Webinar Replay
Building better managers without a bigger HR team.
See how a manager effectiveness system gets new managers ready, keeps routine questions off HR’s desk and shows leadership the results.
If you lead HR or People Development at your organization:
Have a demo with us before November 30, and we’ll give you personalized ROI data you can use to get Manager Development in your 2027 budget.
What We Covered
Two HR leaders, a look inside the system, and the questions HR asks most.
We promote people for being the best at the job they’re leaving, then rarely train them for the one they’re walking into. That leads to canceled one-on-ones, managers fixing the work themselves instead of developing their teams, and every hard conversation landing on HR’s desk.
Chris Robinson, HR Director at Shepherd Electric Supply and the company’s first HR hire, on building manager development for working managers who are out in the field, not behind a desk. He also shared what happened when the manager he least expected to participate finished all of Manager 101 in a weekend.
Andrea Emrick, HR Manager at Sakata Seed America, on taking about 120 managers through cohorts on her own, why her executive team went through Manager 101 too, and how it became the baseline for new and future managers. She also covered why they added the toolkits and AI Coach in year two.
The rollout toolkit that lets HR launch without building anything, the tools managers use the day after training, the AI Coach managers turn to before HR (including how it handles security and privacy), and the data that shows leadership what changed.
54%
of managers were promoted for being the best at the job they're leaving. Only 3% were assessed on the one they're walking into.
Over half
of HR teams lose half a day or more every week to situations a manager should have handled.
65%
of organizations do nothing structured after a manager attends training.
Source: 2026 State of Management Survey, Manager Method
“Managers who have completed Manager 101 will now reach out to me and say, ‘I have someone on my team who needs to be in that next cohort.’ Manager training at Sakata has evolved from mandatory training into something managers are actually requesting for their teams.”
ANDREA EMRICK, PANELIST FROM Sakata Seed America
“You don’t need a bigger team, or an extra hour in your day, to build better managers. You need a system your team can run.”
Ashley herd, founder, manager method
Manager gaps rarely look like manager gaps.
They look like a strong hire who quietly checks out, a policy nobody follows past the day it was written, and an HR team explaining, again, why the same issue keeps resurfacing.
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Have a demo with us before November 30, and we’ll give you personalized ROI data you can use to get Manager Development in your 2027 budget