Management Training That Drives Real Business Results

Build better managers. Strengthen performance. Reduce risk. Improve retention.

Manager Method is a manager effectiveness platform that gives managers the practical training, tools and ongoing support they need to lead effectively - while giving HR a simple system to roll out, manage and measure.

Management Training That Drives Real Business Results

Build better managers.
Strengthen performance.
Reduce risk.
Improve retention.

Manager Method is a manager effectiveness platform that gives managers the practical training, tools and ongoing support they need to lead effectively - while giving HR a simple system to roll out, manage and measure.

“Your Business is Only as Strong as Your Managers.”

Manager Method isn’t one-and-done leadership training. It’s a system that helps managers build skills, apply them on the job and get support when real challenges arise - while giving HR the visibility and tools to make it easy to manage.

“Your Business is Only as Strong as Your Managers.”

Manager Method isn’t one-and-done leadership training. It’s a system that helps managers build skills, apply them on the job and get support when real challenges arise - while giving HR the visibility and tools to make it easy to manage.

Build the skills. Drive execution. Reduce risk. Scale the system. Measure the result.

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BUILD THE SKILL

Give managers practical skills they can use immediately.

Courses

Ready-to-use manager development covering the skills managers need to lead effectively, from foundational management to challenging real-world situations. Every course runs on Pause-Consider-Act, the leadership operating system from Ashley Herd’s book The Manager Method.

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02

DRIVE EXECUTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Turn what managers learn into what they actually do, and hold the line once they do it.

AI Tools

The Manager Method AI Coach prepares a manager for the specific situation in front of them. Dedicated AI tools for accountability, feedback, performance and coaching turn each conversation into a documented plan of action.

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03

REDUCE RISK IN THE MOMENT

Give managers the right tool at the moment a situation comes up.

Toolkits

Practical resources managers use in the flow of work to navigate conversations, decisions and everyday leadership challenges.

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04

SCALE WITHOUT ADDING HEADCOUNT

Your HR team runs the program at scale, alongside the work already on their plate.

HR Impact Center

Rollout schedules, cohort facilitation decks, communication templates and prepared answers to the objections you will hear.

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05

MEASURE MANAGER EFFECTIVENESS

Set a baseline, compare against peers, and track movement year over year.

Insights and measurement

Understand engagement and application, and connect manager effectiveness to the outcomes that matter most to the business.

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BETTER MANAGERS. STRONGER ORGANIZATIONS.

Lower escalation volume

Reduced regrettable attrition

Documented performance decisions

Success readiness

Consistent execution

BETTER MANAGERS. STRONGER ORGANIZATIONS.

Lower escalation volume

Reduced regrettable attrition

Documented performance decisions

Success readiness

Consistent execution

Build the skills. Drive execution. Reduce risk. Scale the system. Measure the result.

01

BUILD THE SKILL

Give managers practical skills they can use immediately.

Courses

Ready-to-use manager development covering the skills managers need to lead effectively, from foundational management to challenging real-world situations. Every course runs on Pause-Consider-Act, the leadership operating system from Ashley Herd’s book The Manager Method.

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02

DRIVE EXECUTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Turn what managers learn into what they actually do, and hold the line once they do it.

AI Tools

The Manager Method AI Coach prepares a manager for the specific situation in front of them. Dedicated AI tools for accountability, feedback, performance and coaching turn each conversation into a documented plan of action.

▲

03

REDUCE RISK IN THE MOMENT

Give managers the right tool at the moment a situation comes up.

Toolkits

Practical resources managers use in the flow of work to navigate conversations, decisions and everyday leadership challenges.

▲

04

SCALE WITHOUT ADDING HEADCOUNT

Your HR team runs the program at scale, alongside the work already on their plate.

HR Impact Center

Rollout schedules, cohort facilitation decks, communication templates and prepared answers to the objections you will hear.

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05

MEASURE MANAGER EFFECTIVENESS

Set a baseline, compare against peers, and track movement year over year.

Insights and measurement

Understand engagement and application, and connect manager effectiveness to the outcomes that matter most to the business.

▲

BETTER MANAGERS. STRONGER ORGANIZATIONS.

Lower escalation volume

Reduced regrettable attrition

Documented performance decisions

Success readiness

Consistent execution

BETTER MANAGERS. STRONGER ORGANIZATIONS.

Lower escalation volume

Reduced regrettable attrition

Documented performance decisions

Success readiness

Consistent execution

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Your managers are expected to lead

- but most have never been shown how, leaving gaps that your team can feel.

Why It Matters

Gallup research shows that 70% of what drives employee engagement - how your people perform and how much they care about their work - comes down to one thing: their manager.

The 9 Manager Gaps We're Built To Close

Goal
Alignment

Corporate goals that never make it to the team level.

Authority & Accountability

The "friend first" manager who can't hold the line.

Frontline
& Field Teams

LMS completion near zero for non-desk managers.

Documentation Risk

Conversations that happened but left no paper trail.

Hiring & Onboarding

New hires who churn before they can contribute.

New Manager Transition

The promoted star who can't stop being a peer.

Feedback & Documentation

Vague feedback that creates legal exposure.

Delegation & Growth

The manager who hoards high-visibility work.

Manager Self-Sufficiency

HR as the default triange team.

If your managers are winging it, your teams feel it. But when you give your managers practical tools and a clear system to lead with confidence, you’re not just checking a box - you’re building stronger teams, keeping your best people and making sure your investment in manager training shows up in real results.

What a Lack of Training & Resources Costs a 250- person Company...

$1.5M

...in wasted payroll

$500K

...in turnover and ramp

$300K

...in failed leadership hires

Calculate Your Manager ROI

Meet Ashley

Ashley - a former McKinsey and Yum! Brands leader - is the creator of Manager Method, a LinkedIn Top Voice in Management, and one of the most trusted voices in HR and leadership today.

She's helping thousands of companies build better managers - with training that actually sticks.

See our Customer Stories

Meet Ashley

Ashley - a former McKinsey and Yum! Brands leader - is the creator of Manager Method, a LinkedIn Top Voice in Management, and one of the most trusted voices in HR and leadership today.

She's helping thousands of companies build better managers - with training that actually sticks.

See our Customer Stories

Better Managers.
Better Business.

Give your managers the practical skills, tools and support they need

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