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Consultants Should Proudly Disclose Their Gen AI Use To Clients

You shouldn't try to hide that you're using Gen-AI tools from clients. You should be able to proudly highlight how you used them to achieve the best results for your clients.

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Richard Millington
Dec 08, 2025
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Why Would You Be Worried About Disclosing You Used Gen-AI?

A coaching client recently asked whether they need to disclose their use of AI tools to a client.

There are two answers to this: a simple one and a more complex one.

The first answer is simple. The very fact that they’re asking the question suggests a troubled conscience. No one feels the need to disclose or hide their use of Grammarly for grammar and spell-checking, so why are you conflicted about Gen-AI?

And you should disclose it for that reason alone.

Why let your mind hold a burden you don’t need to?

Yet, I can see the dilemma. Won’t the client feel they could have done the work themselves if you’re using AI tools? Are they paying you to type prompts into ChatGPT?

But that’s a little like…

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