the AI-Ready Manager: Leading teams through AI transition.

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 producesconsistent practice- - Hiring for the AI era - updated job descriptions, interview rubrics, - Performance reviews with AI in the picture - what to measure, how to givefeedback, 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 conversationtemplates ready to use this week- About the author. April Lewis is the founder of the National AICertification Board and the author of the proposed ANSI/IACET 2-2026 Standardfor AI Governance, Ethics, and Risk Management. She is the developer of the AIAwareness curriculum certified by the Texas Department of Information Resources under HB 3512. Book 5 in the AI Field Guides Series.