The AI-Enabled Manager: Using GenAI to Coach, Lead, and Multiply Team Performance
Managers today are overwhelmed by an endless cycle of meetings, feedback conversations, talent development, and performance demands—while also being asked to drive AI transformation. GenAI presents an unprecedented opportunity not just to increase productivity, but to fundamentally reimagine the role of the manager from task dispatcher to growth catalyst. In this session, Angela will showcase top use cases for using GenAI to augment leadership capabilities, accelerate team performance, and drive adoption across the organization. You’ll see how AI can be used to surface unseen coaching opportunities, detect employee sentiment, and generate personalized feedback prompts. You’ll experience how GenAI can role-play difficult conversations—helping managers prepare for high-stakes discussions with greater empathy and confidence. With experience in scaling Microsoft AI businesses, leading marketing teams, and working as a career coach, Angela will share tools and frameworks for using GenAI in coaching, performance management, and culture-building. Attendees will receive resources to help their teams implement AI with consistency and confidence.
Angela Byers is an accomplished senior marketing executive with more than two decades of expertise in driving growth and innovation within the technology and SaaS sectors at renowned organizations such as Microsoft and McKinsey. Her experience includes revitalizing mature SaaS product lines (such as Dynamics 365), launching new ventures (Microsoft Viva), and positioning AI-powered solutions as market leaders (Microsoft 365 Copilot). In her capacity as a coach, Angela supports aspiring and emerging leaders—including those who may not align with conventional extroverted leadership styles—in developing confidence, achieving clarity, and producing measurable results. She has received recognition through Microsoft's Pinnacle Award (top 0.02%) for her excellence in business and people transformation.