The AI-Ready Manager: Leading teams through the AI transition. (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798180555519)

The fundamentals are the same. The application is new.

For managers leading real teams through real change right now - The

AI-Ready Manager is the operational playbook for hiring, performance,

change management, and the conversations that build capability in the AI era.

Inside, you'll find:

• Defining your team's AI posture - the one-page document that produces

  consistent practice

• Hiring for the AI era - updated job descriptions, interview rubrics,

• Performance reviews with AI in the picture - what to measure, how to give

  feedback, career paths that work

• Rolling out AI to your team - managing resistance, communicating up,

  surviving the messy middle

• 5 team rituals, 6 manager checklists, and 5 difficult conversation

  templates ready to use this week

About the author. April Lewis is the founder of the National AI

Certification Board and the author of the proposed ANSI/IACET 2-2026 Standard

for AI Governance, Ethics, and Risk Management. She is the developer of the AI

Awareness curriculum certified by the Texas Department of Information

Resources under HB 3512.

Book 5 in the AI Field Guides Series.