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In this episode of The World Class Leaders Show, host Andrea Petrone is joined by Jennifer Dulski, CEO & Founder of Rising Team, Faculty Lecturer in Management at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and Lead Independent Director at Arcadia. Jennifer shares insights from over 25 years of executive experience leading teams at companies like Facebook, Google, and Yahoo. She explores the challenges leaders face today, including constant change, hybrid work, efficiency pressure, and AI. Jennifer explains how AI can support managers through coaching and role play while strengthening human connection. She also reflects on her journey as a founder and why resilience, adaptability, and empathy are essential for building high performing teams.
Jennifer explains how today’s leaders can navigate constant change by focusing on learning speed, adaptability, and human connection. She shares how managers are under pressure from transformation, hybrid work, efficiency demands, and rapid growth of AI. Jennifer describes how AI can support leaders with coaching, role play, and better team conversations, while still keeping people at the center. She reflects on her own journey as a founder, including setbacks and moments of doubt, and how she learned to recover faster over time. Throughout the conversation, she offers practical insights on building trust, supporting managers, and using AI as a tool to strengthen leadership and team performance.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
-How leaders can manage constant change in today’s workplace.
-Why managers are feeling overwhelmed and how AI can support them.
-How AI coaching and role play can improve leadership skills.
-Why human connection and trust are critical for strong teams.
-How adaptability, learning speed, and resilience shape effective leadership.
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Timestamps:
[00:00] - Teaser and introduction of Jennifer Dulski
[02:39] - The workplace tornado and why leadership is harder today
[05:48] - How AI can scale leadership support for every manager
[06:38] - Manager burnout, overload, and the cost to performance
[08:12] - Engagement, retention, and why people performance matters
[10:06] - Limits of engagement surveys and reactive leadership
[13:00] - Moving engagement with the right tools and team sessions
[15:16] - The super manager concept and AI as a leadership trainer
[19:01] - Personalized leadership development and role play with AI
[20:33] - How AI works in practice with teams and managers
[24:41] - Using role play to prepare for hard leadership conversations
[28:13] - Leading through rapid AI change and learning fast as a company
[31:40] - AI bootcamps, experimentation, and building adaptability
[36:38] - Founder journey, resilience, and recovering from setbacks
[40:38] - Final advice on AI, human connection, and leadership today
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-LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdulski/
-Rising Team: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rising-team/
-Stanford University Graduate School of Business: https://www.linkedin.com/school/stanford-graduate-school-of-business/
-Arcadia: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arcadiahq/
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⭐If you are leading through change or managing growing pressure at work, this conversation with Jennifer Dulski shares practical ideas on using AI, supporting people, and leading with empathy.