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Leaders Are Leaning on AI & HR: Coaches vs. Crutches
This Week at Work: An HR and Employment Law Show
40 minutes
3 weeks ago
Leaders Are Leaning on AI & HR: Coaches vs. Crutches
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For episode 356, Leaders are increasingly leaning on AI tools - and HR - for guidance, decisions, and direction. When AI and HR act as crutches, leadership capability erodes. When used as coaches, they scale judgment, confidence, and performance. Working alongside company leadership, HR must design training and development that uses AI to reinforce leadership, not replace it.
Timestamps: 00:13 – AI, Coaching, and the Workplace Questions Defining 202603:40 – Lawyer on the Clock Begins: SHRM Ordered to Pay $11.5M in Race Discrimination Case05:54 – Service Dog ADA Lawsuit: Where the Interactive Process Broke Down09:32 – Recap of Department of Labor Guidance in first year of 2nd Trump Administration 14:32 – The “Dumbbell Effect”: How AI Is Reshaping the Job Market21:10 – According to AAIME Hart: Key to Leadership Success Coaching Series 23:40 – Philburt's Phorum is back 24:40 – Matt Wideman: Why Coaching Should Start on Day One of Onboarding29:40 – How AI can help with difficult conversations with your team39:21 – Final Takeaways, Listener Question, and Holiday Wishes
Tune in to learn how to keep coaching as a core leadership skill in 2026.
This Week at Work: An HR and Employment Law Show
The AAIM Morning Briefing covers timely HR relate topics to help companies become first in class employers by hiring, developing and retaining their employees.
