This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

366 tools for managing people in one course: 2 downloadable tool files, 240 ready-to-use question lists, templates, checklists, procedures and matrices, 101 models and methods, and 23 services and apps shown on screen.

Open a lecture, take the tool, use it with your team this week.

Why good specialists struggle as managers

A strong specialist is promoted and gets a team. Nobody explains how to hire, how to talk about pay, what to do with a person who has stopped trying or how to say no. The new manager does what feels natural: works more, controls more and takes the hard tasks back. The team waits, and the best people start to look elsewhere.

What changes after this course

You hire people who fit the role. You hold one-on-one meetings that people do not dread. You delegate with clear expectations and give feedback that is heard. You notice demotivation and burnout early. You can explain a salary decision and set goals the team accepts. And you choose a leadership style for the person and the task.

What is inside: 366 tools, counted file by file

You do not have to take this number on trust. Open any lecture and read its description: every tool inside is listed there by name.

• 62 downloadable resources: the lecture presentations and 2 tool files
• 2 downloadable tool files: a leadership style test and a personal energy assessment
• 240 ready-to-use tools inside the presentations:
• 66 question lists and conversation scripts: reference check interview, employee development planning, one-on-one relationship building, five dysfunctions team assessment
• 52 templates and sample documents: candidate outreach message, one-on-one meeting agenda, bonus objectives agreement, individual development plan
• 41 step-by-step procedures and workflows: A-player sourcing, team development, intrinsic motivation goal setting, performance improvement plan
• 41 checklists: employee demotivation audit, coaching preparation, burnout warning signs, new employee induction
• 28 scorecards, rubrics and scoring matrices: results orientation competency rubric, salary increase matrix, RACI matrix, leadership style assessment
• 4 formulas and metric sets: median salary calculation, employee retention metrics, leadership style effectiveness index
• 1 ready AI prompt
• 1 search string
• 6 other working tools: monetary reward decision tree, personal histories team exercise, team effectiveness feedback exercise
• 101 models and methods explained with examples: nine-box grid, Herzberg's two-factor theory, Tuckman's team development, situational leadership
• 23 services and apps shown on screen, from a quick look to a detailed demo: Trello, Asana, Jira, Miro, Notion, Slack, Zapier, 15Five and others

Where the tools are

• People management core (4 sections, 120 tools). Hiring and training, coaching, delegation and motivation, compensation, incentives and retention, workforce development, goal setting and collaboration.
• Advanced people management tools (317 tools in 48 lectures). Hiring and onboarding, team development, leadership styles, pay and bonuses, motivation and retention, talent and succession, goals and metrics, one-on-one meetings, coaching, team meetings, agile work, change, conflict, negotiation and remote teams.
• Lead without micromanagement (4 tools).

Who is teaching

I am Mike, the #1 HR instructor on Udemy, with 1,800,000+ course enrollments from 170,000 students, and the author of about 200 books on Amazon. I built the people system at Preply as it became a unicorn and worked at Wargaming, iDeals and Alfa-Bank across 20 years in HR. I hold PHRi, SHRM-CP and HCI sHRBP certifications and represent HRCI in Eastern Europe.

I became a manager in 2010 at the STB television channel, with a team of about six people that kept growing. I had little management experience. I managed as best I could and thought I was a good manager, but sometimes my employees complained about me. My own manager, the HR director, said that I should work on my management skills and that coaching would be the best way. I trained and started to apply it with my team. I also remember how the channel's CEO opened our one-on-one meetings: "So, how are you?" It showed real interest, and it is very different from jumping straight to the project.

How to use the course

Watch the first four sections in order: they cover a manager's main tasks. Then use the 48 lectures of the advanced section as a reference. Section and lecture titles show how many tools are inside, and each lecture description lists them by name.

What is included

• 62 lectures across 6 sections, 33 hours
• 62 downloadable resources: lecture presentations and 2 tool files
• 366 tools across the lessons, ready to copy into your own work
• A 10-question practice test, a quiz and a role play
• Lifetime access to all materials
• Active instructor support in the Q&A section
• A Udemy Certificate of Completion

Where to start

Schedule a one-on-one meeting with each person on your team. Open the lecture on coaching in one-on-one meetings and take the agenda and the first questions from there. Enrol now and start your first lesson today.