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    Five business professionals sit around a table in a modern office, overlaid with digital network graphics and a transparent world map, suggesting global connectivity.

    Leverage AI for business management to improve team performance

    Managing people well takes focus, empathy, and structure. Leading with AI: Managing People teaches you how to build better teams through clarity, accountability, and trust. You’ll learn to use AI for managing teams to streamline performance tracking, feedback, and communication and see how artificial intelligence can make management faster and fairer.

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    Leading with AI: Managing People

    AI is strengthening how managers lead, coach, and communicate. This AI for business leaders course helps professionals harness technology to manage teams with more precision and less friction. You’ll learn how to set expectations, track progress, and give meaningful feedback, supported by the practical use of AI for business management tools.

    This course blends classic management disciplines with AI for managing teams, giving you the structure to run better meetings, monitor performance intelligently, and coach with clarity and confidence.

    Hybrid course schedule

    July 2: Self-paced, online GenAI 101
    July 9: In person in Indianapolis, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    July 16: Live virtual, 9 to 11:30 a.m.
    July 23: Submit project for digital badge (optional)
    Fee: $1,495 per person (IU alumni, IU staff, and team discounts available)

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    Learning objectives

    By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

    • Set the foundation: Establish role clarity, define goals, and build simple, sustainable rhythms for check-ins.
    • Track performance the right way: Define meaningful metrics, distinguish actionable feedback, and identify performance trends early.
    • Build coaching and feedback skills: Deliver specific, timely feedback that supports growth and accountability.
    • Handle the hard moments: Navigate underperformance and conflict, and reset plans with confidence.
    • Use AI as a management assist: Draft feedback notes, prepare 1:1 agendas, and summarize team trends using AI to save time and strengthen clarity.

    Interested in bringing this program to your company or organization? Email kelleypd@iu.edu to discuss our custom program options.

    Want to learn more?

    Fill out the form below to request more information.

    Showcase your new skills

    Each course offers the opportunity to complete an optional Action Learning Project, applying course concepts to a real organizational challenge you face. Participants who complete this project earn a digital badge, a verifiable credential you can showcase on platforms like LinkedIn.

    Leading with AI: Managing People Badge

    Build toward a professional certificate

    Complete four courses from the Leading with AI professional development series and earn the Kelley Professional Certificate in AI Leadership.

    Course outline

    Asynchronous, online introduction to the course, including short pre-reading assignments and an overview of GenAI

    Hands-on practice and peer discussion; one day, in person (Indianapolis)

    Use case clinic: 2.5 hours of live, online, instructor-led training

    Create and submit an Action Learning Project tailored to your organization

    Course details

    • Format: Combination of asynchronous online, live online, and in-person classes
    • Schedule: July 2 to July 23; in person in Indianapolis on July 9, live online on July 16 from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
    • Discounts: Available for IU alumni, staff, groups of three or more participants, and purchases of four or more courses*

    *Purchase four or more courses in the Leading with AI series and receive a $1,500 discount. Pay a total of $4,480 (regularly $5,980), a 25% savings.

    Meet your instructor

    Erik Gonzalez-Mule

    Erik Gonzalez-Mulé

    Associate Chair of the Kelley Direct Program

    Erik Gonzalez-Mulé, PhD, is the Randall L. Tobias Chair in Leadership and a professor of organizational behavior and human resource management in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Kelley School of Business. He is the associate chair of the #1-ranked Kelley Direct Online MBA Program.

    His research interests include stress, team composition, and counterproductive work behavior. Erik has published his research in leading academic journals, such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and the Journal of Management. He has won research and teaching awards from the Academy of Management (the premier academic organization for management scholars), and his research has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, CBS, and other major media outlets. Erik serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology.

    Erik holds a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Iowa. He also holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in management and psychology from the University of Florida. He is married with a daughter and two dogs, and his interests include hiking, chess, and vintage watches.

    Questions?

    Email us at kelleypd@iu.edu and a member of our team will be happy to assist you.

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