Be the Manager People Won't Leave
24mBeginner2026-03-31
Authors
Laurie Ruettimann
HR leader turned writer, speaker, and entrepreneur
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.
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.
Skills covered
Talent ManagementLeadership SkillsHuman ResourcesLeadership and ManagementDeep Dive (X:Y)
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