Leadership capability is becoming the defining factor in AI transformation.
Organizations are investing heavily in AI. The harder challenge is helping leaders adapt to how their roles have changed. Climb Up builds the leadership capability that turns AI investment into organizational performance.
The Leadership Capability Gap
Your best people got promoted because they were good at the work. Now their job is making other people good at it, and almost nobody prepared them for that shift.
AI accelerates the problem. Decisions move faster, ownership becomes less clear, expectations increase, but leadership development rarely keeps pace.
What often looks like resistance, poor communication or inconsistent performance is usually a leadership capability gap.
Why Climb Up?
Most leadership providers understand leadership and most AI providers understand technology. Very few understand both.
After 11 years in the Data & AI market, I saw the same pattern repeatedly. Organizations invested heavily in technology while expecting leaders to adapt without changing how they were developed.
Climb Up exists to close that gap.
60% of managers fail in the first 24 months of their role
Only 44% of managers say they received any formal training.
57% of people leave because of their manager
80% of all employees are either not engaged or actively disengaged.
Together, they point to a wider pattern. Leadership has changed, but leadership development hasn't kept pace.
Leadership Transition Report 2026
AI isn't simply creating leadership problems - it's exposing them.
Based on conversations with leaders across multiple organizations, this report explores the leadership patterns emerging as AI changes how decisions are made, work gets done and organizations operate.
Ways to Work with Us
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Executive Coaching
For leaders navigating promotion, greater responsibility and increasing complexity.
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Leadership Coaching for Organizations
Embedded coaching and leadership partnerships that strengthen capability during AI transformation, growth and organizational change.
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Leadership Development
Workshops and cohort programs that build stronger decision-making, communication and accountability across leadership teams.
Speaking
Looking for a keynote or leadership session?
Practical sessions on AI transformation, leadership capability and organizational change.
“As a new manager, I inherited a team of three people who had previously been colleagues and had no idea how to balance being supportive with holding them accountable.
I wanted to be liked, and it was affecting performance.
Working with Jenni changed that. I now handle those conversations directly, lead with more confidence, and my team has grown from 3 to 6 people and is performing at a much higher level.”
- Tom, Tech Sales
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions? Here are the ones that usually come up when exploring leadership coaching.
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Embedded partnerships, executive coaching, leadership development and speaking.
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Yes.
While I coach individual leaders, much of my work is with leadership teams and organizations navigating growth, AI transformation and increasing complexity.
That includes executive coaching, leadership development, workshops, cohort programmes, leadership offsites and speaking. The right approach depends on what your leaders are trying to achieve, rather than a fixed program.
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Most leadership providers focus on leadership and most AI providers focus on technology. Climb Up focuses on the leadership capability that connects the two.
We help organizations strengthen judgment, communication, accountability and decision-making so leaders can navigate AI transformation, growth and organizational change with confidence.
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No.
AI is often the catalyst, but the leadership challenges - decision-making, accountability, communication and capability show up in many organizations navigating growth and change.
No pitch. Just a conversation about what’s happening in your organization and whether we can help.