Public workshop · Medford, Oregon
Building the mindset and the toolkit to make AI work for you. A three-hour, hands-on AI leadership workshop for Rogue Valley business owners, executives and managers, led by Anna Barnhill, MCC and Justin Barnhill, LSSMBB, and hosted by BBSI in Medford.
The future is EI × AI
95% of enterprise AI pilots deliver zero measurable ROI (MIT NANDA, 2025), and 70% of what decides AI value is people and process, not technology (BCG, 2026). The organizations pulling ahead are not the ones with the best tools. They are the ones whose leaders bring two things into the room: the right mindset, emotional intelligence taken deeper than the EQ you have heard about, and the right toolkit, the practical skill of handing real work to AI and getting back results you would put your name on.
Part one · The Mindset
Anna Barnhill, MCC
Executive coach · Author of Leaderwired
Part two · The Toolkit
Justin Barnhill, LSSMBB
Operator · Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
What you leave with
Business owners, executives, managers and emerging leaders across the Rogue Valley and Southern Oregon who want their organizations ahead of the AI curve. Bring a laptop; you will be working hands-on.
After the workshop
The workshop is the front door to Leaderwired, the AI company Anna and Justin founded so the work continues after the room empties. One system reaches your people six ways.
Details and how organizations use it live at Leaderwired. Because AI transformation is culture transformation, not just technology transformation.
Proof
100% of participating executives were rated more effective by their own stakeholders after eighteen months. Staff turnover fell from 13% to 1%.
A major U.S. financial institution, 2026
How to start
Seats are limited and registration is through BBSI. Bring a laptop and one real task from your own work.
The AI-Empowered Leader is delivered for leadership teams, executive offsites and business communities in Oregon and nationally.
Thirty minutes with Anna to scope it for your organization. Start small: one cohort, or one change.
Questions
Yes. The AI-Empowered Leader is a three-hour, in-person AI leadership workshop on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, from 9 am to noon, hosted by BBSI at 2045 Cardinal Ave, Unit 100, Medford, OR 97504. It is led by Anna Barnhill, MCC and Justin Barnhill, LSSMBB.
Business owners, executives, managers and emerging leaders in the Rogue Valley and across Southern Oregon who want their organizations ahead of the AI curve. No technical background is required.
Part one, the mindset: the hidden beliefs and default reactions that run you under pressure, emotional intelligence taken deeper than EQ, and the five mindset shifts that separate leaders AI empowers from leaders AI exposes. Part two, the toolkit: real AI literacy, a four-part briefing for delegating whole jobs to AI, and how to make AI’s work prove itself. You leave with a personal leadership map, the briefing framework, hands-on delegation practice and a 7-day action plan.
No. The session is built for leaders, not engineers. Bring a laptop; the hands-on lab uses general-purpose AI assistants and needs no setup beyond a browser.
Registration for October 6 is through BBSI at leaderwired.com/bbsi, and seats are limited. The workshop is also delivered for leadership teams, executive offsites and business communities in Oregon and nationally: book a strategy call to scope it for your organization.
From the leaders who endorsed Leaderwired
A comprehensive, multi-layered system that moves from personal transformation to team culture to the unique challenge of leading through AI. This book is a companion to a complex and challenging leadership journey, and Anna is the sherpa you want by your side.
Ronan DunneFormer CEO, Verizon Wireless
Drawing on academic rigor, neuroscience-informed insight, and deep experience developing senior leaders, Anna Barnhill offers a clear framework for why so many transformation efforts fall short in the AI era. A timely and substantive contribution to how we prepare leaders for the future of work.
Jill BruningChief Technology Officer, Amentum
Transformation begins with the ‘me’ — and LeaderWired gives leaders the mirror and the map to see clearly and move forward with purpose.
Claus Torp JensenFormer Chief Innovation Officer and EVP of R&D and Technology, Teladoc Health
Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 9 am to noon, at BBSI in Medford. Seats are limited.
