Effective Training Associates

AI-Ready Manager

AI-Ready Manager

TAILORING
We can tailor the training to your specific needs by gathering input from managers on current AI use, challenges, tools, and priorities.

OVERVIEW

This interactive workshop equips managers with the knowledge and confidence to integrate generative AI into their daily work. Through hands-on exercises, discussions, real-world management scenarios, and guided practice, participants explore how AI can streamline administrative tasks, strengthen communication, support coaching conversations, enhance creativity, and improve strategic thinking.

Rather than replacing managerial expertise, participants learn how to use AI as a trusted thought partner while maintaining accountability, critical thinking, and ethical decision-making.

Each manager leaves with practical tools, reusable prompts, and a personalized AI action plan that can be implemented immediately to improve effectiveness and lead with confidence in an AI-enabled workplace.

KEY TOPICS                                                       

  • Understand the evolving role of managers in an AI-enabled workplace.
  • Identify practical opportunities to use AI to increase productivity and efficiency.
  • Building trust, transparency, and authentic relationships while using AI
  • Exploring commonly used generative AI tools for workplace productivity
  • Write effective prompts that generate higher-quality AI outputs.
  • Use AI as a strategic thought partner for brainstorming, planning, and decision-making.
  • Improve coaching, feedback, and communication with AI-assisted preparation.
  • Increase efficiency by using AI for meeting preparation, task prioritization, and written communications.
  • Recognize AI risks, limitations, ethical considerations, and organizational compliance requirements.
  • Know when human judgment and expertise should guide decisions
  • Develop a personalized action plan for responsible and effective AI adoption.

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Robert Decker

ROBERT BECKER

Management & Leadership Advisor

ROBERT BECKER brings over twenty years of experience as a facilitator, coach, and learning strategist across the technology, healthcare, and financial services industries. For more than a decade at Salesforce, he led global management development programs that reached thousands of managers each year—shaping the company’s leadership culture through initiatives like Manage the Salesforce Way, Manager Certification, and Managing at Salesforce.

Earlier in his career, Rob held leadership roles at American Express, Visa, and Blue Shield of California, where he designed and delivered programs that helped leaders elevate performance, engagement, and the employee experience.

In front of a room, Rob is part strategist, part storyteller, and part stand-up comedian—believing that learning sticks best when people are laughing and leaning in. His sessions are dynamic, grounded, and human-centered, reflecting his core values of clarity, creativity, and customer experience. As an instructional designer, he’s known for transforming complex leadership ideas into practical, actionable insights that managers can immediately apply.

A Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) practitioner, Rob brings depth in both coaching and assessment, helping leaders understand how they think, connect, and lead more effectively.

When not facilitating, Rob can often be found behind a camera lens—applying his creative eye to photography and finding new ways to see the world.

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