AI Leadership for Executives

Description

This program empowers senior leaders to understand, adopt, and drive the responsible and strategic use of Artificial Intelligence across their organizations. Through a blend of conceptual grounding, hands-on exercises, and leadership reflection, participants learn how to transform AI from a technical tool into a catalyst for innovation, productivity, and business value. The course bridges theory and practice โ€” from mastering effective prompting and data-driven decision-making to cultivating a culture of ethical, cross-functional AI adoption.

Indicative Duration: 5 training hours
*Duration is adjusted based on the final scope and the target audience.


Scope

1. Inspirational Speech
  • The Elephant in the Room: Recognizing and naming the fears
  • Confession: From enthusiasm about AI to ethical concerns
  • Reframing: Itโ€™s not a threat โ€” itโ€™s a tool that creates value
  • The Vision: AI Leadership
2. AI Foundations
  • AI as the Answer to any Industry Landscape
  • AI, LLMs, and Generative AI
  • Core Principles: Prompts, Tokens & Context Windows
  • Capabilities & Cautions
  • The GenAI Toolkit: Copilots, Assistants & Specialized Tools
  • Organizational Impact: Evolving Roles and Emerging Skills
3. Techniques for
effective prompting
  • Fundamentals of Prompt Engineering & Common Pitfalls to avoid
  • Prompt engineering framework T.R.A.C.I. (Task, Role, Audience, Create, Intent)
  • Advanced Prompting Techniques for Complex Requests: (Zero-shot, Few-shot, Chain-of-thought, Context building)
4. Insight Extraction
and Narrative
Creation in Word
  • Prompting for Text Creation with AI
  • Hands-on Case Study Scenario: โ€œBoard Strategy Briefing Based on Annual Report Dataโ€
5. Data-Driven
Decisions with AI
Analysis in Excel
  • Prompting for Data Analysis with AI
  • Hands-on Case Study Scenario: โ€œBoard Strategy Briefing Based on Annual Report Dataโ€
6. Turning Insights
into Presentations & Actions
  • Prompting for Presentations & Actions with AI
  • Hands-on Case Study Scenario: โ€œBoard Strategy Briefing Based on Annual Report Dataโ€
7. Organizing &
Delegating Work
with AI
  • Prompting for Organization and Processes with AI
  • Hands-on Case Study Scenario: โ€œAction Plan for the launch of a new Productโ€
8. Accelerating Project
& Service Delivery
with AI
  • Accelerating Time-to-Value: reduce time from initial concept to market launch
  • Enhancing Technical Delivery: accelerate new code development and secure integration with critical systems
  • Demo Case Study Scenario: โ€œLaunching a new B2B serviceโ€
  • Demo 1 (Speed): Rapidly generate test scripts with AI
  • Demo 2 (Stability): Proactively detect network anomalies to ensure reliability
  • The Role of Leadership: Drive cross-functional collaboration through AI to accelerate execution and deliver faster business impact
9. AI Assistants & AI Agents
  • AI Assistants & Agents: Empowering Decision Support and Authorized Action
  • What are AI Assistants? What are AI Agents?
  • Assistant & Agent โ€“ Scenario: B2B Sales
  • Business Applications
  • Why act now
  • Risk & Governance Requirements
  • Design Exercise: โ€œDesign Exercise: Create Your Own Agent using Copilot Studioโ€
10. Responsible and
Ethical AI Usage
  • Regulatory Framework and Compliance Rules (EU AI Act, Risk Pyramid, Human Oversight, Transparency, Data Quality/Storage/Access)
  • Ethical Guidelines & Best Practices (Privacy by Design, ICARE – Integrity, Compliance, Accountability, Responsibility & Ethics)
  • Case Study Scenario: โ€œAI Supplier Evaluation Systemโ€
11. Strategy & Vision
  • Reflecting on the day
  • 4 Pillars of Effective AI Leadership
  • 3 Immediate Actions
  • Closure: AI Transformation begins with AI Leadership

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the course participants will be able to:

  1. Lead the organizational shift toward AI transformation by defining principles, empowering teams, and fostering a culture of responsible experimentation.
  2. Interpret core AI and Generative AI concepts, understanding their impact on business strategy and operations.
  3. Apply advanced prompting techniques to generate insights, automate analysis, and communicate strategic decisions effectively.
  4. Integrate AI tools (Copilot, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams) to enhance productivity, coordination, and execution speed.
  5. Recognize and address ethical, governance, and compliance challenges related to AI use (EU AI Act, data privacy, bias, transparency).

Target Audience

  • Roles: Senior Leaders, Directors, and Heads of Departments responsible for strategy, operations, or transformation initiatives.
  • Seniority: Executive and Senior Management Level professionals seeking to leverage AI strategically to drive organizational growth and innovation.

Prerequisite Knowledge

  • Requires strong understanding of business management, leadership and digital transformation concepts
  • No prior technical knowledge in Generative AI and AI systems is required.

Delivery Method

Sessions can be delivered via the following formats:

  • Live Online โ€“ Interactive virtual sessions via video conferencing
  • On-Site โ€“ At your organizationโ€™s premises
  • In-Person โ€“ At Code.Hubโ€™s training center
  • Hybrid โ€“ A combination of online and in-person sessions

 

The training methodology combines presentations, live demonstrations, hands-on exercises and interactive discussions to ensure participants actively practice AI in realistic work scenarios.

Date

On Demand

Organizer

Code.Hub
Email
[email protected]