About
We train managers to do the parts of the job nobody taught them
Most people are promoted for being good at the work, then asked to do a completely different job with no preparation at all.
We started in 2008 after watching the same pattern repeat inside one client after another: strong individual performers promoted into management, handed a title and a team, and left to work the rest out alone. The training on offer was either a one-day workshop that changed nothing, or an executive course priced for a few at the top. We built what was missing.
We agree what behaviour has to change before we design anything at all, then we test whether it shifted in practice.
Our mission
To make good management ordinary, so the quality of a working life does not depend on the luck of who you report to.
Our vision
A workplace where promotion comes with preparation, and where managers get the skill before they get the team.
22
Facilitators on faculty
18+
Years in practice
310+
Client organisations
240+
Cohorts delivered
What we offer
Three things we do, and they are usually bought in that order by the teams we work with
Capability diagnostics
Interviews, manager surveys and observation, so the programme is built on what is actually missing, not on a guess.
Programme delivery
Live cohorts, virtual or in the room, capped at sixteen so everyone practises rather than watches.
Manager coaching
One-to-one sessions for the people carrying the hardest teams, alongside the cohort or on their own.
Flexible plans
Choose the level of access that fits the size of the team you train
$149/mo
Team — up to 10 seats
Core curriculum, self-paced, with one live group session each month for the cohort.
$259/mo
Department — 50 seats
Everything in Team, plus monthly live workshops and briefings for the line managers.
$389/mo
Enterprise — unlimited
Everything in Department, plus a custom-built track and a dedicated faculty lead.
