[Replay] Episode 91: Ambidextrous Leadership, Co-creating with AI, & The 4 Things Your Team Need Most from You

What do the people you lead need most from you? According to a global Gallup study, the answer is hope, followed closely by trust. In this replay of Episode 91, Rob Shields and David Spickard welcome back longtime friend Jes Averhart for a wide-ranging conversation about how leadership is shifting and what that shift asks of leaders today.

Jes is a leadership advisor, master certified life coach, award-winning author, and creator of the Reinvention Road Trip. She traces the evolution of leadership from the Great Man theory to transformational leadership and asks where AI and today's competing leadership models might take us next. She shares how she uses AI as a co-creator and thought partner without losing her own voice, and why becoming an ambidextrous leader who balances innovation with execution is her next level of growth. Along the way, Rob, David, and Jes explore curiosity and humility, why hope is best anchored in past victories rather than promises, and how stones of remembrance and cultures of celebration help teams see how far they have come.

At 11 Ten Leadership, we believe leaders who help their people thrive help their cities rejoice. That kind of leadership starts with leaders who are filled with hope themselves. Listen in for practical ways to find that hope and pass it on to your team.

Timestamps00:00 Welcome and introduction

00:45 Introducing Jes Averhart

03:50 From the Great Man theory to transformational leadership

07:05 AI, geopolitics, and a leadership crossroads

11:50 The warning signs of transformational leadership

14:20 AI as a co-creator and where to draw the line

19:45 Why some work should stay slow

22:35 Ambidextrous leadership: Balancing innovation and execution

26:40 Curiosity and humility in leadership