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<v Speaker 1>Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of

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<v Speaker 1>performance through strong human relations, team building and golajieving. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the seven minute Leadership podcast with your host Paul Fellowledo.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello everyone, and welcome to this seven minute leadership podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>It's episode six forty seven. Automation is everywhere. Scheduling tools,

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<v Speaker 2>AI note takers, chatbots, performance dashboards, smart workflows, automated onboarding,

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<v Speaker 2>automated feedback, automated follow up emails. The tools are getting faster, cleaner,

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<v Speaker 2>more efficient. Here is the real question. Are your people

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<v Speaker 2>feeling faster and cleaner too, or are they feeling replaced.

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<v Speaker 2>Because automation can increase output, it can also quietly decrease

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<v Speaker 2>connection and when connection drops, culture starts to crack. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not anti automation. In fact, if you listen to this podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>you know I talk about AI systems and digital leverage.

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<v Speaker 2>Often leaders who ignore technology fall behind. That is reality.

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<v Speaker 2>But leaders who hide behind technology lose something far more valuable.

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<v Speaker 2>They lose humanity. There's a big difference between streamlining work

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<v Speaker 2>and stripping the human out of the work. Automation should

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<v Speaker 2>remove friction, not remove faces. Let me give you an example.

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<v Speaker 2>You install an automated scheduling system. It eliminates back and

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<v Speaker 2>forth emails, It fills shifts, it sends reminders. It looks efficient.

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<v Speaker 2>But now no one talks about scheduling anymore. No one

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<v Speaker 2>checks in, No one asks how someone is doing. No

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<v Speaker 2>one notices the burnout creeping in. Because the system handled

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<v Speaker 2>the logistics, the process improved, the pulse disappeared. That is alienation.

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<v Speaker 2>Automation without alienation means this systems handle transactions. Leaders handle relationships.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot outsource empathy. You cannot automate presence. You cannot

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<v Speaker 2>delegate accountability to a dashboard. And here's where leaders get

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<v Speaker 2>it wrong. They measure productivity gains and assume morale followed.

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<v Speaker 2>They see cost savings and assume loyalty increased. They see

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<v Speaker 2>fewer errors and assume engagement improved. Data tells you what happened.

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<v Speaker 2>It does not tell you how people felt about it.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you lead long enough you know this, people

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<v Speaker 2>will tolerate inefficiency longer. Then they will tolerate in difference.

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<v Speaker 2>So how do we automate eight without alienating? First, narrate

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<v Speaker 2>the why. When you introduce automation, do not say we

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<v Speaker 2>are implementing this new system. Say we are implementing this

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<v Speaker 2>because I want your time spent on higher value work.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you less buried in admin. I want you thinking,

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<v Speaker 2>solving and building. Tie the tool to a human outcome. Second,

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<v Speaker 2>keep the touch points. If your onboarding is automated, schedule

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<v Speaker 2>a real conversation anyway. If performance reports are auto generated,

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<v Speaker 2>sit down and discuss them face to face. If a

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<v Speaker 2>chat bot answers basic HR questions, still walk the floor

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<v Speaker 2>and ask how are you doing? Technology should reduce noise,

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<v Speaker 2>not reduce presence. Third, watch for silent drift. Automation can

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<v Speaker 2>make leaders lazy. It becomes easy to say the system

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<v Speaker 2>will catch that, the system will flag it, the system

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<v Speaker 2>will notify me. Leadership cannot run on notifications. Red key

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<v Speaker 2>moments still require a human decision. They require judgment, context,

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<v Speaker 2>and ownership. A dashboard can flash red, it cannot carry

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<v Speaker 2>the weight of the decision. And here is something else.

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<v Speaker 2>Automation shifts power. The person who understands the system often

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<v Speaker 2>gains influence. The person who does not may feel left behind.

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<v Speaker 2>That creates microcultures insiders and outsiders. If you roll out

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<v Speaker 2>new tech, you better roll out training with it, and

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<v Speaker 2>not once repeatedly because nothing alienates a team faster than

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<v Speaker 2>feeling stupid and run of a machine. So let's talk

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<v Speaker 2>about tone. If every message from leadership becomes automated, your

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<v Speaker 2>culture will start to sound robotic. Birthdays, anniversaries, recognition, warnings, reminders,

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<v Speaker 2>all automated. Your team will feel like they work for

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<v Speaker 2>a system, not a leader. There is a place for

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<v Speaker 2>automation in recognition. There is not a place for automation

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<v Speaker 2>in appreciation. Those are different things. Appreciation requires attention. So

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<v Speaker 2>here's a gut check. If your entire tech stack shut

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<v Speaker 2>down tomorrow, would your team still feel connected to you.

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<v Speaker 2>If the answer is no, you are over automated. If

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<v Speaker 2>your culture depends on software to function, you have built

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<v Speaker 2>a digital company, not a leadership culture. Now let me

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<v Speaker 2>flip this. When automation actually increases humanity. It gives people time,

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<v Speaker 2>It reduces repetitive strain, it removes pointless steps, It frees

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<v Speaker 2>mental bandwidth. But only if leaders intentionally reinvest that free

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<v Speaker 2>time into relationships. Do not automate and then fill the

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<v Speaker 2>gap with more work. Automate and reinvest The gain more coaching,

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<v Speaker 2>more clarity, more visibility, more time listening. That is how

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<v Speaker 2>you prevent alienation. There's also a trust element here. Some

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<v Speaker 2>employees hear automation in think layoffs, they hear efficiency in

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<v Speaker 2>think replacement. You have to address that directly, say it clearly.

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<v Speaker 2>This tool is here to help you perform at a

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<v Speaker 2>higher level. It is not here to eliminate you. And

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<v Speaker 2>then prove it because if automation becomes a stepping stone

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<v Speaker 2>to cutting peapeople without honesty, trust evaporates, and once trust

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<v Speaker 2>is gone, no system will rebuild it. Leadership is still

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<v Speaker 2>about people, even in a digital world. You can use

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<v Speaker 2>AI to draft, you still need judgment to decide. You

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<v Speaker 2>can use analytics to predict. You still need courage to act.

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<v Speaker 2>You can use automation to scale, You still need character

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<v Speaker 2>to lead. And remember this technology amplifies culture. If you

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<v Speaker 2>already have strong relationships, automation makes you faster. If you

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<v Speaker 2>already have weak relationships, automation makes you distant. So before

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<v Speaker 2>you implement the next tool, ask yourself one question, is

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<v Speaker 2>this going to make us more human or less connected?

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<v Speaker 2>And if you cannot answer that clearly, slow down seven

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<v Speaker 2>minutes a day. That is all I ever ask. Spend

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<v Speaker 2>seven minutes checking in with someone without a device between

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<v Speaker 2>you seven minutes explaining a change, seven minutes listening to frustration,

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<v Speaker 2>seven minutes reinforcing that behind every system is a person

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<v Speaker 2>that matters. Automation is not the enemy. Indifference is use

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<v Speaker 2>the tools, leverage the systems, improve the workflow. Then double

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<v Speaker 2>down on humanity because at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 2>nobody stays loyal to software. They stay loyal to leaders

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