Who is Anthony Washington Sr.?

Anthony Washington Sr. is a U.S. Army and Maryland Army National Guard veteran, a coach and official of more than twenty years, and the founder of After Today, LLC. He builds leadership training, athletic recruiting education, and people-first AI systems for student-athletes, families, schools, and organizations. He is based in Pennsylvania and works primarily across Pennsylvania and Maryland.

What does Anthony Washington Sr. do?

He works in three connected areas: athletic recruiting education that gives student-athletes and families a repeatable daily process, leadership training for first-time supervisors and public-sector leaders, and people-first AI and workflow implementation for organizations. He also speaks and runs workshops for schools, teams, and districts.

What is athletic recruiting infrastructure?

Athletic recruiting infrastructure is the repeatable system a family or program uses to manage recruiting — film, academics, communication with coaches, eligibility tracking, and follow-up — instead of relying on exposure events and luck. Anthony teaches recruiting as infrastructure so progress comes from a daily practice rather than a seasonal scramble.

What does people-first AI implementation mean?

People-first AI implementation means adopting AI to improve the work without displacing or sidelining the people who do it. In practice that means starting from the actual workflow, keeping a human accountable for decisions, training staff on the tools they will use, and setting guardrails before scale — not buying software and hoping the team adapts.

Who are Anthony's programs designed for?

Student-athletes and their parents, high school and grassroots coaches, athletic programs, schools and districts, first-time supervisors, public-sector leaders, and organizations that want leadership training or help implementing AI without leaving employees behind.

Does Anthony Washington Sr. provide leadership training?

Yes. He trains first-time supervisors and team leads on the first ninety days, difficult conversations, accountability, and building trust, drawing on his military service, public-sector supervision, and coaching experience. Training is delivered as courses, workshops, and organizational consulting.

How can a school, district, or organization work with Anthony?

Schools, districts, and organizations can book speaking engagements and workshops, bring in leadership training for supervisors and staff, or engage him on recruiting support and AI and workflow implementation. Start on the contact page and say which of those you need.

How can I book Anthony Washington Sr. to speak?

Send an inquiry through the contact page with your event date, audience, format, and location. The speaking page lists topics, session formats, and the audiences he speaks to most often.

Where is Anthony Washington Sr. based?

He is based in Pennsylvania and works primarily across Pennsylvania and Maryland, with virtual sessions available beyond that area.

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AI for Leaders: Save Time Without Losing the Human Touch

ai · July 12, 2026

AI can handle routine work so you focus on what machines cannot: building trust, making decisions, and developing your team. Here's how to use it wisely.

You have two choices as a new leader: spend your first 90 days answering emails and formatting reports, or spend them building relationships and understanding how your team actually works. AI can help you choose the second path. But only if you use it the right way.

The mistake most leaders make is treating AI as a replacement for thinking. It is not. AI is a tool for handling the routine work so you have time and energy for the irreplaceable work of leadership: listening, deciding, holding people accountable with respect, and building trust.

Where AI Actually Helps You Save Time

Start with the tasks that drain your day without requiring your judgment. Drafting a first version of an email to your team, summarizing a long document so you understand the key points, organizing your notes from a meeting into action items, or creating a project outline before you refine it; these are all places where AI can do the heavy lifting while you focus on the thinking part.

For example, if you have to write a difficult message to your team about a policy change, you can ask an AI tool to draft a clear, straightforward version. You then read it, adjust the tone to match how you actually talk, add specific examples from your team's situation, and make sure it says what you mean. The AI saved you 20 minutes of staring at a blank screen. You kept your voice and your responsibility for the message.

The same applies to planning. You can ask an AI assistant to help you outline your first 90 days as a supervisor: relationship building, setting clear expectations, establishing a regular one-on-one rhythm, picking early wins. It gives you a structure to start with. Then you customize it based on what you learn from listening to your team in week one.

Where AI Falls Short and Costs You Credibility

Do not use AI to replace the conversations that build trust. Your team needs to hear from you directly, in your voice, about expectations, feedback, and accountability. When you hand a difficult conversation to an AI script, people feel it. They know something is off. Trust gets thinner.

Also verify what AI tells you. AI can sound confident and wrong at the same time. If you are using it to research a policy, check the details against your official sources. If you are using it to draft talking points for a meeting, make sure the numbers are current. Do not let a machine be the last stop before you share something with your team.

The Simple Rule

Use AI for the work that does not require your judgment or your relationships. Keep your judgment and your relationships for the work that does. Save your time on routine tasks so you can spend it showing up, following through, and giving your team the clear structure and warm accountability they need to grow.

That is where real leadership happens. No AI tool can do it for you.

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