Beyond Speed:
How Women Leaders Are Defining the Human-Agentic Workforce
New research from Chief and Harris Poll reveals how senior women leaders are thinking beyond speed, efficiency,
and output — and defining what leadership in the human-agentic workforce actually looks like.
What sets these leaders apart
It’s how they think about the human-AI relationship.
From speed to strategy
Women leaders are stepping in where strategy is missing. 85% are active players in their organization's AI strategy, establishing governance guidelines, building solutions, and designing how humans and agents will work together.
The Human-AI balance
68% use AI to amplify human talent, not replace it. The most resilient organizations aren’t automating the most—they’re building human capability alongside it. And 85% believe companies that invest in both AI and people will outperform those focused on technology alone.
80%
of women leaders are active players in their organization's AI strategy.
78%
have personal criteria for what stays human vs. what goes to AI in their work.
86%
of women leaders leverage their peer network as a competitive advantage in navigating AI strategy.
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AI Collaboration Skill
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Your results contribute to a growing body of evidence on women’s leadership in the age of AI.
Key Findings
Chief and Harris Poll surveyed 1000+ senior women leaders to understand how they're navigating the AI era. Here's what we found.
“What I see from the thousands of women leaders across Chief is vastly different from today’s headlines saying ‘women are behind in AI’ and ‘women aren’t moving fast enough.’ Women leaders aren’t just asking what AI does FOR US—but they’re also asking what it does TO US”
Alison Moore
CEO of Chief