New Manager Development
Promoted on Friday.
Managing on Monday.
Yesterday's best IC is today's new manager. Risely gives them an AI coach, daily skill building, and measurable growth from day one.
Raj's First Week
New Manager Program
Delegation: 2.8/5
15 min with Merlin
"Before your 1:1 today..."
Delegated one task to Priya
How did delegation go?
Great at their job. Unprepared for management.
Someone excels at their work, gets promoted, and discovers that managing people has almost nothing in common with the work that earned the promotion. They don’t know how to run a productive 1:1. They delegate but redo the work themselves. Nobody prepared them.
of new managers underperform in their first two years
CEB/Gartner
of training content forgotten within 24 hours
Ebbinghaus forgetting curve
cost of one failed manager transition
Industry avg including turnover
Workshops build knowledge. Behavior needs daily practice.
This works. Keep it.
Without Risely
With Risely
New managers come to me with the same thing in the first week: 'I have to give feedback to someone who's been here longer than me and I don't know how to do it without sounding like I think I'm better than them.' We work through it together. What to say, how to frame it, what to do if they get defensive. Then they do it. And then they come back and tell me how it went.
Merlin — AI Coach Day one to day ninety. And beyond.
Starts the same day the promotion is announced. No waiting for the next cohort.
Week 1-2
Foundations
- Skill assessment on delegation
- First coaching session with Merlin
- Daily nudges begin
Week 3-6
Core skills
- 1:1s, feedback, delegation
- Coaching on real situations
- Weekly practice activities
Week 7-12
Deepening
- Reassessments show growth
- Complex scenarios with Merlin
- Skill gap refinement
Beyond 90 days
Compounding
- New learning journeys begin
- Skills compound over time
- Coaching their own reports
signup to first conversation
engage in week one
coaching sessions per month
The skills that make or break a new manager.
Running effective 1:1s
Not status updates. Conversations that develop people.
Giving feedback that lands
Without defensiveness. Without damaging the relationship.
Delegation
Handing off the work AND the authority. Not redoing it yourself.
Managing former peers
The awkward transition. Setting expectations without losing trust.
Difficult conversations
Performance issues, pushback, conflict. Practiced before they happen.
Building team culture
From inherited norms to intentional culture. One decision at a time.
Merlin identifies where to start based on the assessment data and builds the journey around it. The new manager doesn’t pick from a catalog.
Data for every stakeholder. HR to C-suite.
HR sees skill improvement data. The CFO sees business impact. Both see proof that the investment is working.
Cohort of 54 new managers · Week 8 of 12
Exportable report ready
Across 54 new managers in 8 weeks
Fewer exits citing "poor management"
New managers effective 40% sooner
vs $3,000-5,000 per cohort workshop
73%
high engagement with daily nudges
26%
avg skill improvement in 12 weeks
82%+
still engaging at day 30
12 min
invite to first nudge
Trusted by teams at
"We searched for a long time for a management training solution that covered all bases for people skills as well as things like time management and organization. But only Risely delivered this for us. Risely's team has been super helpful and responsive, and the AI component, Merlin, is really amazing."
Joy Jones
VP, Your Pet Space
"Risely was on point with its journey maps and coaching content. It was responsive and reinforced concepts in a variety of ways. I feel Risely will be a valuable tool for managers to utilize as they build their muscle in leading others effectively."
Janis Cooper
Head of Leadership and Staff Development, Best Friends Animal Society
Frequently asked questions
What does a new manager development program with Risely include?
Do we still need our leadership workshop if we use Risely?
How long does it take to set up?
Can we customize the program for our organization?
What data does HR see?
How is Risely different from other new manager training platforms?
Why not just use ChatGPT for coaching new managers?
Your next new manager is getting promoted soon. Are they ready?
Every month without a development program is another month your new managers are learning by making mistakes with real teams. Their direct reports notice. Your retention numbers notice.