Be the Manager People Won't Leave

Course details

In Be the Manager People Won’t Leave, author and workplace expert Laurie Ruettimann shows you how to build trust, communicate clearly, and lead with empathy, integrity, and adaptability in today’s fast-changing, AI-driven workplace. Laurie shares practical ways to create stability; foster learning and growth; and strengthen team connection across hybrid and digital workplaces. After completing this course, you’ll be better equipped to lead with confidence, compassion, and credibility—the qualities that make people stay.

Learning objectives
Build organizational trust and stability.
Evaluate management practices through the lens of empathy, equity, and digital fluency.
Apply strategies that promote learning, adaptability, and psychological safety.
Apply leadership techniques that reinforce fairness, accountability, and resilience.

Concepts

Introduction

Building workplaces people don't want to leave

Get Them to Stay - the Basics

Be someone people trust, no matter what
Be an example of integrity
Be an advocate for change
Chapter one - Learning break

Inspire Them to Grow - the Core Work

Be obsessed with learning and development
Be open to another way
Be relentlessly inclusive
Chapter two - Learning break

Help Them Love Their Work - the Challenge

Be a next-level mentor
Be a fun-loving boss
Be a leader who isn't afraid to love
Wrap up