How The Glass Ladder is Helping Women Executives Amplify Their Leadership Brand with AI

For women leaders, the challenge isn’t just excelling in the role—it’s making sure their leadership is seen, heard, and felt across the spaces where it matters most.

That’s the mission of The Glass Ladder, an executive leadership development organization led by Megan Corfield—one of Australia’s premier board directors and a long-standing champion of women’s executive success.

As part of their leadership program, I was invited to deliver a guest session on Amplifying Your Leadership Brand with AI to The Glass Ladder’s members.

The focus was on a powerful question: How can women leaders harness AI to strengthen their leadership brand—without adding to the mental load?

We explored leadership branding through two key lenses:

Modality of delivery (how leaders show up—in person, in writing, online, in boardrooms)

Time horizon (what needs to be communicated today, this quarter, and for a long-term legacy)

With that framework in place, participants mapped those dimensions against practical ways AI can amplify leadership, from:

• Reducing cognitive overload,

• Sharpening decision-making,

• Personalizing relationships,

• Deepening connections, and

• Strengthening follow-up.

This wasn’t theory. Each member used the framework to map her own goals for her leadership brand across the four zones of visibility, then identified immediate opportunities where AI could support those goals. We closed with strategies, tools, and small actions they could begin using straight away.

The impact was both strategic and deeply personal:

• Clarity of vision: Leaders saw exactly where to focus their energy to amplify their presence.

• Practical empowerment: AI was reframed as a partner in lightening the load, not an added burden.

• Momentum for legacy: Participants walked away with next steps that connect directly to building a visible, lasting leadership brand.

And the feedback spoke for itself: 100% of participants rated the session as “Excellent.”

As one leader reflected, “It’s not about replacing what we do as leaders—it’s about having more space to do it with clarity and depth.”

Last Word

The session was short but mighty—an energizing starting point for executives to reimagine how AI can help them lead with greater visibility, stronger connections, and a more enduring legacy.