are coming to grips with the ethical issues of artificial intelligence and what it will mean for their business in the realms of strategy, workflow and innovation, but they must also pay attention to the anxiety it may be provoking in their workforce and be proactive. "Knowing that AI will change many roles in the workforce, CEOs should encourage people to embrace experimentation with the technology and communicate the upskilling opportunities for them to work in tandem with the AI, rather than be replaced by it," says Anthony Abbatiello, workforce transformation practice lead at PwC. Full Story: [WorkLife]( (6/7) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Put it into practice: When used strategically and ethically AI can free up employees to do more and give them more flexibility, but leaders must be at the forefront of educating themselves and workers on its power and perils. "And if they don't understand enough about how it works, its limitations, how can they use it responsibly and apply AI to the right problems, it can potentially scale decisions that are biased for example," [says Deloitte Consulting's Sue Cantrell](. 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Full Story: [SmartBrief/Leadership]( (6/14) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Put it into practice: [Baldoni explains]( how to gauge character by quoting Dear Abby columnist Abigail Van Buren: "The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back." [] [Read more]( from John Baldoni on SmartBrief on Leadership USGA App built by Deloitte Deloitte helps the USGA engineer advantage by working to innovate its business and elevate its digital game. Together, we've redesigned and built some of the USGA's key app and web properties, including the new USGA App built by Deloitte.[Read more.]( ADVERTISEMENT: [] Smarter Communication [] [Brutal feedback: 5 steps for reacting to 3 types]( When confronted with bad feedback that's delivered poorly, Kim Scott, author of "Radical Candor," and Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy, co-authors of "No Hard Feelings," recommend five steps, such as parsing for the helpful parts and explaining how their delivery came across. The trio explains how to apply the five steps to three types of badly given feedback: "obnoxiously aggressive," "manipulatively insincere" and "ruinously empathetic." Full Story: [Harvard Business Review (tiered subscription model)]( (6/12) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Put it into practice: If your feelings are too strong for you to think straight, say that you need a moment or want to revisit it later. Focus on the content rather than the style of delivery. If you disagree with the critique, "first look for something they said that you can agree with. Then, respectfully explain why you disagree with the rest," [they write](. Free eBooks and Resources Free eBooks and resources brought to you by our sponsors - [Nonverbal Communications Skills -- The 10 Skills You Need to Learn]( - [70+ Excel Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows (Free Cheat Sheet)]( - [Best Practices for Email Etiquette]( - [11 Habits That Will Give You A Complete And Successful Life]( - [Creating Positive Habits - The Ultimate Guide]( [] Future of Work Your work future could include ... [] - [Upskilling and 4 other trends affecting the future of work]( Hunt Scanlon Media (6/12) [] - [How will AI affect your job? Your guess is as good as the experts']( The New York Times (6/10) [] - [Shift toward skills-based hiring could be on the horizon]( Bloomberg (6/9) [] In Their Own Words [] [Why everyone must be dedicated to radical inclusion]( Making radical inclusion a reality means taking time to listen to dissenting views, knowing what exclusion looks like and bringing people together to address systemic issues, says David Moinina Sengeh, minister of basic and senior secondary education and chief innovation officer of Sierra Leone. "You have to keep expanding and find a new problem that keeps expanding the inclusion boundaries, until, ultimately, there are no boundaries," Sengeh says. 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