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

By April Lewis

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H4YXS1HY
• ISBN13: 9798180555519
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"