You have AI Access. You Don’t Have Time to Use it Strategically.
Engineering leaders have access to powerful AI tools but rarely use them to improve their own leadership work. Discover how a systematic AI approach can reduce admin overload, amplify strategic impact, and position you as the leader who thrives—not falls behind—in the AI era.
I’ve been watching something fascinating happen with the engineering leaders I coach.
Their companies have given everyone access to AI tools. Their teams are leveraging AI coding tools and may even be building large-scale AI tools. But the leaders themselves? They’re too buried in back-to-back meetings and urgent requests to actually figure out how AI could help with their own leadership work.
Here’s what that looks like in practice:
Sarah, a VP at a Series B startup, was spending hours every week on executive updates, meeting summaries, and strategic planning docs. She knew her company was spending thousands on AI licenses, but between back-to-back meetings and constant fire-fighting, she didn’t even have time to think about how it might help her leadership work.
When she finally had a rare quiet moment to explore AI, she felt overwhelmed by which tools to use and how to make any of it actually work for her specific challenges. She’d bookmark an article about AI prompts, then never have time to circle back.
Through our work together, I helped her see that despite all the money her company was investing in AI access, most employees weren’t leveraging these tools as effectively as they could. This could be a real opportunity for her to become a differentiator at her company. So we started with her core leadership challenges first, then strategically layered in AI only where it amplified her work.
This is the real problem: Leaders have access to AI tools but no systematic approach to using them for leadership challenges.
They’re either too busy to figure it out, or when they do try, they’re treating AI like a magic 8-ball instead of building repeatable workflows that actually amplify their leadership.
Here’s what I’ve learned after 25+ years leading engineering teams and now coaching VPs and directors:
The leaders who multiply their impact with AI aren’t winging it with random prompts. They have a systematic approach that actually works.
Not AI everywhere. Just where it either amplifies or gives more time for the uniquely human leadership work that creates real differentiation.
For Sarah, we started with her core leadership challenges, then built AI workflows that automated the initial drafts while preserving her voice and judgment. The result? She freed up hours to focus on strategic conversations AND became the leader who could guide her team on using AI effectively, from a problem-centric approach that actually drives results.
While others play with AI, trying to find problems it can solve, this systematic approach multiplies impact while keeping leaders authentically human.
If you downloaded my guide on “4 AI Workflows Every Engineering Leader Should Automate,” you’ve seen the foundation of this systematic approach. (If you missed it, grab it here – the RACE framework alone will transform how you use AI.)
But here’s what’s coming next:
This fall, I’m launching the Strategic AI Accelerator for Engineering Leaders: an 8-week program that goes deep into building your own systematic, AI-enhanced leadership practice.
You’ll learn to create workflows that save you hours each week while positioning you as the leader who’s confidently navigating the AI era instead of randomly experimenting.
Join the waitlist here to secure founding cohort pricing and be first notified when enrollment opens.
The difference between leaders who thrive with AI and those who get left behind isn’t access to tools; it’s having a systematic approach that actually works.
Your leadership is too valuable to leave to chance.
Waitlist members get exclusive preview content while you wait, including additional workflows that go beyond the free guide.
