Practical AI Leadership — Coached

A 6-week program for executives and senior leaders who are already navigating AI, and need to lead it.

This is a program to learn and apply at pace. Three live sessions, real implementation time between each, and 1:1 coaching when you need it most.

Six weeks. Learn, apply, return, go deeper.

  • Your first 2-hour live session on Teams with your cohort. Practical frameworks for restructuring accountability, running meetings, and managing performance when AI is part of the team.

    • Restructure accountability when AI does part of the work

    • Setting goals and measuring performance in augmented teams

    • Running 1:1s and team meetings differently

    • Who is responsible when AI gets it wrong?

    By the end of the session, you will have redesigned your team operating model. You leave with one clear priority to implement.

  • Use this week to implement with your real team. The Teams community is live — share what's working, ask questions, stay connected with your cohort between sessions.

  • How to make better decisions with AI in the loop — when to trust it, when not to, and how to stand by AI-informed decisions with your board, peers and team.

    • When to trust AI output — and when not to

    • Redesigning your decision workflow with AI in the loop

    • Communicating AI-informed decisions to stakeholders

    • Risk, bias and the leader's responsibility

    You leave with one clear priority to implement.

  • By now, you have tested a new approach in your team. You likely need to know nuances specific to your organisation or sector. Your coaching session is available to book any time to dive into the detail.

  • How to bring your team with you, build a culture where experimentation is safe, and leave with a concrete 90-day plan you'll actually use.

    • How to bring your team with you — at the right pace

    • Identifying resistance and what it's really telling you

    • Building a culture where experimentation is safe

    Build a 90-day plan with clear actions and outcomes.

  • This is your chance to stress test your 90 day plan. Your coaching sessions can be booked at any point during or after the programme. Use them when you have something real to work through.

    Why flexible coaching works better

    A coaching session is most valuable when you're in the middle of a real challenge — not on a predetermined date. Both sessions are yours to use within 2 months of the programme starting.

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A$1,800 + GST

Includes 2 x 60 min coaching sessions.

Introductory cohort price until Thursday 12 March 2026.

Friday 27 March 2026 start date.

What's included

  • 2 hours per fortnight over 6 weeks. Cohort-based and applied — you learn from peers as much as the content. We encourage joining the call rather than catching up via recordings.

  • Go away, try things in your real role, and bring it back. Each fortnight of practice makes the next session sharper.

  • Book them when you need them — not when the calendar says to. Your coach meets you where you are. Sonia La Penna will focus on leadership, Dr Sarah J Daly will focus on the technology and governance.

  • Keep talking with your group outside of sessions. We often include optional check-ins, next steps, or community resources to help you keep the momentum going.

Meet your facilitators and coaches

Dr Sarah J Daly — Trust in AI Researcher & Strategist

Sarah has a PhD in trust in AI and works as AI Capability Manager at a large insurance firm. She's not teaching this from the outside — she's doing it from the inside, every day.

She knows what the research says. She also knows what actually happens when you try to implement it inside a real organisation with real constraints and real people pushing back.

That combination — rigorous research depth and messy organisational reality — is what makes this programme work. Sarah brings the frameworks that are grounded in both evidence and practice, not theory alone.

If you need to know when to trust AI output, how to make defensible decisions with AI in the loop, or how to restructure accountability when the lines blur, Sarah has done the research and solved the problem in the field.

Sonia La Penna — Ex-Chief People Officer & HR Strategist

Sonia spent years as a Chief People Officer watching the same pattern repeat itself.

New technology arrives. The organisation invests in the tools, invests in the training, and leaders are the glue that keeps it all together.

AI is doing the same thing — faster, and at greater scale.

Sonia knows where this breaks. And it's usually not the technology. It's often the people side — the resistance you struggle to handle, the team culture that isn't ready, the leaders who've been told to drive change but given no map for how.

She brings decades of experience building people strategies, leading organisational change, and equipping leaders to actually bring their teams with them — not just present the strategy deck and hope for the best.

If you're struggling with how to lead your people through AI adoption, Sonia has seen every version of this challenge and knows what actually works.

  • You already understand AI. Now you need to lead teams using AI.

    This is not an introduction to AI. This programme is for leaders who have done the groundwork and are now facing the harder question: how do I actually lead differently because of it?

    • You manage a team where AI tools are already in use — or soon will be

    • You're responsible for decisions about how AI is adopted in your organisation

    • You've done AI foundations training and want to move beyond awareness

    • You're being asked to lead AI change you haven't been fully equipped for

    • You want practical frameworks you can use the next day — not more theory

    • You're senior enough to implement what you learn immediately

    Not for you if —

    You're still at the foundations stage. We recommend LinkedIn Learning and similar resources to build your baseline first. Come back when you're ready.

  • The coaching sessions are where your specific reality meets expert guidance. Book them when you need them most.

    Most leadership development stops when the programme ends. This doesn't. Your two 1:1 coaching sessions are yours to use at any point over 8 weeks. They're most powerful when you're in the middle of something real.

    Your two coaching sessions

    1 - Book as a discovery session Usually most effective to orient you at the beginning of the program.

    2 - Book when you're ready to go further Often valueable when you are implementing.

  • Six things you can use immediately.

    1. A redesigned team operating model Clear accountability structures for when AI does part of the work. New ways of running 1:1s and team meetings. Performance frameworks that actually work in augmented teams.

    2. A personal decision-making framework You'll know exactly when to trust AI output, how to interrogate it, and how to communicate AI-informed decisions to your board and stakeholders without sounding like you're guessing.

    3. A 90-day implementation plan Not a vague intention — a specific plan for what you'll change, in what order, and how you'll bring your team with you. Built in Session 3, refined in your coaching sessions.

    4. Confidence under pressure The language and frameworks to lead AI conversations with your board, your peers, and your team — without bluffing or deferring to someone else.

    5. A peer network that lasts You'll go through this with 10–15 other senior leaders navigating exactly the same challenges. That network doesn't end when the programme does.

    6. Two hours of expert coaching you can use when it matters Available for 3 months after the programme starts. Use them when you hit real friction — not when a calendar says to. Most people say the coaching sessions are where the real breakthroughs happen.

    The bottom line: You won't leave with more theory. You'll leave with frameworks you've already started implementing, a plan for the next 90 days, and expert support to keep going.

  • Friday mornings, 8:00am – 10:00am Brisbane time (AEST/AEDT).

    Here's what that means for you:

    • Sydney/Melbourne: 9:00am – 11:00am (AEDT)

    • Perth: 6:00am – 8:00am (AWST)

    • Singapore/Hong Kong: 6:00am – 8:00am (SGT/HKT)

    • London: 10:00pm – 12:00am (GMT) Thursday night

    • New York: 5:00pm – 7:00pm (EST) Thursday evening

    • Los Angeles: 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST) Thursday afternoon

  • We record every session and you'll have access to the replay.

    But here's the reality — the cohort experience is a core part of the value. The live discussions, the peer input, the real-time problem-solving with other senior leaders in the room — that's what makes this different from a recorded course you could do on your own time.

    If you know upfront that you'll miss multiple sessions, this probably isn't the right cohort for you. We'd rather you join a future cohort when you can show up fully.

    If something unexpected comes up and you miss one session, the recording will get you caught up. Remember, the program is designed for you to be in the room.

  • Yes — and here's how to make the case.

    This is a professional development investment in leadership capability, not a personal course. Most organisations will cover it under L&D budgets, especially if you frame it correctly.

    What to include in your request:

    • The business problem: You're being asked to lead AI adoption / manage AI-enabled teams / make decisions with AI in the loop — and you haven't been equipped with the frameworks to do it fully.

    • The ROI: Better decision-making, faster adoption, reduced resistance, and a clear 90-day implementation plan you'll bring back to the organisation.

    • The structure: This isn't a one-day workshop. It's 6 weeks of applied learning with expert coaching and real implementation time built in.

    • The credibility: Led by a PhD researcher in trust in AI who works as an AI Capability Manager, and an ex-Chief People Officer with decades of organisational change experience.

    Invoice options: We can invoice your organisation directly or provide a tax invoice for reimbursement after you've paid.

    If you need a one-pager to attach to your approval request, email sonia@ai360review.com and we'll send one through.

    Payment needs to be made before commencing your program.

  • You can reach us anytime via our contact page or email sonia@ai360review.com.

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