Our clients know we are leveraging AI to automate our administrative and production workflows, and they are now demanding that our team spend their newly freed hours providing deep strategic advisory work rather than routine execution. How do we update our roles on the Accountability Chart to transition our staff from heads-down executioners to high-value strategic advisors who can meet these elevated client demands?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

When clients know you are using AI, they stop paying for the delivery of basic reports and start demanding deep strategic partnership. They expect your team to spend their newly freed hours helping them navigate complex problems. To meet this expectation, you must update your Accountability Chart.

Begin by identifying the cumbersome processes that previously kept your employees trapped in low-value tasks. Use AI to streamline these administrative bottlenecks. Once you free up their capacity, you must gradually evolve their roles. Update the roles and responsibilities on your Accountability Chart to reflect this new reality.

For example, an account manager should no longer have data entry or basic report drafting in their five key roles. Instead, their roles must focus on client strategy, diagnostic problem-solving, and relationship retention. If an employee does not have the GWC™ to make this leap from tactical executor to strategic advisor, you have a People Issue that you must address through the IDS® process. You cannot allow team members to coast on their saved time. Your clients are paying for human wisdom, and your team must deliver that wisdom by using AI as their operational backend.