AI training for business leaders
AI for ManagersDriving Productivity, Innovation & Smarter Decision-Making
Turn everyday management tasks into practical AI-assisted reports, insights, and decisions.
Explore practical AI tools
ChatGPT
Claude
Canva
Copilot
Gemini
1 Day (7 Training Hours)
Managers, team leaders, and business leaders
Johor Bahru & across Malaysia
Course overview
Lead with clearer insights.
Act with greater confidence.
This practical programme equips managers and business leaders with the skills to leverage AI for workplace productivity, business analysis, innovation, and effective decision-making. Participants will explore practical AI tools to streamline management tasks, analyze business information, generate innovative solutions, and improve decision quality. Through hands-on exercises and real-world business scenarios, participants will develop AI-powered management solutions to improve operational efficiency and drive better business outcomes.
Learning outcomes
What you will be able to do
Upon completion of this programme, participants will be able to:
Improve managerial productivity
Identify practical AI applications to improve managerial productivity and operational efficiency.
Prompt with purpose
Apply effective prompting techniques to generate management reports, recommendations, and business communications.
Make informed decisions
Analyze business data and use AI-assisted insights to support informed decision-making.
Develop innovative solutions
Develop innovative solutions and improvement strategies using AI-powered brainstorming and problem-solving techniques.
Build a management dashboard
Build an AI-powered management dashboard using sample business data to identify performance gaps, visualize key KPIs, and generate a practical improvement action plan.
Your one-day learning journey
Six modules.
Practical management outcomes.
Explore the topics and hands-on activity in each module.
Request Course Outline →Learning methodologies
- Case studies
- Group discussions
- Hands-on activities
- Interactive lectures and Q&A
01Understanding AI for Modern Management
What you can achieveIdentify opportunities to use AI to improve daily management efficiency and team performance.
- Introduction to AI and its evolving role in business management
- Understanding generative AI capabilities and limitations
- Exploring practical AI tools for managerial productivity
- Identifying high-value AI applications across business functions
- Responsible AI adoption, data privacy, and human oversight
Activity
Ice-breaking: Participants identify time-consuming management tasks, such as reporting, meeting preparation, data analysis, and decision-making. Groups discuss opportunities to simplify these tasks using AI and select one priority area for improvement.
02AI-Powered Productivity & Effective Prompting
What you can achieveUse AI to prepare management reports, professional communications, and action plans more efficiently.
- Fundamentals of effective prompting: role, context, task, format, and constraints
- Advanced prompting techniques for managerial tasks
- Using AI to draft management reports, proposals, and business communications
- Summarizing lengthy documents, meeting discussions, and business information
- Improving AI-generated outputs through refinement and verification
Activity
Participants transform a set of unstructured meeting notes into a professional management summary with key decisions, action items, responsible persons, and follow-up priorities. They refine their prompts to improve clarity, accuracy, and usefulness.
03Smarter Decision-Making with AI & Data Analysis
What you can achieveTransform business data into meaningful insights and build an interactive KPI dashboard to support management decisions.
- Using AI to analyze business data and identify performance trends
- Understanding key performance indicators and management metrics
- Identifying performance gaps, patterns, and potential risks
- Building interactive KPI dashboards and visual reports using AI
- Applying AI-assisted insights to evaluate options and recommend actions
Activity
Participants upload sample departmental performance data and use AI to build an interactive management dashboard. They identify underperforming KPIs, interpret business trends, and generate three actionable recommendations to improve department performance.
04AI-Driven Innovation & Business Problem-Solving
What you can achieveGenerate innovative ideas, evaluate alternative solutions, and develop practical strategies to address business challenges.
- Applying AI for structured brainstorming and idea generation
- Identifying operational challenges and improvement opportunities
- Using AI to support root cause analysis and problem-solving
- Evaluating alternative solutions through scenario analysis
- Developing actionable business improvement strategies
Activity
Participants work on a business scenario involving declining productivity, rising operational costs, or employee performance challenges. Using AI, they identify possible root causes, brainstorm alternative solutions, and recommend a practical improvement strategy.
05Building AI-Assisted Management Workflows
What you can achieveDesign a repeatable AI-assisted workflow that reduces manual reporting, improves task consistency, and supports team productivity.
- Identifying repetitive management processes suitable for AI
- Designing AI-assisted workflows for reporting and task coordination
- Creating reusable AI prompts, templates, and task instructions
- Exploring AI tools and integrations for workplace productivity
- Establishing review checkpoints and measuring workflow effectiveness
Activity
Participants design a reusable AI-assisted workflow for a recurring management task, such as weekly department reporting, performance reviews, or meeting follow-ups. They test the workflow using sample information and identify opportunities to reduce manual work.
06Recap & AI Implementation Action Plan
What you can achieveDevelop a practical AI adoption plan to improve productivity and decision-making within your department.
- Session recap and review of key learning points
- Reviewing AI opportunities for managerial productivity
- Identifying priority areas for AI implementation
- Developing an individual AI implementation action plan
- Q&A and learning reflection
Activity
Participants develop a 30-day AI implementation action plan, identifying one management process to improve, the AI tools required, implementation steps, and measurable success indicators. Selected participants share their plans for feedback.
Target audience
For the people
leading the work.
- Department Managers and Senior Managers
- Assistant Managers and Team Leaders
- Heads of Department and Functional Leaders
- Operations, HR, Finance, and Sales Managers
- Executives and Senior Executives with managerial responsibilities
Trainer: Viki Ong
HRD Corp Accredited Trainer, with practical recruitment, HR and workplace experience.
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HRD Corp information
Talent Connect is an HRD Corp Registered Training Provider. Course claimability and employer grant eligibility are to be confirmed before booking.
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