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Your managers don’t need another training day.They need development that sticks.

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

Manager Method turns training into development, with practical courses, live cohort kits and an AI coach that help managers at every level drive performance without driving people out the door.

Built for HR to easily launch. Made for managers to actually use.

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Ashley Herd Manager Method

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.

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Your managers don’t need another training day.They need development that sticks.

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

Manager Method turns training into development, with practical courses, live cohort kits and an AI coach that help managers at every level drive performance without driving people out the door.

Built for HR to easily launch. Made for managers to actually use.

Book a Demo
Ashley Herd Manager Method

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.

Book a Demo

How it works

Built to fit around the job, not on top of it.

Managers don’t have to miss a full day of work. They build skills in bite-sized pieces and put them to work right away.

  1. Ashley Herd, founder of Manager Method, smiling at her desk

    1 · Learn

    Practical courses

    Scenario-based lessons led by Ashley Herd, with tools managers can put into action right away, from effective 1:1s to delegation and Skill vs. Will checklists. Includes Manager 101, Manager 201 and Employee Success.

    Short, practical modules

  2. 2 · Apply

    Done‑for‑you cohort kits

    Rollout communications, slides and role-plays are done for you, so HR can run live cohorts where managers practice before it counts.

    Ready to run, even if you’re not a trainer

  3. 3 · Embed

    AI Coach in the flow of work

    Real-time guidance inside Slack, Teams, mobile or web, built on the same expert content as our courses. When a situation needs specific guidance, it points managers to HR.

    Trusted answers, at their fingertips

  4. 4 · Prove

    Results HR can show

    Everything HR needs to launch, run and show results: HR Toolkits, a Manager Effectiveness Diagnostic, benchmarks and a dashboard.

    Scored, benchmarked and documented

Your managers are expected to lead.Most were never shown how.

Without structured training, execution gaps emerge -
directly impacting your team's productivity and your bottom line.

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 managers.

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 managers.

Manager Method

The 9 manager gaps we're built to close

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The 9 manager gaps we're built to close

Goal Alignment Manager Method
Goal
Alignment

Corporate goals that never make it to the team level.

Authority & Accountability Manager Method
Authority & Accountability

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

Frontline & Field Teams Manager Method
Frontline
& Field Teams

LMS completion near zero for non-desk managers.

Documentation Risk Manager Method
Documentation
Risk

Conversations that happened but left no paper trail.

Hiring & Onboarding Manager Method
Hiring
& Onboarding

New hires who churn before they can contribute.

New Manager Transition Manager Method
New Manager Transition

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

Feedback & Documentation Manager Method
Feedback & Documentation

Vague feedback that creates legal exposure.

Delegation & Growth Manager Method
Delegation
& Growth

The manager who hoards high-visibility work.

Manager Self-Sufficiency Manager Method
Manager Self-Sufficiency

HR as the default
triage 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.

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

Build the Skill
BUILD THE SKILL

Give managers practical skills they can use immediately.

Courses
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.

Drive Execution Manager Method
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.

Reduce The Risk Manager Method
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.

Scale without adding headcount Manager Method
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.

Measure Manager Effectiveness Manager Method
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.

Fewer employee relations escalations

Less regrettable turnover

Better-documented performance decisions

Managers
ready to lead

More consistency
across teams

Better managers. Stronger organizations.

Fewer employee relations escalations

Less regrettable turnover

Better-documented performance decisions

Managers ready to lead

More consistency across teams

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What a lack of training & resources costs a 250‑person organization...

Ashley Herd Manager Method

$1.5M

...in wasted payroll

$500K

...in turnover and ramp

$300K

...in failed leadership hires

Calculate Your Manager ROI

Meet Ashley

 

Ashley Herd is the founder of Manager Method, a LinkedIn Top Voice in Management and a former HR executive, General Counsel and leadership advisor who has helped organizations build stronger leaders at every level.

Drawing on experience at organizations including McKinsey & Company and Yum! Brands, Ashley combines deep expertise with a practical, conversational approach that helps leaders, from restaurant managers to consulting partners, build high-performing teams and scale leadership practices that fit their business.

 

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Meet Ashley

Ashley Herd is the founder of Manager Method, a LinkedIn Top Voice in Management and a former HR executive, General Counsel and leadership advisor who has helped organizations build stronger leaders at every level.

Drawing on experience at organizations including McKinsey & Company and Yum! Brands, Ashley combines deep expertise with a practical, conversational approach that helps leaders, from restaurant managers to consulting partners, build high-performing teams and scale leadership practices that fit their business.

See our Customer Stories

Better managers. Better business.

Practical manager development that helps leaders perform, coach and deliver results.

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