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Leveraging AI for Effective People Management

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14 Sep 2026
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Overview

Managers today are under constant pressure to deliver results while balancing communication, reporting, and team development. Artificial intelligence offers an effective way to reduce this load by automating routine tasks, generating high-quality outputs, and making decisions backed by data and insights.

Leveraging AI for Effective People Management is a one-day, in-person AI course for people managers that equips you with hands-on skills to integrate AI into daily work. This practical AI course for managers covers prompt engineering, task automation, communication, content creation, research, and personalised workflows. Each topic is designed for immediate application, ensuring you leave with techniques you can use the next day.

This AI for people management course is delivered in Singapore and enables managers to streamline processes, improve communication quality, and dedicate more time to leading their teams. By the end of the course, you will be prepared to use AI not only to reduce administrative load but also to make better-informed decisions and amplify the impact of your leadership.

Who Should Attend

This 1-day AI course for managers is designed for:

  • Team Leaders managing individual contributors who want to free up time for coaching and strategy
  • Department Managers balancing operational delivery with people development
  • Project Managers coordinating cross-functional teams and multiple priorities
  • HR Business Partners supporting line managers with data-driven insights
  • Middle Managers preparing for senior leadership roles

Ideal for managers who want to integrate AI into their daily work to improve efficiency, communication quality, and decision-making impact.

Learning Outcomes

This course will equip you to:

  • Understand how generative AI supports management effectiveness by applying it to communication, research, and task automation in ways that free time for leadership.
  • Develop prompt engineering skills that produce accurate, tailored responses aligned to managerial needs, boosting efficiency in routine tasks.
  • Streamline communication with impact by using AI to draft emails, prepare meeting notes, structure feedback, and plan for difficult conversations.
  • Enhance content quality and productivity through AI-enabled generation of presentations, reports, and summaries that are clear, relevant, and fit for purpose.
  • Build reusable prompts and workflows by creating templates and frameworks that save time, increase consistency, and deliver personalised AI support for your management tasks.

Course Topics

1. AI Fundamentals and Prompt Engineering Basics

What You'll Gain:

  • Understand how AI interprets and responds to instructions
  • Learn how to structure effective prompts for your needs
  • Practice techniques that produce accurate, relevant outputs
  • Identify and avoid common mistakes that reduce effectiveness

2. GenAI and Communication: Raising Quality and Efficiency

What You'll Gain:

  • Draft professional correspondence quickly and effectively
  • Prepare clear meeting documentation and action summaries
  • Structure constructive feedback for performance discussions
  • Plan challenging conversations with appropriate tone and clarity
  • Enhance overall communication quality and efficiency in your management work

3. Content Creation on Demand

What You'll Gain:

  • Generate structured content for presentations and reports
  • Create professional summaries and executive communications
  • Distil lengthy materials into focused key messages
  • Adapt content across different formats and audiences
  • Apply AI to streamline any content creation task

4. AI for Research, Analytics, and Insight Gathering

What You'll Gain:

  • Use AI to synthesise information from multiple sources quickly
  • Identify trends, patterns, and insights in qualitative data
  • Generate scenario analyses and decision frameworks
  • Extract actionable recommendations from research and reports

5. Creating Personalised AI Workflows

What You'll Gain:

  • Build prompt libraries for recurring management tasks
  • Design templates that maintain consistency and save time
  • Automate routine workflows to increase efficiency
  • Integrate AI approaches into your existing work systems
  • Create reusable frameworks tailored to your management priorities

Why Choose This AI Course For People Managers

Built on Korn Ferry's expertise in leadership development

The course draws on Korn Ferry's decades of experience equipping managers with practical skills that drive performance. Frameworks are proven, immediately applicable, and designed for real management contexts.

Focused on everyday management tasks, not abstract AI theory

Rather than teaching general AI concepts, this practical AI course for managers emphasises hands-on application to the communication, content, and decision-making challenges managers face daily.

Immediate impact – use AI the next day

Every topic is designed for direct application. You leave with prompt templates, workflows, and techniques ready to integrate into your work immediately.

Delivered by experienced practitioners

Facilitated by leadership development professionals who understand the realities of managing teams, not technology specialists teaching theory.

Efficient format for busy managers

Delivered over one intensive day, this AI for people management course maximises learning efficiency while respecting the demands of full-time management roles.

Accessible funding options

Designed to support managers seeking to enhance their leadership capability through AI integration. Please refer to the Programme Fees & Funding section for details.

Course Fees & Funding

Full Course Fee
$1,050* (before funding and GST)

Course Fee Payable

Participant Profile Self-sponsored Company-sponsored
SME Non-SME
Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old $133.35
(after 70% SSG funding, with additional 20% MCES subsidy)
$133.35
(after 70% SSG funding, with additional 20% ETSS subsidy)
$133.35
(after 70% SSG funding, with additional 20% MCES subsidy)
Singapore Citizen < 40 years old / Permanent Resident $343.35
(after 70% SSG funding)
$133.35
(after 70% SSG funding, with additional 20% ETSS subsidy)
$343.35
(after 70% SSG funding)
International Participant $1,144.50
(no funding)
$1,144.50
(no funding)
$1,144.50
(no funding)


The payable course fees reflect the amount after approved course fee grant and subsidies are applied. All fees are in Singapore Dollars (SGD) and inclusive of 9% GST.

SkillsFuture Funding (SSG)
Eligible Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Singapore Permanent Residents (PRs) may receive funding of up to 70% of course fees for SSG-supported courses. Funding levels, eligibility and payable fees are subject to prevailing funding policies at the point of course commencement.

Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES)
SCs aged 40 and above may receive up to 90% course fee funding for SSG-supported courses (subject to meeting baseline funding conditions).
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Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
Eligible SMEs that fully sponsor their SC/PR employees for SSG-supported courses may receive up to 90% course fee funding.
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SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC)
Eligible employers may utilise their SFEC to offset up to 90% of out-of-pocket costs for supported courses.
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SkillsFuture Credit (for Individuals)
SCs aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credit (Base Tier and, where eligible, Mid-Career Tier) to offset payable course fees for eligible courses.
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Course Completion & Certification

To successfully complete the Leveraging AI for Effective People Management course, participants must meet the following requirements:

  1. Attendance: Achieve a minimum of 75% attendance and complete all assigned asynchronous pre-work.
  2. Assessment: Attain a passing score on the post-course assessment, to be completed online within two days of the course.

Participants who meet these requirements will receive a digital Certificate of Completion from Korn Ferry Academy.

Administrative details on attendance tracking, assessment, and funding eligibility can be found in our Terms & Conditions and in the course confirmation email sent to participants.

Course Schedule


14 Sep 2026 (Full)

Frequently Asked Questions

How is this different from general AI training?

This is a manager-specific AI course. Unlike generic AI overviews, it focuses exclusively on the tasks managers do daily (communication, content creation, research, decision support), provides hands-on prompt engineering practice, and delivers reusable workflows you can apply immediately.

Do I need technical or coding skills to attend?

No. This practical AI course for managers is designed for people leaders, not technical specialists. The focus is on using AI tools effectively through prompt engineering and workflow design – no coding required.

What will I leave with at the end of the course?

You will develop practical AI capabilities including prompt libraries, workflows for routine tasks, content creation techniques, and research frameworks that you can apply immediately to your management work.

Who should attend this course?

This 1-day AI course for managers is ideal for Team Leaders, Department Managers, Project Managers, HR Business Partners, and Middle Managers who want to integrate AI into their daily work to improve efficiency and impact.

What is the time commitment?

This is a 1-day intensive course. Sessions run from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. Pre-work (approximately 1–2 hours) is assigned before the course. A post-course assessment must be completed within two days.

Will this course teach me how to build AI systems?

No. This AI for people management course teaches you how to use existing AI tools (like ChatGPT, Copilot, and similar platforms) effectively for management tasks. The focus is on prompt engineering, workflow design, and practical application – not building or programming AI.

What is the attendance requirement?

Participants must achieve at least 75% attendance and complete all assigned pre-work to be eligible for certification.

Is the course delivered in-person or online?

The course is delivered in-person in Singapore. This format enables hands-on practice, live collaboration with peers, and immediate feedback from facilitators.

How quickly can I apply what I learn?

Immediately. Every technique is designed for direct application. Participants typically use the prompt templates, email drafts, and workflows from the course the very next day in their management work.

What AI tools will we use in the course?

The course is tool-agnostic and focuses on principles that work across platforms (ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and similar). You will learn techniques that transfer to any generative AI tool you use.

Jasbir Singh

Jasbir Singh is a Senior Principal in Korn Ferry’s Leadership Development practice, specialising in building strong leadership pipelines and preparing high-potential leaders for senior roles. He has extensive consulting experience, working with organisations to design assessment centres and talent development programmes that identify and nurture future leaders.

As the Head of Curriculum for Korn Ferry Academy, Jasbir designs impactful learning experiences that combine research-based insight with practical application. He also leads Korn Ferry’s graduate recruiting initiatives for the advisory team in Singapore.

Previously, Jasbir was Head of Learning & Development at the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Future-Ready Graduates. He holds a Juris Doctor degree, has passed the Singapore Bar, and earned a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Psychology) from Singapore Management University. He is accredited in multiple psychometric assessments, including Hogan Assessments, Saville Wave Assessment, and the Korn Ferry suite of Assessments.

What Our Participants Say

"The instructor's clear and structured teaching style made complex topics easier to understand, improving both comprehension and retention of the material. Group discussions and interactive activities made learning more engaging and meaningful."

Senior Operations Manager
Information and Communications

"I like that we get to try the AI tools in a more hands-on way. I also appreciate that the course has curated and narrowed down the most useful tools, since there are so many out there and I don’t always have the time or knowledge to figure out which ones are worth exploring. It’s also helpful that the facilitator explained why each particular tool is valuable."

Senior Designer, IT,
Banking and Finance

"It really widened my perspective on how to utilise AI to the fullest, never knew there are steps or guides on how to improve the process, really useful things learned."

Senior Executive, Accounting
Consumer Electronics

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