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Once you understand how to work with generative AI, the next step is applying it across the parts of your job that take up the most time and energy: managing yourself and leading your team. This course, based on the HBR Guide to Generative AI for Managers, walks through ten real areas of managerial work, from email and time management to team creativity, conflict resolution, and complex problem-solving, and shows you where generative AI fits as a Co-Pilot for fast execution and where it works better as a Co-Thinker for deeper reasoning. You'll build practical skills for using generative AI to write and communicate more effectively, reflect on your leadership style, run better meetings, support your team's creativity, and navigate harder moments like conflict and ambiguous problems. By the end, you'll have a concrete set of ways to bring generative AI into your day-to-day leadership, not just your individual output.

Syllabus

Self-Management Tasks That Are Enhanced with Gen AI
- Before diving into specific tasks, it helps to see the whole picture. This chapter maps the two ways generative AI can support your self-management: as a Co-Pilot for productivity, and as a Co-Thinker for personal growth, so you know where to focus first.
Gen AI for Personal Productivity
- Between emails, scheduling, and information overload, your day can disappear before the real work even starts. Learn how to use generative AI as a Co-Pilot to manage your inbox, prioritize your time, and summarize information faster.
Gen AI for Content Generation
- Writing and slide-building eat up hours that could go toward better thinking. Learn how to use gen AI to draft, refine, and structure written content and presentations, without losing your own voice in the process.
Gen AI for Personal Growth
- Growth as a leader depends on honest reflection and hard-to-get feedback. Learn how to use gen AI as a thinking partner to reflect on your leadership style and get more value out of the feedback you receive.
Gen AI for Persuasive Communication
- High-stakes moments, like speeches, interviews, and big presentations, reward preparation. Learn how to use gen AI to rehearse, refine your message, and anticipate tough questions before you're in the room.
Team-Management Tasks That Are Enhanced with Gen AI
- Managing a team pulls you in two directions at once: keeping the day-to-day running smoothly, and leading people through harder, more judgment-driven moments. This chapter maps where generative AI fits on both sides, so you know where to start.
Gen AI for Team Operational Support
- Meetings, goals, and task tracking are where a lot of managerial time quietly disappears. Learn how to use gen AI to run tighter meetings, set clearer goals, and keep execution visible.
Gen AI for Team Creativity Support
- Great teams need the right mix of people and a steady flow of strong ideas. Learn how gen AI can support team composition decisions and enhance brainstorming, without replacing your own judgment.
Gen AI for Leading Teams
- Leadership means shaping purpose, designing meaningful work, and navigating conflict. Learn how gen AI can support you as a thought partner in each of these harder, more judgment-driven parts of the job.
Gen AI for Complex Problem-Solving
- When your team hits a hard problem, the instinct is to jump to solutions. Learn how to use gen AI to frame the problem correctly first, diagnose root causes, and tell a clearer story about what needs to happen next.