Power Skills That AI Can’t Replace

An Open Letter from Chloé Taylor Brown to CHROs, L&D Leaders, and Future-Ready Executives. What happens when leadership is no longer defined by title—but by presence? And what if the greatest skill you can develop right now… can’t be automated?

Dear Leaders,

We are at a turning point.

AI is accelerating. Strategy is shifting. And in boardrooms across the globe, the question echoing loudest is no longer “Can we perform?” It’s: “Can we lead with humanity in an age of machines?”

I’ve asked myself that question for decades—long before it was trending.

The Conference Room, The Creative Studio, The Real Work

In corporate conference rooms and creative studios alike, I’ve worked with high-level women who could command a meeting but felt disconnected from their message. Founders and VPs. Marketers and mothers. Brilliant professionals carrying silent grief, quiet doubt, or performance pressure.

What I’ve learned: we’re not lacking skill—we’re lacking alignment.

Back then, we didn’t have the language for it. But I knew what I was witnessing.
It was the absence of what we now call Power Skills:

• Emotional Intelligence

• Adaptability

• Cultural Fluency

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Presence

That’s Why I Created the PEP

In 2010, I worked with a couple of brilliant "tech minds" and developed the Personal Excellence Profile® (PEP) to use in my private practice to help clients see themselves more clearly, align with their own brilliance, and lead with authentic excellence.

It wasn’t a personality quiz. It was a mirror.

Today, through The PEP Institute, the PEP has evolved into a tech-enabled transformation tool—one that reveals a person’s frequency of excellence across 12 core life and leadership abilities.

It’s the data under the decisions. The map under the mission. The alignment under the achievement.

When the Future Called

Years ago, I received a phone call from Marvin Ellison, then Senior Executive Vice President of U.S. Stores and Operations at Home Depot. He had just experienced my work and said:

“Chloé, what you’ve done is beyond miraculous. We’re creating a program for you to work with our high-potential women.”

Today, Marvin serves as Chairman and CEO of Lowe’s.

That opportunity was shaped in collaboration with Ann-Marie Campbell, whose brilliance helped make it possible—and who now holds the very position Marvin once did. That’s what visionary leadership does—It leaves echoes. And those echoes are rising now.

The Invitation: A Frequency Shift for Leadership Teams

That's Why We've Launched Power Skills That AI Can’t Replace

A 2-hour, micro-learning, PEP-powered leadership activation for modern teams. This is not just a workshop. It’s a frequency reset designed for today’s reality and tomorrow’s demands.

Inside the Experience:

• ✔️ Real-time PEP assessment

• ✔️ Embodied micro-coaching

• ✔️ Strategic role play

• ✔️ Measurable growth in core Power Skills

We begin with truth. We meet your leaders where they are. We guide them into new presence, emotional clarity, and cultural alignment.

I’ve watched this process work:

• With executives who looked successful but felt spiritually flat

• With high-achieving women reclaiming space in systems not built for their brilliance

• With teams exhausted by change and ready for meaning

This is more than upskilling. This is HR 3.0 in motion—people-first, tech-enabled, soul-aligned.

Are You Ready to Lead Differently?

If you’re a CHRO, Head of L&D, or culture-forward executive ready to rise with this moment—
this is the leadership evolution your people have been waiting for.

💼 Book a Discovery Call

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With grace + power,

Chloé Taylor Brown
Founder & CEO, The PEP Institute