How’s your professional confidence in the age of AI?
…AI can do your job.
…AI can communicate better than you.
…AI can learn quicker than you.
What does this mean for “professional confidence” – a feeling of valuable contribution in individuals, teams and across organisations?
Peak professional bodies such as the Australian Institute of Company Directors are pointing to new risk challenges for boards: AI-caused employee unease, division and threats.
Maintaining confidence in a fast-changing tech world
We see the challenge of maintaining internal confidence and external trust in the Age of AI as one that isalready affecting professionals atindividual, team, organisationalandindustrylevel.
In previous leadership roundtables we hosted in Perth and Sydney, we brought together senior leaders across a range of industries, to talk about how organisations build trust and protect their reputations in this fast-changing world. We found that leaders emphasised people along with the tech.
We’ve talked about mission-critical teams and the need to adequately prepare them to lead the way in reputation value-building for organisations with shifting agendas.
Leaders’ personal brands are being treated as a strategic asset in response to four key business needs:
- Trust in the age of risk.
- Engagement through change and uncertainty.
- Leadership readiness to perform.
- Demonstrating strategic differentiation in the market.
We have previously shared our observations working with large organisations on why this is on the leader’s agenda in 2025.
This year, we have been asking leaders around Australia:
How do businesses continue to STAY RELEVANT and COMMUNICATE VALUE to customers and stakeholders?
What must leaders do to maintain their organisation’s ‘professional confidence’ in the age of AI?
More about our 2025 National Leadership Study on “Professional Confidence in the Age of AI” here.
