These 2 AI Strategies are for Owners/Leaders of Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Who Want to Stay Ahead Without Getting Overwhelmed
AI is no longer “coming.” It’s here.
And if you lead a small or mid-sized business, you don’t need a 10-person tech team to benefit from it. You need a simple strategy. One that saves time, cuts costs, boosts performance and that too while not distracting you from your real work.
The truth?
AI won’t replace leaders. But leaders who use AI will replace leaders who don’t.
So let’s keep it simple. Here are two AI strategies every business owner can implement immediately.
Strategy 1: Use AI to Save Hours Every Week
Use Case: Admin, writing, research, process improvement
You wear a lot of hats. And some of them slow you down.
Emails. Proposals. SOPs. Client communication. Meeting summaries. All important—not necessarily revenue-generating.
AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Notion AI, and Magical can be your assistant, ghostwriter, researcher, and process helper—on demand.
Here’s how to start:
- Internal Communication: Draft internal memos, Slack updates, meeting agendas
- Client-Facing Content: Summarize proposals, rewrite outreach emails, polish marketing copy, write articles
- Process Docs: Turn messy notes into clean SOPs or checklists
- Summarize & Simplify: Feed in long meeting notes or reports and get concise, usable summaries
- Brainstorm Faster: Generate headline options, product names, offer ideas, or event titles
Leadership Tip: Don’t delegate your thinking—but do delegate your formatting, polishing, and typing. Free your brain for high-value work.
Block 60 minutes this week to explore how AI can streamline 1 recurring task.
Strategy 2: Use AI to Develop Your Team
Use Case: Training, development, accountability, and clarity
You don’t need to replace your people but you need to empower them.
AI can help each team member grow faster and solve more problems on their own—if you show them how to use it the right way.
Here’s how to start:
- Teach Prompting: Show your team how to use simple, effective prompts like:
“I’m preparing for a difficult conversation with a client who’s upset about pricing. How would a senior account manager handle this?”
“Give me 5 bullet points to explain this new software feature to a non-technical customer.”
- Build SOPs Faster: Assign team members to document processes with AI assistance
- Encourage Initiative: Challenge them to use AI to improve a system, write a training manual, or build something new
Leadership Tip: This is not about micromanaging—this is about multiplying. Empowered employees using AI can make better, faster decisions, with less dependency on you.
📌 Pick one team member to test this with. Set a challenge, review the results, and scale from there.
Final Thought:
You don’t need to master AI overnight. But you do need to get in the game.
These two simple strategies…
- AI to save time
- AI to empower your people
…Can radically improve the way you lead and operate, starting this week.
And if you want to explore more ways The Leader Club can support your leadership, growth, systems, and networking…
👉 Book a Strategy Call and let’s build a smart, scalable rhythm that works for your business.
