For Managers Under Pressure

Your managers don't
need another course.
They need help before
the 2:00 meeting.

Athena is a just-in-time performance coach who knows your company, your industry and your policies. She gives managers and their teams expert guidance on the situation in front of them, backed by five-minute lessons from 180+ experts. Your L&D team builds skills in the flow of work for every employee, without adding headcount.

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More work, no time to learn,
and fewer people who want the job.

40%

of stressed leaders have considered leaving leadership altogether.

DDI, Global Leadership Forecast 2025. 10,796 leaders in 50+ countries.
47%

of managers say more is expected of them than a year ago, and they have to work harder.

Gartner, 2026 survey of 2,947 employees and managers.
53%

of employees say heavy workloads leave little room for training, even when they need it.

TalentLMS 2026 L&D Report. 1,000 U.S. employees.

Managers can't step away for a two-day workshop, and L&D teams don't have the people to coach every one of them. Skills have to reach managers in the few minutes they have between meetings, on the problem in front of them that day.

That is what QuickCoach was built to do.

Help at the moment it's needed.
Back to work in minutes.

1:30 PM

A situation comes up.

A manager realizes her 2:00 one-on-one will include feedback her direct report won't want to hear.

1:32 PM

She asks Athena.

She describes the situation. Athena draws on 35 coaching tools and your company's policies to help her plan what to say.

1:40 PM

She practices it.

Athena role-plays the conversation with her, then suggests a five-minute expert lesson on giving difficult feedback.

2:00 PM

She walks in ready.

Just enough, just in time, and just for her. No course to schedule, no workshop to wait for.

Not another generic AI.

General AI assistants can search your files. Athena is built to coach, set up by your L&D team, and grounded in expert content.

1

She knows your company.

Your team loads Athena with your own documents: leave policies, tuition benefits, your leadership model. She coaches with them and shares the right one when it applies.

2

She's backed by experts.

Her guidance comes from 3,000+ lessons by 180+ business authors and executive coaches, not the open web.

3

She helps you get it done.

She doesn't just reflect your questions back. She works through the problem with you and hands you a tool to use today, from 35 coaching tools.

Named to Training Industry's 2026 Watch List for AI Coaching & Learner Support Tools.

Microlearning since 2001. Now with a coach that knows your business.

Dave Ulrich
"AI is ushering in a human-capability revolution. HR's role will shift to something even more strategic: making sure the workforce is always developing the skills, knowledge, and abilities to learn and adapt."
Dave Ulrich
Rensis Likert Professor, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Ranked #1 Management Thinker by Thinkers50
QuickCoach Expert

A performance coach for every employee.
Tools for the team behind them.

Start with Athena. Clio and the expert library support her, and your L&D team.

For Managers & Employees

Athena

Coaching That Gets It Done

A performance coach who works through the problem with you and leaves you with a tool to use today, backed by 3,000+ expert lessons.

  • 35 coaching tools, 7 categories
  • Uses your own documents
  • Suggests lessons in the chat
Meet Athena
For Your L&D Team

Clio

Programs in Hours, Not Weeks

The AI consultant for your L&D team. Clio diagnoses gaps, designs programs and builds business cases with 26 L&D tools.

  • Executive-ready business cases
  • Program blueprints and guides
  • Needs analysis to evaluation
Meet Clio
Expert Content

QuickCoach Library

3,000+ Lessons. One License.

Five-minute lessons from 180+ business authors and executive coaches. Deliver them through Athena, your LMS or a link.

  • Link, embed or SCORM
  • Unlimited views, no seat fees
  • Captions in 10 languages
See the Library

Need a no-login resource for managers? See Management Survival Skills →

See a lesson for yourself.

Our library spans hundreds of topics from 180+ published experts. Here's a sample from Dr. Mary Kelly.

Dr. Mary Kelly
Book by Dr. Mary Kelly
Book by Dr. Mary Kelly
Sample lesson with Dr. Mary Kelly
63% of managers say they feel burned out or checked out, and that stress erodes judgment long before it shows. Toughness is not something you are born with; it is built before the pressure hits. Dr. Mary Kelly shares four habits that build resilience.

Give every employee a coach
that knows your company.

See Athena working with your own policies, your leadership model and our expert library, set up for an organization like yours.