Artificial Intelligence Empowerment in Leadership: A Systematic Review of Positive Impacts and Applications

The growth of Artificial Intelligence and the potential to empower leadership within various organizational contexts represent an emergent area of inquiry in this systematic review, with the lens focusing on the positive impacts and potentials of AI applications in augmenting and enhancing leadership practices. Based on PRISMA guidelines, the aim of the review is to identify most of the literature are journal articles, research studies, and any other relevant publications within the last 10 years that were published in English, with high importance attached to empirical studies and documented cases of AI implementation in leadership roles. Key themes will be how AI can help drive decision-making and how AI tools analyze organizational data and market trends to inform strategic choice. The paper covered the AI's applicability for personalized leadership development; in particular, how AI can be adopted to tailor learning experiences to individual leader requirements in the context of lifelong growth. Next, it suggested that an AI-enhanced tools may boost team performance through communication, workflow efficiency, and team collaboration. And the paper determined and analyzed the changing role of a leader in an AI-intense environment that still requires the very traits of human-centered leadership to ensure ethical handling and human oversight of the technological potential. From ongoing initiatives, the paper attempts to derive guidance and best practices applicable to school’s organizational leadership, policy makers, and AI developers alike with the intention of contributing to better understanding AI's potential in support of leadership leading to more effective, ethical, and human-centered organizations.