Leadership Series: Leading from the Shadows - From Chief of Staff to the Consigliere Your Leader Can't Lead Without

​Most chiefs of staff have mastered the very work AI can now do in seconds - the synthesis, the briefing, flawless execution and follow-up. So, what makes you indispensable once the machine does all that?

​The answer is older than the algorithm: The trusted consiglieri or consigliore who has earned the trust of their leader by dealing with what’s really on the leader's mind, not their inbox. Who sees what no one else sees and says what no one else dares.

​In this hour, Richard Hytner - author of Consiglieri: Leading from the Shadows and former Global Deputy Chair of Saatchi & Saatchi - shows you how to become the one person your principal can't lead without.

​Richard Hytner is the author of Consiglieri: Leading from the Shadows (Profile Books) - how to add maximum value, build indispensable relationships, and advance the leadership agenda when you are powerful but not the most powerful person in the room. He knows the territory: for eight years he was Global Deputy Chair of Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, consigliere to the CEO. Today, as founder of Blue Hat Man and Adjunct Professor of Marketing at London Business School, he coaches CEOs and their closest advisers to think creatively, act decisively and realise their boldest ambitions.