ADVISA launches AI leadership training program “Leading with AI”

March 13, 2026 | Intentional Culture, Leadership Development, Leading with AI
By The A-Team
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Carmel-based leadership consultancy ADVISA has launched Leading with AI, a leadership training program designed to help managers and executives use artificial intelligence as a thinking partner to improve judgment, communication, and decision-making. The program launched with an inaugural pilot on March 4. Cohorts are scheduled monthly throughout the year.

Quick facts about the Leading with AI program

  • One-day immersive leadership training
  • In-person in Carmel, Indiana
  • Hands-on AI practice in a private AI studio
  • Designed for leaders early in their AI journey
  • $1,500 per participant

Why leaders need AI leadership training

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how organizations make decisions, communicate, and operate. Yet while many professionals have begun experimenting with AI tools, few leaders have received guidance on how those tools should influence leadership judgment and accountability. That’s why ADVISA is launching a new training program designed to help leaders navigate that shift.

Recent research by McKinsey Global Institute states that AI agents and automation could perform tasks that occupy 60–70% of today’s global work hours. Yet many leaders are still navigating how those tools should influence leadership judgment and accountability. ADVISA’s new program, Leading with AI and the Leadership + Culture Studio were created to address that gap.

Leadership development must evolve alongside AI

“Managers are accountable for providing clarity to their teams, yet they often receive very little themselves. Enter AI: an amplifier. Confusion in, chaos out; clarity in, performance out,” said Heather Haas, CEO of ADVISA.

“That’s why leadership development must evolve alongside AI use and implementation. The role of the leader has shifted greatly. It’s gone from supervising to sense-making; from pathfinding to wayfinding.”

What the Leading with AI program teaches

Unlike most AI training programs that focus primarily on technical skills or productivity shortcuts, this experience focuses on the human side of leadership in an AI-enabled workplace — helping leaders learn how to use artificial intelligence as a thinking partner while maintaining responsibility for the decisions they make.

This workshop is also hands-on as participants apply what they are learning in ADVISA’s Leadership + Culture Studio, which is safe, private AI studio that eliminates the risk of proprietary company information getting out into public LLMs.

Participants’ access to the studio helps ensure the learning transfers to real leadership challenges like managing change, having tough conversations and strategic problem solving back on the job. The performance lift is powerful.

Participants shared the following reactions after the workshop:

  • “This training was my first real consideration of how AI could and should be used to be a more effective leader. What I learned is immediately applicable.”
  • “I walked out of this experience more empowered to use AI as a strategic thought partner, not just in the day to day leading of my department but in the scaling of our business, and I feel genuinely excited about putting these learnings into action!”
  • “I have only dipped my toes into AI within my professional world – and after taking this course, I am comfortable swimming in the deep end. I walked away with new skills and new thoughts on how to utilize AI in my everyday life … I recommend this course to anyone wishing to learn more about AI and how it can serve as an additional thought partner.”

ADVISA’s Leadership + Culture Studio

Most AI training ends when the workshop ends. This experience equips you with an AI environment designed to support leadership thinking long after the session.

ADVISA’s Leadership + Culture Studio™ features a helpful Prompt Generator™ and a safe, closed, secure LLM where you can practice leadership to gain confidence and clarity.

Studio access is included for 30 days following training, with the option to continue access afterward.

Training will be available to the public starting March 30

Regularly scheduled cohorts to follow. This new, one-day immersive workshop will be held in person at ADVISA’s headquarters in The Carmel Arts & Design District, bringing leaders from across Indiana organizations together to explore practical ways AI can enhance leadership effectiveness.

Participants work through real leadership scenarios and experiment with AI as a thinking partner for:

  • decision-making
  • communication
  • strategic problem-solving
  • leadership reflection

Each cohort is intentionally limited to 20 participants to create an interactive learning environment where leaders can explore both the opportunities and responsibilities that accompany AI.

Who the program is designed for

The program is designed specifically for leaders who are early in their use of AI and who:

  • lead teams, functions, or organizations
  • are navigating how AI affects leadership decisions
  • want practical applications rather than technical training
  • value thoughtful leadership development over productivity hacks

Participants also receive 30 days of access to ADVISA’s Leadership + Culture Studio™, a secure AI-enabled environment where leaders can continue practicing AI-assisted leadership thinking and decision-making after the program.

Learn more about Leading with AI

Leaders interested in participating can learn more or register at: advisa.com/ai

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About ADVISA

ADVISA is a growing leadership consultancy headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, founded in 1986 upon the belief that great leaders create vibrant work cultures with engaged, highly productive people who make their families and communities better places. ADVISA, an Elite Certified Partner of The Predictive Index® talent platform, was originally known as ‘the PI people.’ Since then, ADVISA has developed a proven, proprietary process that helps each client organization transform their work culture into a sustainably loved workplace – which reduces turnover, boosts productivity, and drives growth.

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