The problem is, most leaders are stuck in the operational weeds, struggling to find the time to make better strategic decisions. This challenge is only heightened by the rise of AI. While you know AI is the future, current demands leave you with no time to explore its benefits. Meanwhile, your competition is gaining an edge by integrating AI. The time to act is now.

Your company can adopt AI now and see immediate returns. The AI-Driven Leader provides clear guidance on where to begin, helping you achieve rapid results. With this book, you'll learn how to harness AI as your strategic Thought Partner, enabling you to grow your business, outpace the competition, and get more done in less time.

The following excerpt—from Chapter One—is rather straightforward, highlighting…

What You Will Learn in This Book 

This book is written for innovative executives, strategically minded leaders, and impact-driven visionaries. You will get the most out of this book by using it as a guide to accelerate the growth of your business, gain a competitive advantage, and create better lives for your people. 

To help you do this, I’ve structured the book in three main parts: 

1. Part 1 redefines your leadership in the AI era 
2. Part 2 helps you become an AI-driven leader 
3. Part 3 helps you build an AI-driven organization 

In the following chapters, we’ll explore the skills and lessons you need to become an effective AI-driven leader. You’ll discover how to transition from operational overwhelm to leading with strategic clarity. Here’s an overview of what’s to come: 

Ch. 1 | The rise of AI and the AI-Driven Leader (you’re reading this now) 
Ch. 2 | Lessons from past technological disruptions that you can apply to your leadership today 
Ch. 3 | Mindset shifts that will help your team embrace AI instead of resist it 
Ch. 4 | Understand what AI is, how it works, and how to get started 
Ch. 5 | Five simple use cases you can apply today to supercharge your leadership 
Ch. 6 | The high price of asking the wrong questions and how you can use AI to overcome your biases and assumptions 
Ch. 7 | How to turn data into decisions, collapsing what used to take weeks into minutes 
Ch. 8 | How to use AI to navigate short-term pressures without sacrificing long-term growth 
Ch. 9 | A proven framework to make faster, smarter decisions 
Ch. 10 | How to lead with strategic clarity to alignment all year long 
Ch. 11 | How to win the first 30 days and turn your strategic plan into results 
Ch. 12 | How to 10x the impact of every employee in your organization 
Ch. 13 | Change management strategies to ensure you integrate AI seamlessly into your organization 
Ch. 14 | Simple steps to go from 0 to 1 with AI, delivering immediate value Throughout the book, I’ll share stories to keep things entertaining. 

You’ll also get real use cases showing how leaders are harnessing AI to make faster, smarter decisions. Company names will be shared when possible, but sometimes, for confidentiality, they will be changed or omitted. For example, you’ll learn how one company collapsed hundreds of hours of work into minutes using the right prompt. You’ll discover how one executive team leveraged AI to smooth out interactions with an activist board. And you’ll see how a leader reduced six months of client work into two weeks, leaving his competitors flat-footed. 

I’ll share many of my most valuable prompts that you can use immediately to get quick wins. You can also find every prompt in the appendix section of the book. Additionally, I’ve developed an AI Thought Partner™ trained on this book’s content to provide you with personalized guidance throughout. This innovative tool allows you to interact with the book’s content and prompts in real time, ask specific questions, and receive tailored advice. My hope is that this helps you apply what you learn here by enhancing your strategic thinking and decision-making. Just visit AiLeadership.com or scan the QR code below. 

Your Greatest Strengths. Amplified. 

Scan the QR code to discover how AI can turn your strengths into superpowers and multiply your impact where it matters most. 

Finally, I’ll show you how to transform your team from task masters into innovative, strategic thinkers. We will present a new way for your team to prioritize their time and discuss how to integrate AI into the way you work to drive growth. By the end of this book, you’ll have the mindset, skills, and tools to thrive as an AI-driven leader. 

What You Will Not Get from This Book 

If you’re comfortable with the status quo or waiting for someone else to figure out AI at some future date, this book is not for you. This is for ambitious, innovative, growth-minded leaders who are unsatisfied with the status quo, are committed to building a better business and better lives for their people, and see AI as a catalyst for that growth. If that is you, then you’ve found your tribe. 

This book is also not about AI because tech adoption is not your goal. AI is simply a tool to help you achieve your goals. Throughout this book, you will notice a recurring theme: strategy first; technology second. While AI is a timely tool, strategy is If you’re comfortable with the status quo or waiting for someone else timeless. That’s why this is not an AI book; it’s a leadership book. Your leadership is what will make the difference. 

I will focus on equipping you with timeless strategic skills that will help you thrive in any technological era and then show you how to enhance them with AI. While doing this, I will intentionally steer clear of specific AI tools or governance policies because the technology evolves so rapidly that today’s hot platform could become irrelevant tomorrow. For personalized guidance on choosing the right AI tools for your business, visit AiLeadership.com. Discover my latest recommendations and engage with our AI Thought Partner™ trained on this book’s content. I encourage you to ask it questions so it can help you take your first steps in applying what you learn to get results. 

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The Big Idea in AI-Driven Leadership 

What if the biggest threat to your business is not your competition, but your own thinking? 

Right now, AI isn’t just changing how we work—it’s reshaping how we think. Most people use generative AI in one of two ways: as a smarter Google to answer questions or as an assistant to help with tasks like writing better emails. While both can be useful, they barely scratch the surface of what’s possible.  

You have an opportunity to raise your standards for your relationship with this technology. Instead of using AI for the 80% of tasks that drive only 20% of your results, harness it for the 20% of priorities that drive 80% of your success. As a leader, that is your ability to think strategically and make faster, smarter decisions. 

This requires a shift in perspective. You are the Thought Leader—AI is your Thought Partner. Instead of just asking AI questions, turn the tables and have it ask you the right questions. When used this way, you can solve your most complicated problems and achieve your most ambitious goals. 

This book is your guide to making that shift. But more than that, it’s an invitation to step into a movement—one that will define the future of leadership. 

Together, we are creating a new category of leader: Th e AI-Driven Leader—one who harnesses AI to build better businesses and better lives. 

Every technological shift in history has created a divide between those who adapt and those who hesitate. AI is no different. The leaders already using AI as their Thought Partner are gaining an edge, compounding their advantage over time. Those waiting for clarity are falling behind. 

In the next chapter, we’ll look at what past technological revolutions can teach you about navigating these shifts without chaos. Because if history has proven anything, it’s that the leaders who understand the pattern of disruption don’t just survive change—they shape it.  

Together, we are creating a new category of leader: The AI-Driven Leader—one who harnesses AI to build better businesses and better lives.

About the Author

Geoff Woods is the Founder of AI Leadership, where he empowers leaders to harness AI, escape operational overwhelm, and think strategically to accelerate growth. As the former Chief Growth Officer of Jindal Steel & Power, his guidance helped their market cap grow from $750 million to over $12 billion in four years. He also co-founded the training and consulting company behind The ONE Thing, where he coached and advised companies with annual revenues from $10 million to $60 billion.