How Not to Sound Like ChatGPT as a Leader (Ep. 333)

<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you've ever read an email from someone on your team and caught yourself thinking they sound like ChatGPT, you probably took it a little less seriously. Your team does the same thing with your messages.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Managers now use AI to draft feedback, prep difficult conversations, write performance reviews, and polish status updates. On paper, the output is often good. The trouble starts when the words arrive before the thinking. People pick up on that mismatch, and now they have a ready explanation for it. Research from Cornell found that people rated a chat partner as less cooperative when they only suspected AI-suggested replies, whether or not AI was involved.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In this episode, Ramona looks at why scripted messages land as inauthentic even when the script is solid, what that costs a manager's credibility, and how to keep using AI without your team discounting what you say.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In Episode 333, we cover:</strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">The three costs of sounding like AI, including the one that surprises people</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">What "workslop" is, and why 42% of the people who receive it trust the sender less</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Where AI-written work gives itself away: reviews, proposals, scripted conversations, and emails</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Why knowledge is losing value as a differentiator, and what replaces it</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Four habits that keep your own judgment and voice in anything AI helps you write</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Whether you use AI for every draft or only when a deadline hits at 8 p.m., this episode shows you how to keep your own judgment visible in what you send.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Listen to the episode: The Manager Track Podcast, Episode 333: </span><a href="https://www.ramonashaw.com/how-not-to-sound-like-chatgpt/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-