Ashley Herd

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I help managers drive results without driving people out the door | Founder, Manager Method | Author + Speaker | Scalable Manager Training | LinkedIn Learning Instructor | HR Besties Podcast

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Most managers were never actually taught how to manage.

I know because I spent 20+ years watching what happens when they aren't.

As an employment lawyer at Ogletree Deakins, I saw lawsuits that never should have happened. Often they involved a manager with no bad intentions. They just didn't know what to do.

Then I moved into Legal and HR leadership roles at places like Yum! Brands and McKinsey - from restaurant managers to senior consultants. And I saw that leaders in these very different environments had very simlar problems.

How to hire the right people. How to give feedback without being mean. How to drive performance without driving people out the door.

As a lawyer, I experienced simulations on high-stakes issues like data breaches - scenario-based practice where people actually retained what they learned. So I thought: why aren't we doing this for management?

Most training is a one-day workshop, forgotten by Friday - and it requires flying someone in every time. Expensive. Hard to scale. Doesn't stick.

So I built Manager Method differently. On-demand content gives managers and employees a foundation they can access anytime. Then HR and L&D teams - the ones actually dealing with these issues - lead live cohorts to bring it to life. Your team runs it. And you get everything done for you.

Because training only managers leaves half the equation out. Employees need these skills too.

I've trained over 350,000 managers through in-person and online training - including courses on LinkedIn Learning. If you've found me on social media, you can bring the expertise directly to your team.

Management isn't a personality trait. It's a skill. And skills can be taught.

Here's where to start (find everything at managermethod.com):

➤ Subscribe to the weekly newsletter — real-world situations, practical guidance, every week

➤ Read The Manager Method — the Pause-Consider-Act framework for the hard stuff

➤ Take Manager 101 — foundational training for managers who want to lead with confidence

➤ Explore Employee Success — because great workplaces aren't built by managers alone

➤ HR or L&D leader? Book a demo — your team gets everything they need to make it stick

➤ Listen to HR Besties — the podcast for honest conversations about the workplace

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