Your Partners Are Failing You | Clarity at the Top

This content was created by Thomas Anglero. This content was uploaded by Thomas Anglero. This is a YouTube video titled "Your Partners Are Failing You | Clarity at the Top" (created 2026-06-02) featuring a spoken monologue by Thomas Anglero. In the clip Anglero addresses business leaders and executives, arguing that traditional consultants and partners—those rooted in pre-AI ways of working—are failing to deliver results in the new AI era. He diagnoses two main causes of leaders' discomfort: outdated external partners and leaders' own reluctance to become "AI native." Using a sports coaching analogy, he urges leaders to change workflows, embed AI as an advisor, and seek fresh perspectives. The piece is persuasive/motivational and ends with an invitation to contact him for one-on-one help.
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As a leader, are you frustrated that the things you've been doing for the last 10, 20, maybe 30 years aren't producing the same results now that this AI thing is talked about and taking over everything? Let me tell you why that's happening to you and also let you know that feeling you have You're not alone. The reason why you're feeling that way, this discomfort that you hope that no one sees you being uncomfortable, especially in a meeting, is because of two, probably two primary things. Of course, many more, but two primary things. Number one is those people, those consultants, those partners you call them, who you've relied upon to deliver and make sure you met your goals, your KPIs, your pipeline, etc. They're failing you. Your partners, your traditional partners. Notice that traditional partners, they're from that world before AI. Yes, they come in with PowerPoints. Yes, they come in with nice suits and dresses and clothes and they say all the right things. Where are the results? When you ask them where are the results, they say is we need some more time. You need to buy some more hours from us. You need to buy this new solution from us. They represent the past. They're your traditional partners who built the infrastructure or built some solutions for you. They got you to where you are. Today. We've never been in this world of AI and where things can change in a moment, where the AI can read hundreds of millions of bits of information. Matter of fact, it could read every book in a library within a few seconds. Think about that. We've never been there in this traditional world. And you have your partners coming in saying, we got this, they don't have anything. You need a fresh look. You need a fresh voice. You need a fresh perspective for where you are today and to where you're going. And don't believe the traditional can move to the future. Those are two different worlds. The second thing that's holding you back is you. It's you, but I'm not attacking you. You know better than I do how uncomfortable you are with AI, how uncomfortable you are with change in general. You know that with AI you're not using it as much as you should. Now, some of you may be thinking, you may be thinking, well, I use AI for this, I use AI for that, I use AI. Do you really? Do you use AI as an advisor? Do you use AI to consult it on every aspect of your business? Do you even know how to do that? Do you know why you should be doing that? Do you know which program you should be using? Do you know if you should be using on the mobile or the desktop? Or does it even make a difference? You need to become AI native. You need to be able to access all the infinite amount of information. Matter of fact, let's flip that around. You don't need to access it. It needs to be pushing you that information and those answers that you need before you even need the answers. Then then you are AI native. Now your discomfort comes from the fact that you're not there. Not many people are, very few. And the reason is 'cause you're stuck in meeting after meeting after meeting, Teams call, Zoom call, client meetings, phone calls. And at the end of the day, you finally get back to your desk and you go, I haven't even checked my email. It's not your fault, but you have to change how you work, and you have to change how you see today and tomorrow, and you have to embed AI into your new way of being. So if you want to know more about how to get you to be, get you to be who you were meant to be, contact me. Let me know. Let's continue this discussion one-on-one because there's nothing wrong with you. If I could give you an analogy, a sports analogy, you have a, you have a coach who's coached one way all their time, right? Every practice they do the same drills. Every game they run the same plays. But then the sport matures. Every sport has a new superstar coming. Every sport has taller athletes, more talented, more athletic. But that one coach is keeping everything the old way. They need to change and reflect what's happening today. And where the sport's going. You are just like that coach. You've done things that have, that done, that have served you well and got you to where you are today, and congratulations. But the field has changed, the talent has changed. They're better, they're different, faster, stronger. So you need to change your methodologies of how you coach, of how You lead. Contact me. Let's have that discussion because you can do this. You just need to stop trusting those traditional partners who know the past. They know how to run the past plays. They know how the sport has been. They have no idea about this. The one thing you trust is you can trust you. You can trust that you will get through this with the right partners, the right people, and a belief in yourself. It's not you, is that you're overwhelmed, but you need a new framing of this. Your traditional partners, they just want to sell you time, material, hours, and services. How many of them want to talk about you, what you need? Not what the company, this, your group, your region, your sector, whatever. What do you need? When you find someone who could talk to you that way, who sees you, who could help you, then you'll become the ultimate leader that you're meant to be, and you will prosper into the future. You don't need traditional You got you. I'm Thomas Anglero. Let's talk. Until next time.
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