How to Stay Relevant and Irreplaceable When AI Is Changing Everything.
A free live fireside chat for executives and senior leaders who are done with vague AI advice and ready for the real conversation. This session explores what it actually takes to evolve your career alongside rapidly advancing technology.
Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM ET | Free to Attend | Live & Online
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The questions keeping senior leaders up at night deserve more than a LinkedIn post.
If you are a VP, SVP, director, or executive, the pressure you are feeling right now is real. Not just the pressure to adopt AI, but the deeper pressure underneath it:
⍰ Am I still the leader people see as essential, or am I becoming invisible?
⍰ How do I show up with authority and presence when everything around me keeps shifting?
⍰ What does executive presence even mean when AI can do in seconds what used to take expertise?
⍰ How do I remain indispensable when artificial intelligence continuously shifts the nature of work?
Your clients are leading through the hardest change landscape in a generation. And so are you.
These are not weaknesses. They are the right questions. And most of the content out there is not built for leaders at your level.
Salima Valji has spent her career coaching VPs, SVPs, and C-suite executives through the moments that define careers. The conversations in her coaching room right now are the most complex she has ever seen: leaders navigating AI anxiety, identity shifts, burnout, and the relentless pressure to prove their value in a landscape that keeps changing.
She is bringing those questions into the open on July 16, in conversation with Rahim Hirji, whose research across more than 200 organizations and 30 countries revealed what the leaders who are genuinely thriving through this disruption actually have in common.
This is not a session about AI tools or trends. It is a direct, executive-level conversation about what it takes to lead with confidence, presence, and clarity right now. Salima asks the questions on every senior leader's mind. Rahim brings the research and the framework. You walk away knowing exactly what to do next. We will discuss the concrete skills, daily habits, and leadership approaches required to stay relevant.
Leave This Session With Clarity, Not Just Inspiration.
This is a live, unscripted conversation between two people who work with senior leaders every day. By the end of the hour, you will have:
A clear understanding of what executive presence requires right now
Not the definition from five years ago. What it actually looks like to lead with authority, credibility, and presence in 2026, when the leaders around you are using AI and the expectations on you keep rising.
The specific human capabilities that make you irreplaceable
Rahim's research identified seven disciplines that the most resilient leaders share. These are not soft skills. They are capabilities that take deliberate effort to build, and they are exactly what AI cannot replicate. You will understand what they are and where to start.
An answer to the question you have not been able to shake
Whether it is how to stay visible in your organization, how to lead a team through change when you are navigating it yourself, or how to feel confident in rooms where AI is all anyone talks about. Salima will draw from her coaching practice. Rahim will bring his research. The conversation is designed to meet you where you are.
Practical next steps you can act on this week
No vague frameworks to think about later. Salima will close the conversation with specific, actionable direction for executives who are time-starved and ready to move. You will leave with focus, not a longer reading list. You will leave with concrete skills, daily habits, and leadership approaches required to stay relevant.
The Conversation Starts Here.
Salima Valji
Founder and CEO, Unleash Forward Inc. | Executive Coach | Global Keynote Speaker
Salima Valji has spent her career in the rooms where careers are made or stalled. As a certified executive coach and award-winning keynote speaker, she has worked with VPs, SVPs, and C-suite leaders at some of the world's most recognized organizations, including Dell, Meta, Microsoft, Nokia, Siemens Energy, and Kraft Heinz.
She coaches leaders through the moments that define careers: high-stakes transitions, identity shifts, imposter syndrome at the executive level, and the pressure of leading through change you did not sign up for. The AI disruption has made those conversations more complex than ever, and Salima is one of the few coaches working at the intersection of executive presence and the human cost of this moment in leadership.
Recognized as one of the Global 200 Women Power Leaders 2024 and a Top 100 Speaker by Women in Tech, Salima brings a rare combination of strategic clarity and direct coaching. On July 16, she is driving the conversation, asking the questions her clients bring to the coaching room, and holding space for the answers that actually move the needle.
Rahim Hirji
Author of SuperSkills | Keynote Speaker and Advisor | Founder, The SuperSkills Intelligence Company
Rahim Hirji spent years asking one question: what do the leaders who are genuinely thriving through AI disruption actually have that others do not? He spoke to CEOs, executives, and emerging leaders across more than 200 organizations in 30 countries to find out.
His answer became SuperSkills (2026, Kogan Page): seven human disciplines that machines cannot replicate, that cannot be faked, and that have to be built on purpose. His work helps boards and executive teams redesign how they develop their people for an AI-shaped world.
On July 16, Rahim brings the research into a direct conversation with Salima and her executive audience, grounding the framework in the real leadership challenges the room is navigating.
Reserve Your Seat. It’s Free.
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Everything You Want to Know
Before You Register.
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This session is built for VPs, SVPs, directors, C-suite executives, and senior leaders who want to lead with greater confidence, presence, and relevance in a world being reshaped by AI. If you are navigating career decisions, leading teams through change, or asking yourself what it takes to stay indispensable, this conversation is for you.
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Yes. This event is completely free. All you need is a registered seat and a reliable internet connection.
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Approximately 60 minutes, including a live Q&A at the end where you can submit questions directly to Salima and Rahim.
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Yes. There will be a live Q&A segment at the end of the session. You can submit your questions in real time.
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We will do our best to share a recording with registered attendees after the event. That said, the live conversation is where the real value is. We strongly encourage you to attend in real time.
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The session will be hosted on Zoom. You will receive your access link by email after registering.
By registering, you will receive webinar reminders and related emails from Unleash Forward Inc.