Leadership in the New AI Landscape
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Leadership in the New AI Landscape
This course is part of Workplace Conduct and Culture Specialization
Instructors: Kriti Kamra
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What you'll learn
Evaluate AI-generated insights and integrate human judgment to guide responsible leadership decisions
Apply AI tools to support decision-making and team development while avoiding over-reliance and bias
Assess AI-assisted communications to ensure empathy, trust, and contextual accuracy in sensitive situations
Analyze change and conflict scenarios by integrating AI insights with human judgment and emotional intelligence
Skills you'll gain
- Interpersonal Communications
- Team Building
- Team Leadership
- Leadership
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Decision Intelligence
- Communication
- Ethical Standards And Conduct
- AI Enablement
- Team Collaboration
- AI literacy
- Change Management
- AI Integrations
- Conflict Management
- Leadership Development
- Stakeholder Communications
- Responsible AI
- Organizational Change
- Organizational Leadership
- Stakeholder Engagement
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March 2026
5 assignments
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There are 3 modules in this course
This course equips you to balance AI insights with human judgment to lead effectively in todayβs AI-enabled workplace.
You will explore how AI can support leadership decision-making while highlighting the essential role of human insight, empathy, and ethics in guiding teams. The course explains how AI can assist with analyzing data, identifying patterns, and improving communication, while recognizing its limitations in situations that require contextual awareness, interpersonal understanding, and values-based decision-making. Through readings, videos, and practical workplace scenarios, you will examine situations where leaders must evaluate AI-generated outputs and determine when human judgment should take priority. You will also explore the role of AI in strategic decision-making, team development, stakeholder communication, change management, and conflict resolution. The course highlights how to avoid over-reliance on AI and ensure decisions align with organizational values and team dynamics. By the end of the course, you will be prepared to integrate AI tools responsibly while maintaining trust, accountability, and human-centered leadership.
In this module, you will explore how AI transforms core leadership functions while reinforcing the irreplaceable value of human judgment. You will examine strategic decision-making, team development, communication, and change management through AI integration, learning when to leverage AIβs analytical strengths, and when human insight is essential. Through readings, videos, and interactive scenarios, you will practice balancing AI tools with human-centered leadership, identifying problematic over-reliance on AI, and ensuring ethical, context-aware decision-making. The module also emphasizes that while AI excels at objective data analysis, human leaders must validate outputs and adjust for context, interpersonal dynamics, and subjective factors that AI cannot fully comprehend, ensuring decisions align with organizational values and employee trust.
What's included
1 video1 reading2 assignments3 plugins
1 videoβ’Total 5 minutes
- AI in Team Developmentβ’5 minutes
1 readingβ’Total 5 minutes
- Course Overviewβ’5 minutes
2 assignmentsβ’Total 18 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Strategic Decision-Making with AIβ’10 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Team Development and Empowerment with AIβ’8 minutes
3 pluginsβ’Total 20 minutes
- Reading: Overview of AI in Decision-Making β’10 minutes
- Activity: AI Metrics versus Human Valuesβ’5 minutes
- Activity: Building Team Cultureβ’5 minutes
In this module, you will explore how AI can support effective communication, stakeholder engagement, and change management within organizations. You will learn how AI tools enhance message clarity, analyze communication patterns, and identify potential conflicts, while recognizing when human judgment, empathy, trust-building, and contextual understanding are essential. Through practical scenarios and assessments, you will practice balancing AI-generated insights with human leadership strengths to foster collaboration and guide teams through dynamic environments.
What's included
1 video2 assignments3 plugins
1 videoβ’Total 4 minutes
- AI in Change and Conflictβ’4 minutes
2 assignmentsβ’Total 12 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Communication and Stakeholder Engagement with AIβ’6 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Change Management and Conflict Resolution with AIβ’6 minutes
3 pluginsβ’Total 20 minutes
- Reading: AI in Communicationβ’10 minutes
- Activity: Stakeholder Communicationβ’5 minutes
- Activity: Resolving AI-Flagged Conflictβ’5 minutes
In this module, you will complete a final assessment to demonstrate your understanding of AIβs role and limitations in leadership, and reflect on how to apply human judgment, empathy, and ethics when leading in an AI-enabled workplace.
What's included
2 readings1 assignment1 plugin
2 readingsβ’Total 6 minutes
- Reading: Further Reading and Referencesβ’4 minutes
- Reading: Course Summaryβ’2 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Final Quiz: Leadership in the New AI Landscapeβ’30 minutes
1 pluginβ’Total 6 minutes
- Reading: Leading with Wisdom in the Age of AIβ’6 minutes
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This course is designed for managers, team leaders, and professionals who want to understand how AI can support workplace decision-making. It is especially useful for leaders responsible for guiding teams, communicating with stakeholders, and evaluating AI-generated insights in an AI-enabled workplace.
No prior technical or programming experience is required. The course focuses on how leaders use AI insights to support decisions, not how to build AI systems. All concepts are explained in practical terms so professionals from any background can apply them.
You will learn how AI can analyze data, identify patterns, and generate insights that support leadership decisions. The course also explains when human judgment, ethics, and context should guide the final decision instead of relying solely on AI outputs.
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