Role-Based Programme
RB1044

AI for Directors

Strategic Leadership, Performance Management & Smarter Decision-Making

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Duration
4 Hours
Level
Awareness
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Awareness Session

Programme Objectives

  • Understand how AI can support Directors across business planning, functional leadership, performance management, and decision-making.
  • Explore practical AI applications for analysing business information, identifying priorities, preparing management reviews, and supporting strategic discussions.
  • Apply structured prompting techniques to generate useful insights, summaries, options, and action plans.
  • Use AI to improve productivity across reports, meetings, presentations, stakeholder communication, and recurring leadership activities.
  • Recognise confidentiality, accuracy, bias, governance, risk, and human-accountability requirements when using AI in leadership roles.

Tools covered

Generative AI AssistantsAI Search & ResearchDocument AnalysisData AnalysisExecutive SummarisationScenario AnalysisAI-Powered Presentation & Communication Tools

Who should attend

  • Directors
  • Senior Directors
  • Functional Directors
  • Business Directors
  • Regional Directors
  • Operations Directors
  • Sales Directors
  • Finance Directors
  • HR Directors
  • Technology Directors
  • Marketing Directors
  • Strategy Directors
  • Program Directors
  • Business Unit Directors
  • Senior Leadership Team Members

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Experience in management, functional leadership, or business leadership
  • Familiarity with business planning, performance reviews, and management reporting
  • Basic understanding of operational and business information
  • No programming or technical AI knowledge required
  • No previous AI-tool experience required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding Generative AI and its relevance to Director-level responsibilities
  • Exploring AI applications across planning, performance, operations, people, customers, and communication
  • Understanding the difference between AI assistance, analytics, automation, and leadership judgement
  • Recognising AI limitations, hallucinations, incomplete information, and unsupported conclusions
Practical activities
  • Identifying high-value AI opportunities within a Director’s recurring responsibilities
  • Comparing a traditional management activity with an AI-assisted approach

Scenarios

Performance Issue to Management Action Plan

Performance Data → AI-Assisted Analysis → Trends & Gaps → Possible Causes → Priority Actions → Owners & Timelines → Management Review

Participants analyse a sample performance challenge, identify key areas requiring management attention, and develop a structured action plan for leadership review.

Business Challenge to Director Decision Brief

Business Challenge → Context & Evidence → Options → Risks & Trade-Offs → Recommended Action → Director Brief

Participants use AI to structure a business challenge, compare possible courses of action, and prepare a concise decision brief containing evidence, risks, alternatives, and next steps.

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