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How Leaders Can Overcome AI Resistance & Fear

Part of The AI-Native L&D Leader

Hosted by Katie O'Brien Ceccarini

161 students

In this video

What you'll learn

How to Name the Real Fear Behind AI Resistance

Stop guessing the source of resistance and learn to identify the 4 specific fears driving AI pushback.

How to Lead the Discussion That Moves Fear to Curiosity

Get a 5-step framework to orchestrate greater curiosity and action, while acknowledging real fears.

How to Model and Teach Tactics That Build Real Safety

Learn 3 repeatable strategies to increase psychological safety, the key to innovative success.

Why this topic matters

We're leading through a transformative, uncertain era. Innovation depends on psychological safety, the ability to speak up without fear of judgment. Employees carry real AI fears: job loss, skill gaps, added burden. L&D leaders are the connective tissue, uniquely positioned to model safety and equip others to do the same. In 30 minutes, get the framework and tactics to lead that shift.

You'll learn from

Katie O'Brien Ceccarini

Author, Certified Coach, former Head of L&D, former Director of Global Training

Katie O'Brien Ceccarini is a Certified Executive Coach, Founder of Endurance Management Coaching, and author of Fearless Feedback: Everything Managers Have Never Been Taught About Feedback.

She started managing at twenty-two with no training or handbook and has spent more than two decades in the trenches — from running after school tutoring centers to scaling Customer Success at Yelp, to serving as Head of Learning & Development at Opendoor, to founding her own coaching and training business. She knows what it feels like to be in a constantly changing and evolving environment.

Everything she teaches comes from real teams, real conversations, and real results.

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