Forging Emotionally Intelligent Leaders in the Age of AI: The Blueprint for Unlocking Human Potential in the Future of Work

Emotional Intelligence Is No Longer Optional, It’s the Leadership Imperative in the Age of AI

AI is reshaping work across industries from automating routine, process-driven tasks to taking on increasingly complex knowledge work. It’s streamlining operations, generating personalized marketing campaigns, optimizing logistics, and even influencing hiring decisions. But for all its speed and sophistication, AI still can’t coach a struggling team, resolve human conflict, or lead with empathy and moral clarity. That’s where emotionally intelligent leadership becomes not just valuable, but critical.

In this deeply researched and timely book, Dr. Mikah Sellers reveals why emotional intelligence is the defining human advantage in an AI-driven world—and how to design leadership development programs that cultivate it for real, lasting transformation.

Based on original research and immersive fieldwork with senior executives, Forging Emotionally Intelligent Leaders in the Age of AI challenges conventional leadership development models and offers a powerful new blueprint rooted in neuroscience, adult learning theory, and is packed with insights derived from hundreds of hours of interviews with C-suite leaders.

What you’ll discover:

• Why emotionally intelligent leadership is critical in the age of AI
• Why traditional leadership training fails to create real change and how to fix it
• The neuroscience behind transformative learning experiences
• The formula for designing leadership development programs that transform rather than inform
• How to scale emotional intelligence across teams, cultures, and entire organizations

This book is not a “how-to” manual or another set of surface-level leadership tips. It’s a research-backed invitation to rethink how we develop leaders by designing for human transformation, not just knowledge transfer.

What people are saying:

“This book is both deeply researched and refreshingly clear-eyed about what it takes to develop emotionally intelligent leaders."
—Dr. Raghu Krishnamoorthy, Director, Penn CLO Program; Former CHRO, GE

"Dr. Sellers offers a research-informed blueprint for designing transformational leadership programs in the age of AI."
—Dr. Keith Keating, Chief L&D Officer, BDO; Author, Hidden Value

"This isn’t just a leadership book. It’s a call to build human-centered organizations that can lead through disruption."
—Dr. Nigel Paine, Author, The Great Reset and Workplace Learning

"This book is a wake-up call. Dr. Sellers moves emotional intelligence from the margins to the center of how we must lead in the age of AI."
—Dr. Carmen M. Allison, Chief HR & Business Enablement Officer, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Who should read Forging Emotionally Intelligent Leaders in the Age of AI?

• Talent & Development Leaders ready to redesign leadership programs that deliver identity-level transformation
• Learning Leaders and Executive Coaches looking to move beyond outdated frameworks and content delivery and into lasting behavioral change
• HR and Organizational Development Professionals seeking to embed emotional intelligence into culture and strategy
• C-Suite Executives and People Leaders navigating the ethical, emotional, and human complexities of AI-era disruption

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