Manager

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Still the Manager.

A practical guide to leading, reviewing, and standing behind AI-assisted work. Independent, tool-neutral, and built for real work.

Manager guide and toolkit Works with or without Sharpen

Your team is already using AI. Your job just got bigger.

Accountability does not transfer to the tool. When AI-assisted work goes out under your team's name, you're still the one who has to stand behind it. This guide helps you manage the work, the people, and the risks with confidence, without becoming a technical expert.

"AI may assist the work.
You're still the manager."

Practical tools. Clear guidance. Real-world support.

Everything here is built to be used the same week you get it, not read once and shelved.

Ready to use

Practical tools

A full toolkit of templates, checklists, and conversation guides you can put to work right away.

Judgment, not guesswork

Confident oversight

Know how closely to review AI-assisted work, so you catch problems without slowing your team down.

Step by step

A clear path forward

A guided plan to build momentum, settle into a steady rhythm, and handle the everyday moments as they come up.

No dependencies

Built to fit your team

Stands on its own, and pairs with Sharpen if your team already uses it.

Manager Guide and Toolkit

One guide. Built to help you before the work, during it, and after it's done.

What's inside

A complete manager's system for overseeing AI-assisted work, from setting expectations to reviewing output to responding when something goes wrong.

Format

Interactive digital guide, fillable fields built in

Built for

Frontline and middle managers, team leads

Requires

No specific AI tool or platform

Pairs with

Sharpen Employee Digital Playbook (optional)

Digital guide

Still the Manager

$37.99

Interactive digital guide · Fillable fields built in · Instant download

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Already using Sharpen? Get this together with the Employee Digital Playbook and AI Agent Digital Playbook for $84.99. See the bundle →

Still the Manager, Employee Digital Playbook, and AI Agent Digital Playbook bundle

Managing employees who use Sharpen? Get this together with the Employee Digital Playbook for $59.99. Get the bundle →

Still the Manager and Employee Digital Playbook bundle

Also overseeing AI agents? Get this together with the AI Agent Digital Playbook for $59.99. Get the bundle →

Still the Manager and AI Agent Digital Playbook bundle

Still deciding?

Here is the honest answer to the questions we hear most.

Do I need to use Sharpen to use this guide? +

No. Still the Manager stands entirely on its own. It works with any approved AI environment, training program, or organizational policy your company already has in place. If your employees use the Sharpen Employee Digital Playbook, this guide reinforces the same behaviors from the management side, but it is not required.

Is this a substitute for my company's AI policy? +

No. This guide helps you apply and enforce whatever policy your organization already has. Where your organization's policy is more restrictive than anything suggested here, your policy governs. This is management guidance, not legal, compliance, or HR policy.

Do I need to be technical to use this? +

No. This guide is built for managers who need to oversee AI-assisted work without becoming engineers or AI specialists. If you can run a normal performance conversation, you can use every tool in this guide.

What if I am not satisfied? +

This guide is backed by a 30-day guarantee. Read it, apply the tools, and if it does not help you manage AI-assisted work with more clarity and confidence, we will refund you within 30 days.

Zero risk. 30 days.

Download the guide, apply what's inside, and see how it changes how you manage AI-assisted work. If it does not help, we will refund you within 30 days. No questions. No friction.