# Why Great Leaders Embrace AI - April Sabral on Curiosity, Adaptability & Trust

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Podcast: [The Retail Razor: Blade to Greatness!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-retail-razor-blade-to-greatness-6610900)
Published: 2025-10-28T09:05:07+00:00
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## Resource

S2E1- How to Empower Your Leadership Skills with AI In this Season 2 premiere of Blade to Greatness , hosts Ricardo Belmar & Casey Golden sit down with renowned leadership coach and author April Sabral to explore how AI is transforming leadership in retail . Far from replacing leaders, AI is exposing poor leadership behaviors while empowering those who lead with curiosity, adaptability, and transparency . April shares insights from her new book Positive Accountability for Teams and explains why the future isn’t AI vs. people — it’s AI plus people . What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Why AI is exposing leadership failures, not just process gaps Why curiosity will replace control as the defining leadership trait The three essential leadership skills for the AI era: curiosity, ideation, and agency How to train humans and machines together for better outcomes Why adaptability and transparency are non-negotiable for future leaders How small retail businesses can use AI to compete with enterprise brands The role of positive accountability in driving change management Subscribe to the Retail Razor Podcast Network: https://retailrazor.com/ Subscribe to our Newsletter : https://retailrazor.substack.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://go.retailrazor.com/utube Guest Spotlight: April Sabral — Leadership coach, author of Positive Accountability for Teams , and founder of RetailU and Ask April AI. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilsabral/ Learn more at www.AskApril.ai . & www.aprilsabral.com Chapters: 00:00 Previews 00:53 Show Intro 02:57 Welcome April Sabral - AI Gives Leaders the Edge 03:39 The Role of AI in Leadership 04:41 Identifying Leadership vs. Process Gaps with AI 05:46 Training Humans and Machines Together 08:08 Essential Skills for Future Leaders 09:16 P…

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