How AI Is Changing Leadership Development – with Ioanna Mantzouridou (Dextego)

In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I talk with Ioanna Mantzouridou, Co-founder and CEO of Dextego, an AI-powered coaching platform designed to reduce top talent attrition through personalized leadership development.Ioanna shares her journey from HR and organizational psychology to building an AI coaching product that addresses one of today’s biggest leadership challenges: developing soft skills at scale, especially in remote and hybrid environments.We explore:Why traditional learning and leadership programs fail to develop real soft skillsHow AI can democratize access to coaching beyond the C-suiteWhat it means to lead an early-stage startup while balancing fundraising, sales, and visionWhy empathy, discipline, and continuous learning matter more than ever for leadersHow personalized development can dramatically improve top talent retentionThis conversation is for founders, leaders, HR and L&D professionals who want to understand how leadership development is evolving and what role AI can realistically play in building stronger, more human organizations.Find the transcript and more in the companion post.#LeadershipDevelopment #AI #EmergingLeaders #Podcast