For people managers & HR teams

Practice the conversation
before it matters

Most managers avoid difficult conversations - not because they do not care, but because they have never had a safe place to practise. Prep the Convo changes that.

Prep the Convo
Career development · Fiery Red · Resistant to feedback
Deliver feedback clearly and kindly
Coach me
Roleplay
How do I open this?What questions help them think?What if their goals don't fit the role?
Where to start with your Fiery Red team member

Your opening line: "I want to talk about your career path - specifically where you see yourself heading and how we make sure you're set up to get there. I've got about 20 minutes now if that works."
Personalised feedback after every session
built for people managers
6 conversation types including performance, wellbeing, conduct & salary
Colour Works personality framework built in
Coach mode + roleplay mode
The problem

The conversations that matter most
are the ones managers avoid the most

Not because they do not care - but because they have never been taught how to have them, and have never had a safe space to practise.

01

Avoidance is expensive

Performance issues left unaddressed become culture problems. The longer a conversation is delayed, the more it costs - in team trust, productivity, and manager credibility.

02

Training without practice does not stick

Managers leave workshops knowing what good looks like but still freeze when it matters. Knowledge is not the same as capability. Practice is what builds confidence.

03

Every employee is different

Generic scripts do not work. A conversation with someone who avoids conflict requires a completely different approach to one with someone who gets defensive. Context is everything.

How it works

Personalised practice in four steps

Tell the platform about the conversation you need to have and the person you are having it with. It does the rest.

Step 1

Choose your conversation

Performance, wellbeing, conduct, salary, boundaries, or a situation you describe yourself.

Step 2

Profile your team member

Select their energy type using the Colour Works framework, and how they typically behave under pressure.

Step 3

Coach me or roleplay

Get tailored guidance from your coach, practise the live conversation with an AI that responds like your team member - or do both.

Step 4

Review your feedback

Receive a personalised summary with specific feedback on how the conversation went and what to take into the real thing.

The Colour Works framework

Your AI responds like the actual person

Select their energy type and the platform adapts how the AI responds - in real time, in a way that reflects how that person actually behaves under pressure.

Earth Green

Introvert / feeling

Caring, avoids conflict, needs to feel psychologically safe before they can be honest.

Sunshine Yellow

Extrovert / feeling

Enthusiastic and social, needs warmth and connection before they can hear hard feedback.

Cool Blue

Introvert / thinking

Analytical, needs evidence and time to process. Will push back if the logic does not add up.

Fiery Red

Extrovert / thinking

Direct and driven, respects bluntness. Gets frustrated by vague or overly diplomatic managers.

Two modes

Coach me, roleplay, or both

Start with coaching to build your approach, then practise the real conversation. Or go straight into roleplay if you want to test yourself first.

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Coach me

Get tailored guidance on how to approach the conversation - what to say, how to open, what questions to ask, and how to handle the moments that typically derail managers. Built around the specific person and situation you have described.

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Roleplay

Practise the conversation in real time. The AI responds as your team member - with their personality, their pressure responses, their likely objections. You get a full session transcript and personalised feedback when it ends.

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I'd been putting off a performance conversation for three weeks. After one session on Prep the Convo, I actually felt ready to have it. The roleplay caught every response I wasn't prepared for.
People Manager - Early beta user
Conversation types

Every conversation a manager
needs to be ready for

From the conversations most managers dread to the ones they simply never had support with.

Performance managementWellbeing & mental healthConduct & behaviourSalary & compensationCareer developmentBoundaries & expectationsGiving difficult feedbackManaging sickness & absenceConflict between team membersAddressing attitude or motivationCustom situation
Who it's for

Built for people teams who want
managers that actually manage

The platform is designed for organisations that take leadership capability seriously.

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Heads of People & HR Directors

Stop firefighting the fallout from conversations that never happened. Give your managers the confidence to act early, before issues become formal.

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L&D and People Operations leads

Complement your existing manager training with a tool that turns knowledge into real practice. Something managers can return to before any high-stakes conversation.

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Managers who want to lead well

For the manager who knows what they should say but freezes when they need to say it. Prep the Convo is the safe space to practise - without it affecting a real person.

Early access

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