New
AI leadership program

Taking the lead with AI

Empower your managers to turn AI ambition into real business impact.

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Trusted by 500+ organizations in 120+ countries

Only 5% of AI programs deliver real business impact.


The differentiator isn’t technology.
It’s leadership.

Empower your managers to be the engine of AI transformation

As the bridge between strategy and execution, managers turn AI potential into business reality. Our AI leadership program empowers them to:

  • Design realistic experiments close to daily work
  • Coach teams through change
  • Measure and scale what works
  • Create alignment between strategy and execution

Our key services

Empower your middle-managers and leaders to move AI from a boardroom slide to a business reality.

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* Program timeline can be adapted to individual needs
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3-4
Week 5-6
1,5h - virtual

A powerful starting point to inspire and align frontline leaders.

Understanding the magnitude of AI transformation

Realistic use cases: potential and challenges

Your company’s AI vision and leadership role

2h - self-paced e-learning

Develop the intuition and sensitivity needed to work effectively with AI.

Functional knowledge development

Spotting opportunities for AI in daily work

Ensuring quality output and responsible usage

5h - (virtual) classroom

Leading yourself and AI initiatives with confidence.

Framing your personal leadership journey

Driving adoption without having all the answers

Scoping initiatives and evaluating AI solutions

5h - (virtual) classroom

Guide teams through experimentation and change.

Coaching innovators, majority adopters, and those more resistant to AI

Managing resistance and emotional dynamics

Making tough decisions: stop, scale, or pivot initiatives

1,5h - (virtual) reinforcement session

Turning learning into measurable results.

Leveraging collective intelligence

Capturing hard and soft impact

Celebrating growth and reinforcing adoption

Why managers are the  key to your AI strategy

Move to structural enablement

Don't just chase basic productivity. We empower managers to reimagine strategy and integrate AI into core operations.

Bridge the tech-human gap

AI raises the floor, but your people raise the ceiling. We develop the intuition leaders need to ensure quality outputs and use coaching to amplify AI’s impact.

Drive value through experiments

Move from theoretical slides to action. We equip leaders to identify, scope, and launch high-potential AI initiatives that deliver measurable business value.

Build resilience

Transformation requires leading through ambiguity. We train managers to handle workflow redesigns, manage emotions, and know exactly when to scale or stop an initiative.

The path to an AI-enabled organization

AI awareness is common. AI Impact isn't it. We help you close that gap.

01

AI Aware

Teams understand AI but don’t structurally apply it in daily work.

02

AI Enabled

Teams experiment, integrate AI into workflows, and leaders guide adoption.

03

AI Augmented

Organizations innovate with AI at scale and continuously improve how people and technology collaborate.

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AI-enabled?

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Measuring success: From skill application to business ROI

We move beyond basic completion rates to track real-world impact and value AI brings to your bottom line. We help you track:

Experiments

Number of AI experiments launched

Involvement

Workforce involvement and adoption

Value

Business outcomes and ROI

Resilience

Change resilience and engagement metrics

AI won't transform your business - your leaders will

Before launching, we work with you to define the right success metrics - ensuring your AI initiative becomes part of the 5% that drives real impact.
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Proven results,
measurable impact

Learn how our clients turn learning into lasting business growth.

70%
Increase in sales offers
9.6/10
Training experience rating
asset
100%
Recommend a program

Why people leaders choose Lepaya

“It can be difficult to find a training partner that understands the context of your organization. Often training courses are broader and on the general side. But with Lepaya, I feel understood, having to only use a few words. Lepaya has the expertise to understands our industry, and is also a tech partner with a Microsoft Teams integration.”

Anneke Nobel
HR Business Partner, Fellowmind

“The way of learning that Lepaya offers is already adapted to the ever-changing world and the challenges we're facing.”

Tessa Jobben
HR Program Manager, pladis

“I've always enjoyed working with Lepaya because of that whole business partnering approach [...]. Lepaya is always structured with: What are your business goals, and what can we do to support them? So that structure absolutely helps in making it a tangible benefit that I can see every year.”

Johandri Kieck
Global Learning and Development Manager at Hunkemöller

“Being a tech scaleup we are hiring the best professionals in the market and are moving very fast. Scalability is a key consideration when we need to make a decision. Lepaya understands this and is right there when you need them.”

Ruben Vermaak
Global Director of People Development, Bynder

Why your AI ROI depends on your managers

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When managers actively champion AI adoption, employees are:

2.1x
more likely to use AI frequently
6.5x
more likely to find AI tools useful for their work
8.8x
more likely to say AI helps them do their best work

Yet, a gap in leadership readiness is stalling progress:

95%
of AI pilots fail when leadership isn’t equipped to enable the change.
1/6
organizations have no clear C-level owner for AI adoption.
<28%
of employees feel supported by their manager in using AI.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does “AI enablement” mean for organizations?

AI enablement means equipping teams with the skills, behaviors, and workflows needed to integrate AI into daily work in a responsible and effective way. It focuses on improving decision-making, collaboration, and business outcomes - not just increasing tool usage.

What skills become more important in an AI-enabled workforce?

Critical thinking, problem solving, stakeholder communication, empathy, decision-making, and change leadership become essential. As AI automates parts of work, human skills that guide context, judgment, and collaboration increase in importance.

Why do many AI initiatives fail to deliver ROI?

Many organizations focus heavily on tools and compliance rather than leadership, culture, and experimentation. Research shows that most success factors in AI adoption relate to people and organizational dynamics, not technology alone.

Who should lead AI transformation inside a company?

Middle management plays a critical role because they are close to daily workflows and teams. They can design practical experiments, coach employees, and translate strategy into execution while maintaining alignment with leadership goals.

What is “Taking the Lead with AI”?

A training program for middle-managers and leaders that helps organizations move from AI awareness to practical enablement through experimentation, skills, and measurable business impact.

Who is the program for?

Primarily middle management and leaders responsible for driving AI initiatives and guiding teams through change.

How do you measure the success of an AI enablement training program?

Key metrics typically include the number of AI experiments launched, workforce participation, adoption rates, efficiency improvements, and measurable business impact such as revenue growth, productivity gains, or improved customer outcomes.

Ready to enable AI adoption in your organization?

From AI awareness to AI-enabled performance through leadership, experimentation, and measurable skill application.