THE ADAPTIVE MANAGER: Essential Management Skills for Changing World
Overview
Every day, managers solve difficult problems, turn organisations around, and achieve astonishing performance. To be successful, every organisation needs good managers.
The role of management is evolving beyond traditional oversight—modern managers must now integrate AI-driven decision-making, workforce analytics, and digital collaboration tools to maximize team performance, efficiency, and engagement. AI-powered insights are transforming how managers delegate, motivate, and drive strategic execution, making future-fit management skills essential for success.
This AI-Enhanced Management course prepares managers to blend traditional leadership techniques with AI-driven insights, ensuring they are equipped to lead efficiently, optimize decision-making, and future-proof their leadership approach.
Develop the managers in your business and increase organisational performance
The nature of management is to motivate and coordinate others to cope with diverse and far-reaching challenges. Managers set up the conditions that help other people perform well. In the past, many managers exercised tight control over employees. But the field of management is undergoing a revolution that asks managers to do more with less, to engage whole employees, to see change rather than stability as natural, and to inspire vision. This management skills training course will provide managers with the tools and techniques to perform effectively in the modern business world. Helping them to inspire their team and set engaging targets to increase their chances of ensuring success.
Price: $5,000.00
5-Day Training Program (4 Hours per Day)
Delivery Methods
- Self-discovery and critique
- Group exploration and facilitator led discussions
- Practical exercises
- Best practice theory exploration.
Objectives:
By the end of this programme, participants will:
- Understand their management style and use it to effectively react to team requirements.
- Apply goals, strategy, objectives and tasks to help prioritise and meet departmental outcomes.
- Leverage AI-powered decision-making tools – Use AI-driven data to improve prioritization, problem-solving, and execution.
- Enhance delegation & feedback with AI-powered insights – Learn how AI assesses productivity and provides performance recommendations.
- Concentrate on the important aspects of their work by delegating non-essential tasks.
- Provide employees with timely performance feedback and achieve smart conversations.
- Manage innovative meetings and communicate important business requirements.
- Motivate and inspire employees to ensure business success.
- Develop a future-proof leadership strategy – Adapt to AI-driven business trends, digital transformation, and workforce evolution.
Programme Outline
Day 1: Foundations of Management & Self-Awareness
Theme: Understanding the role of management and self-awareness in leadership.
Session 1: Introduction & Expectations (40 min)
- Welcome & Icebreaker: What do you expect from this training?
- Overview of the five key tasks of managers
- Management as a Product: How can management be continuously improved?
Session 2: Understanding Your Management Style (50 min)
- Self-Assessment: Complete a management style questionnaire
- AI-Powered Leadership Style Assessment: How AI-driven insights help managers understand their leadership impact and adaptability.
- Reflection: Strengths, areas for improvement, and when to adapt styles
☕ Coffee Break (20 min)
Session 3: Setting Goals & Priorities (60 min)
- Hierarchy of goal setting: Strategy → Objectives → Tasks → KPIs
- Activity: Create a SMART goal for your role
- AI & Data-Driven Goal Setting: How AI-powered planning tools align team objectives with business strategy.
- Prioritization Techniques (Pareto Principle & Eisenhower Matrix)
Session 4: Application & Wrap-Up (50 min)
- Prioritization exercise: Apply techniques to workplace tasks
- Reflections & takeaways
Day 2: Execution – Delegation & Feedback
Theme: Managing work effectively through delegation and performance feedback.
Session 1: Mastering Delegation (50 min)
- Why managers struggle with delegation
- Structured delegation approach (Delegation log & RACI matrix)
- AI-Driven Workload Distribution & Task Delegation: How AI-powered tools help managers assign tasks based on skills and productivity trends
- Case Study: Delegation in action
Session 2: Delegation Practice (50 min)
- Activity: Apply delegation framework to a real work task
- Feedback & discussion
☕ Coffee Break (20 min)
Session 3: Giving Performance Feedback (60 min)
- Why feedback matters (Growth vs. criticism)
- SBI (Situation-Behaviour-Impact) framework
- AI-Powered Feedback Optimization: How AI-driven sentiment analysis improves feedback effectiveness and employee response.
- Role-play: Providing feedback in different scenarios
Session 4: Feedback Application & Wrap-Up (40 min)
- Action planning: How to apply delegation & feedback skills immediately
- Reflections & takeaways
Day 3: People Management – Engagement & Motivation
Theme: Engaging and motivating teams for high performance.
Session 1: Understanding Employee Engagement (50 min)
- What drives engagement? (Trust, autonomy, recognition)
- Case Study: How engagement impacts productivity
- Discussion: What engages your team?
Session 2: Motivating Teams (50 min)
- Motivation theories (Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic)
- TEDTalk Video & Discussion: New perspectives on motivation
- AI & Personalized Motivation Strategies: How AI-powered coaching tools provide customized motivation techniques for individual employees.
- Activity: Design a simple motivation strategy for your team
☕ Coffee Break (20 min)
Session 3: Performance Management Conversations (60 min)
- How engagement & motivation link to performance
- Structuring effective 1:1 conversation
- Role-play: Conducting an effective performance discussion
Session 4: Overcoming Resistance & Wrap-Up (40 min)
- Handling disengagement, low motivation, or resistance
- Group problem-solving exercise
Reflections & takeaways
Day 4: Strategic Thinking & Execution Excellence
Theme: Aligning execution with strategic thinking for long-term success.
Session 1: Strategic Thinking in Management (50 min)
- Thinking beyond day-to-day tasks
- AI for Strategic Thinking & Decision-Making: How AI-powered predictive analytics helps managers make data-driven business decisions.
- How daily work connects to business strategy
- Discussion: How do your tasks contribute to business success?
Session 2: Decision-Making & Problem-Solving (50 min)
- Common decision-making biases
- Problem-solving techniques (Root Cause Analysis, 5 Whys)
- Activity: Solve a real-world management problem
☕ Coffee Break (20 min)
Session 3: Managing Change & Adaptability (60 min)
- Why managers need to embrace change
- Case Study: Successful change management
- Exercise: Personal adaptability plan
Session 4: Creating an Action-Oriented Culture (40 min)
- Building accountability within teams
- Action planning: What changes will you make in your management approach?
- Reflections & takeaways
Day 5: Recap, Action Planning & Establishing New Habits
Theme: Reinforcing learning, creating commitment, and applying new skills.
Session 1: Review & Key Takeaways (50 min)
- Team challenge: Summarize key learnings from each day
- Open Q&A and reflections
Session 2: Action Planning for Implementation (50 min)
- Draft a personal management improvement plan
- Accountability partners: Pair up and commit to progress check-ins
☕ Coffee Break (20 min)
Session 3: Overcoming Real-World Challenges (60 min)
- Concerns about applying the learning?
- Group problem-solving: Handling obstacles in real work settings
Session 4: Final Commitments & Closing (40 min)
- Future state learning: How to continue growing as a manager
- The Future of AI in Management: How AI-driven business intelligence continues to transform leadership roles and workforce planning.
- Personal commitment statements
- Final reflection: One word to describe your key takeaway
Why this flow works:
✅ Balanced Sessions: Each session is around 50-60 minutes to maximize engagement.
✅ Daily Coffee Breaks: 20-minute refreshers ensure sustained focus.
✅ Practical Application: Role-plays, case studies, and action planning throughout.
✅ Sustainability: Day 5 ensures participants leave with a clear implementation plan.
This isn’t just about management—it’s about mastering the future of leadership with AI-powered intelligence and human-cantered strategy. 🚀