EAs and Chiefs of Staff: AI is your Leadership Edge

Tools and Technology
Written By Maggie Olson

Building confidence with AI matters.

AI is no longer a futuristic idea—it’s here, and it’s reshaping how the best executives and their teams work right now. And guess what? Chiefs of Staff and Executive Assistants are already using AI tools daily (sometimes hourly) to save time, sharpen strategy, and increase their impact in the C-suite.

This shift is happening fast.

Those who know how to lead through it are quickly becoming indispensable. According to research from Fast Company (2025), companies led by AI-literate teams are far more likely to identify high-value opportunities for AI and turn them into results. Which means: If you’re in a high-trust, strategic role like EA or CoS, you are in a prime position to lead the charge.

Confidence doesn’t come from reading about AI - It comes from using it.

Whether you’ve dabbled with tools like ChatGPT or haven’t touched AI at all—If you’re building agendas, creating systems, supporting strategic decisions, or solving complex problems—AI can help make you faster, smarter, and more valuable than ever.

Our top AI confidence-building tips

  • Swap Google for ChatGPT: The next time you go to Google something—anything—try ChatGPT instead.

  • Researching a company? Drop it in.

  • Want to reword an email? Drop it in.

  • Looking up how to do something in a tool? Drop it in.

  • Curious about travel, history, or strategy? Drop it in.

This one shift will build rapid familiarity with what AI can really do—not in theory, but in your actual day-to-day work and life.

  • Learn to prompt (and then re-prompt): The first prompt you write likely won’t be perfect. That’s part of the process. Confidence with AI isn’t about knowing everything—it’s about learning how to refine what you ask. The more you practice adjusting prompts based on what you get back, the faster your skills grow.

  • Always check your work (even AI makes mistakes): AI is powerful—but you’re still the strategic brain in the room. It’s becoming more accurate every day, but it's still your job to think critically, double-check facts, and decide what’s worth using. Great AI users are great editors, not just consumers.

AI isn’t just a trend—it’s reshaping work now.

EA’s and Chiefs of Staff can guide their companies to adopt AI thoughtfully, blending opportunity with oversight. Not sure where to start? Visit Nova’s Free Resource Library for access to our AI policy writing materials. A simple, strategic framework to help you adopt AI confidently and responsibly—yes, you can lead this.

Maggie Olson
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