AI for Managers & Leaders
Quickly empower your executive teams and senior leaders to harness generative AI for strategic advantage, innovation, and deft navigation of this rapidly emerging technology.

Upcoming Sessions
Session with asterisk (*) are guaranteed to run
Course Format and Delivery
Delivery Method: LiveOnline
Schedule: 2 sessions of 4.5 hours
Cost: $695 USD
All sessions are delivered live by an expert instructor in a fully interactive online environment.
*20% off for group bookings when booking 3 or more attendees from the same organization on the same course dates in the same transaction.
About this course
Equip yourself with the leadership skills necessary to effectively manage and integrate generative AI within your teams.
This workshop focuses on practical strategies for fostering innovation, leading tech-driven change, and leveraging AI for enhanced team performance and decision-making.
You will learn how to align AI initiatives with organizational goals, manage cross-functional AI projects, and cultivate a culture that supports continuous learning and adaptation.
What you will earn
This course will contribute 8 PMI® Professional Development Units (PDUs) towards your chosen certification (2 Ways of Working, 3 Power Skills and 3 Business Acumen).
What you will learn
- Foundational AI Knowledge for Leaders: Understand the capabilities and limitations of current AI technologies and how they can be applied to enhance team operations.
- Strategic Implementation: Learn strategies for the effective implementation of AI tools within your teams to optimize workflows and increase productivity.
- Leading Change: Develop skills for driving and managing technological change, focusing on techniques for overcoming resistance and fostering an AI-adaptive culture.
- Team Dynamics and AI: Explore the impact of AI on team dynamics, roles, and responsibilities, and how to manage them effectively.
- Ethics and Governance: Address ethical considerations and develop governance strategies to ensure responsible use of AI within teams.
What you will need
There are no prerequisites for the AI for Managers & Leaders class. This is a beginning level course suitable for those without any previous experience using AI.
This course is great for
- Leaders, managers and anyone wanting to understand the implications of AI on their teams and to leverage and implement AI for strategic advantage.
Topics Covered
- Introduction to Leadership Needs Emerging from AI
- Overview of AI technologies relevant to management
- Potential impacts on team structures and workflows
- Strategizing AI Integration
- Identifying AI opportunities in team operations
- Aligning AI projects with organizational objectives
- Workshop Activity: Creating an AI integration roadmap for your team
- Leadership in the Age of AI
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- Techniques for leading through technological change
- Building and leading cross-functional AI integration teams
- Optimizing Team Performance with AI
- Leveraging AI for decision support and performance enhancement
- Case Studies: Successful team transformations through AI
- Ethical Leadership and AI Governance
- Navigating ethical issues in AI application
- Developing an AI governance framework for your team
- Workshop on AI and Team Dynamics
- Managing changes in roles and skills due to AI adoption
- Fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning
- Metrics and Measurement
- Defining and tracking success metrics for AI initiatives
- Tools for monitoring AI impact on team effectiveness
- Q&A, Discussion, and Action Planning
- Addressing specific challenges faced by participants
- Developing personal action plans based on workshop insights
- Wrap-up and feedback session
Facilitated By

Chris Knotts
Facilitator
Chris Knotts, is an enterprise learning leader and hands-on instructor who teaches AI, data, and technical agility to real-world teams. He delivers high-impact training for engineers, product teams, and business leaders—helping them understand emerging technology and immediately apply it in their daily workflows.
With two decades of experience across software engineering, DevOps, data platforms, and AI enablement, Chris is known for breaking down complex concepts with clarity, humor, and practical relevance. He teaches both technical practitioners and leadership cohorts, bridging the gap between strategy and execution, vision and application.
Beyond delivery, Chris designs the programs he teaches - often in collaboration with customers - creating role-based learning pathways, AI literacy training, strategy workshops, and real-world labs and exercises. His specialty is helping organizations adopt AI responsibly and quickly, speed up skills development, and build internal capability rather than rely on slideware.
Chris has led training and enablement portfolios for many Fortune organizations and government agencies, including Apple, Cisco, the US Marines, Fidelity Investments, the Department of Homeland Security, the American Bureau of Shipping, H&R Block, and many others. His training programs encompass AI, data engineering, DevOps, and enterprise agility. Today he continues to facilitate workshops, teach private enterprise cohorts, and advise L&D teams on scaling up modern capability-building programs.
Questions about this course?
Phone: 1-800-373-7028
Email: info-us@softed.com
We'd love to have the opportunity to discuss how we can assist your business.