The easiest way to improve employee engagement
Skill Up Leader helps your company to increase employee engagement and profitability with AI leadership coaching
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Companies worldwide achieve their targets with Skill Up Leader
You want to improve employee engagement - you are at the right place
An average company looses up to 5% of their EBITDA every year due to disengaged employees. Even small drops in engagement lead to more sick days, higher turnover, and lower productivity - costing companies millions.
With Skill Up Leader your company can get more accountable and skilled team leaders, engaged teams, and measurable improvements in performance
With Skill Up Leader your company can get more accountable and skilled team leaders, engaged teams, and measurable improvements in performance
Our standard AI leadership simulation
Imagine if all your team leaders mastered these topics and applied them every day. That would be possible with Skill Up Leader`s 8-minute micro-learning sessions
Feedback with SBI
Your team leaders will learn how to deliver clear, practical feedback that helps employees improve and grow
Feedback with DESC
Your team leaders will build confidence in leading structured feedback conversations, even in challenging situations
Feedback with EEC
Your team leaders will practice giving balanced feedback that strengthens performance while maintaining trust
Bonus communication
Your team leaders will strengthen their ability to communicate bonus decisions clearly while maintaining motivation and engagement
Employee termination
Your team leaders will learn to handle difficult termination conversations with professionalism, clarity, and respect
Denied promotion
Your team leaders will practice delivering tough promotion decisions in a constructive way that supports future growth
Role change communication
Your team leaders will improve how they guide employees through role changes with transparency and reassurance
Scope negotiation
Your team leaders will practice aligning priorities, responsibilities, and expectations with confidence
Salary negotiation
Your team leaders will develop stronger skills for navigating salary discussions fairly and effectively
Flexible work negotiation
Your team leaders will learn how to create work arrangements that balance employee needs with business goals
Employee disengagement
Your team leaders will gain the tools to recognize and address disengagement before it impacts results
Poor performance
Your team leaders will strengthen their ability to address underperformance with clarity, accountability, and support
Behavioral issues
Your team leaders will learn to address challenging behaviors while protecting team culture and standards
Career conversations
Your team leaders will become more effective at supporting employee growth through meaningful development discussions
Performance reviews
Your team leaders will improve how they conduct structured performance reviews that inspire progress
Self reflection
Your team leaders will strengthen their leadership through thoughtful self-assessment
Team reflection
Your team leaders will improve team outcomes through stronger reflection on collaboration and performance
Employee reflection
Your team leaders will deepen their understanding of individual employee development
Stakeholder reflection
Your team leaders will build stronger leadership capabilities across peers, stakeholders and senior management.
Company reflection
Your team leaders will develop broader strategic awareness of organizational performance and direction
Situational leadership
Your team leaders will learn how to adapt their leadership style to maximize employee performance
Servant leadership
Your team leaders will strengthen their ability to lead through support, trust, and empowerment
Employee value proposition
Your team leaders will better understand what attracts, motivates, and retains employees
Maslow motivation theory
Your team leaders will explore how human needs influence motivation and performance
Herzberg motivation theory
Your team leaders will gain insight into what drives employee satisfaction and engagement
Psychological safety
Your team leaders will learn how to foster environments where employees feel safe tocontribute and perform.
Kotter change model
Your team leaders will build stronger capabilities for leading successful organizational change
Four-sides communication model
Your team leaders will improve communication by understanding the deeper dynamics behind conversations
Harvard negotiation method
Your team leaders will strengthen negotiation skills through proven strategic frameworks
Team conflict with TKI model
Your team leaders will learn practical approaches for managing and resolving team conflict
Elevator pitch with storytelling
Your team leaders will improve how they communicate ideas clearly and persuasively
Coaching with GROW model
Your team leaders will develop coaching skills that unlock employee growth and performance
Our standard AI leadership simulation
Imagine if all your team leaders mastered these topics and applied them every day. That would be possible with Skill Up Leader`s 8-minute micro-learning sessions
Vorbereitung
Ihre HR-Abteilung wählt die teilnehmenden Teamleitungen aus und bereitet sie einfach mit unseren Vorlagen vor
Kickoff Umfrage
Die Mitarbeitenden der Teamleitung füllen eine anonyme 10-minütige Umfrage als Datengrundlage aus
Coaching Sessions
Personalisiertes Coaching Programm für die Teamleitung mit 5x wöchentlichen 20-minütigen KI Coaching- Einheiten
Endumfrage
Nach einer 4-wöchigen Implementierungszeit Durchführung einer 5-minütigen Endumfrage der Mitarbeitenden, um den Erfolg zu messen
Bericht
Ihre HR-Abteilung erhält einen Bericht, der den Nutzen der Investition zeigt und Ideen für weitere HR-Projekte gibt
Feedback with SBI
Your team leaders will learn how to deliver clear, practical feedback that helps employees improve and grow
Feedback with DESC
Your team leaders will build confidence in leading structured feedback conversations, even in challenging situations
Feedback with EEC
Your team leaders will practice giving balanced feedback that strengthens performance while maintaining trust
Bonus communication
Your team leaders will strengthen their ability to communicate bonus decisions clearly while maintaining motivation and engagement
Employee termination
Your team leaders will learn to handle difficult termination conversations with professionalism, clarity, and respect
Denied promotion
Your team leaders will practice delivering tough promotion decisions in a constructive way that supports future growth
Role change communication
Your team leaders will improve how they guide employees through role changes with transparency and reassurance
Salary negotiation
Your team leaders will develop stronger skills for navigating salary discussions fairly and effectively
Scope negotiation
Your team leaders will practice aligning priorities, responsibilities, and expectations with confidence
Flexible work negotiation
Your team leaders will learn how to create work arrangements that balance employee needs with business goals
Employee disengagement
Your team leaders will gain the tools to recognize and address disengagement before it impacts results
Poor performance
Your team leaders will strengthen their ability to address underperformance with clarity, accountability, and support
Behavioral issues
Your team leaders will learn to address challenging behaviors while protecting team culture and standards
Career conversations
Your team leaders will become more effective at supporting employee growth through meaningful development discussions
Performance reviews
Your team leaders will improve how they conduct structured performance reviews that inspire progress
Self reflection
Your team leaders will strengthen their leadership through thoughtful self-assessment
Team reflection
Your team leaders will improve team outcomes through stronger reflection on collaboration and performance
Employee reflection
Your team leaders will deepen their understanding of individual employee development
Stakeholder reflection
Your team leaders will build stronger leadership capabilities across peers, stakeholders and senior management.
Company reflection
Your team leaders will develop broader strategic awareness of organizational performance and direction
Situational leadership
Your team leaders will learn how to adapt their leadership style to maximize employee performance
Servant leadership
Your team leaders will strengthen their ability to lead through support, trust, and empowerment
Employee value proposition
Your team leaders will better understand what attracts, motivates, and retains employees
Maslow motivation theory
Your team leaders will explore how human needs influence motivation and performance
Herzberg motivation theory
Your team leaders will gain insight into what drives employee satisfaction and engagement
Psychological safety
Your team leaders will learn how to foster environments where employees feel safe tocontribute and perform.
Kotter change model
Your team leaders will build stronger capabilities for leading successful organizational change
Four-sides communication model
Your team leaders will improve communication by understanding the deeper dynamics behind conversations
Harvard negotiation method
Your team leaders will strengthen negotiation skills through proven strategic frameworks
Team conflict with TKI model
Your team leaders will learn practical approaches for managing and resolving team conflict
Elevator pitch with storytelling
Your team leaders will improve how they communicate ideas clearly and persuasively
Coaching with GROW model
Your team leaders will develop coaching skills that unlock employee growth and performance
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How to work with Skill Up Leader
Skill Up Leader consists of modular building blocks for team leaders to learn any leadership topic and practice any leadership skill. Our proven system will result in a boost in employee engagement in any team
Vorbereitung
Ihre HR-Abteilung wählt die teilnehmenden Teamleitungen aus und bereitet sie einfach mit unseren Vorlagen vor
Kickoff Umfrage
Die Mitarbeitenden der Teamleitung füllen eine anonyme 10-minütige Umfrage als Datengrundlage aus
Coaching Sessions
Personalisiertes Coaching Programm für die Teamleitung mit 5x wöchentlichen 20-minütigen KI Coaching- Einheiten
Endumfrage
Nach einer 4-wöchigen Implementierungszeit Durchführung einer 5-minütigen Endumfrage der Mitarbeitenden, um den Erfolg zu messen
Bericht
Ihre HR-Abteilung erhält einen Bericht, der den Nutzen der Investition zeigt und Ideen für weitere HR-Projekte gibt
AI leadership simulations integrated in your LMS
How can your company train team leaders at scale, cost-effectively, and within your existing learning environment?
Simply add our AI leadership scenarios to your LMS. This enables your team leaders to strengthen core leadership foundations like servant leadership and coaching with the GROW model, while also building practical skills such as giving effective feedback through the DESC model and confidently managing salary negotiations. The result: More accountable leaders, stronger team engagement, and improved performance.
What makes Skill Up Leader unique is that all of our standard conversations can be easily customized at no extra cost to align with your leadership principles, corporate values, and current business priorities.
The process is simple: Choose how many leadership course licenses you need, select how many AI conversations you want included, enroll your employees and track adoption and completion through your LMS.
Pricing: No setup fees. Each 5-8-minute AI conversation is available for $12 per learner.
10-week leadership program
How can your company quickly improve employee engagement and clearly prove ROI on your learning programs?
Simply enroll your team leaders in our fully automated 10-week AI leadership coaching program. Using feedback from their team members, each leader works with the AI coach on their current team challenges. The ROI is clearly shown through employee engagement measurements taken before and after the program.
A simple way to empower team leaders to take responsibility for team engagement with only a 3-hour workload per leader and minimal operational overhead for your HR team.
What makes Skill Up Leader unique is that your management and HR teams receive a structured report with anonymized cross-team insights and concrete recommendations on how to further improve engagement.
Pricing: $790 per team leader. Designed to scale—volume discounts up to 40% for larger cohorts available
Customised AI learning programs
How can your company effectively, quickly, and affordably upskill employees through an engaging learning format that builds lasting knowledge and skills?
We can create customized AI learning conversations to upskill your employees. You share the business challenge you want to solve through AI-powered learning conversations, and we work with you to design a tailored training program. You can pilot the program with a test group, refine it based on results, and then launch it across your entire company. Common use cases include supporting initiatives such as M&A transactions, transformations,and restructurings, helping team leaders and employees navigate change effectively.
What makes Skill Up Leader unique is that it is highly affordable, fast to implement, and exceptionally effective.
Pricing: A single custom AI learning scenario costs $1200, and each 5–8 minute AI conversation is available for just $12 per learner
Feedback with SBI
In the Feedback with SBI course, you will practice giving clear feedback using Situation, Behavior, and Impact.
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Feedback with DESC
In the Feedback with DESC course, you will practice structuring feedback with Describe, Express, Specify, and Consequences
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Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with SBI
In the Feedback with SBI course, you will practice giving clear feedback using Situation, Behavior, and Impact.
Feedback with DESC
In the Feedback with DESC course, you will practice structuring feedback with Describe, Express, Specify, and Consequences
Feedback with EEC
In the Feedback with EEC course, you will practice giving balanced feedback using Examples, Effects, and Changes.
Feedback with SBI
In the Feedback with SBI course, you will practice giving clear feedback using Situation, Behavior, and Impact.
Feedback with SBI
In the Feedback with SBI course, you will practice giving clear feedback using Situation, Behavior, and Impact.
Feedback with SBI
In the Feedback with SBI course, you will practice giving clear feedback using Situation, Behavior, and Impact.
Feedback with SBI
In the Feedback with SBI course, you will practice giving clear feedback using Situation, Behavior, and Impact.
Feedback with SBI
In the Feedback with SBI course, you will practice giving clear feedback using Situation, Behavior, and Impact.
Feedback with SBI
In the Feedback with SBI course, you will practice giving clear feedback using Situation, Behavior, and Impact.
Feedback with SBI
In the Feedback with SBI course, you will practice giving clear feedback using Situation, Behavior, and Impact.
Feedback with SBI
In the Feedback with SBI course, you will practice giving clear feedback using Situation, Behavior, and Impact.
Seamless integrations in your LMS
Don’t want another HR tool? We understand!
Our AI leadership coaching scenarios plug straight into your LMS. Tell us what you use - we’ll handle the rest, so you can include AI conversations in your existing leadership learning programs
Our AI leadership coaching scenarios plug straight into your LMS. Tell us what you use - we’ll handle the rest, so you can include AI conversations in your existing leadership learning programs
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Advantages of our AI leadership coaching
Skill Up Leader provides highest-quality AI learning conversations that can be affordably tailored to your unique business and easily integrated into your preferred learning environment
Management/HR
Up to 10x more affordable than human coaching
Scalable across the organisation with minimal effort
Up to 80% more effective than passive learning methods
Team leaders
24/7 available - Learn anytime, zero scheduling friction
Achieve mastery in our practice space and grow your career
Improve employee engagement by at least 5%
Highest data protection at Skill Up Leader
At Skill Up Leader, the security of your data and compliance are our top priorities - request our data processing agreement (DPA) for more information
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ISO27001
Skill Up Leader will soon be ISO 27001 certified, ensuring the highest standards of information security and data protection across the entire organization
GDPR
Skill Up Leader complies fully with GDPR requirements and ensures that your data is processed according to the highest data protection and security standards
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SOC2
Skill Up Leader will soon be SOC 2 Type II certified, demonstrating robust controls to protect your organization against data breaches
We are a Swiss and German company with offices in Zurich Switzerland and Füssen in Bavaria. Although Skill Up Leader is an AI company, our team of real humans are just a car drive or flight away from you. Whatever we can do to help you increase employee engagement and "skill up leaders" in your companies, reach out to us and we will make it happen🇨🇭🇩🇪
Chris Bargholz
Founder & CEO
Skill Up Leader FAQs
Information you should know about working with Skill Up Leader
Which type of companies benefit from Skill Up Leader?
Skill Up Leader helps companies of any size or industry upskill their teams in the more efficient and effective way. It works for Scale-ups, SMEs, corporate either rolled out by their HR or L&D teams and also schools. Our AI leadership programs are designed for everyone - whether your employees work in the office or on the front line, across any department
Can you measure the ROI of Skill Up Leader?
Yes. Our 10-week leadership program uses a check-in at the beginning of the program a check-out at the end of the program. From that you can see the improvement in engagement in a structured HR report so you can quantify impact and compare cohorts.
If our AI learning conversations are integrated into your LMS, you won’t be able to track business ROI directly; however, you can still access standard LMS metrics such as completion rates and measure the performance of this department
If our AI learning conversations are integrated into your LMS, you won’t be able to track business ROI directly; however, you can still access standard LMS metrics such as completion rates and measure the performance of this department
Is our data secure with Skill Up Leader?
Yes. We provide a DPA and comply with GDPR requirements. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, access is role-based, and reporting is anonymised and aggregated. We are currently working towards ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certification. Data protection is embedded in our company values from day one
Where is our data hosted?
We confirm the hosting region and sub processors during onboarding and document this in the DPA. As a Swiss/German entity, we take the necessary measures to ensure your data is stored securely in appropriate locations
How does the Skill Up Leader take cultural differences into account?
Our AI coaching is adapted by language, region, and organisational context. Based on the location of your employees and the type of organization, our AI personalizes the coaching conversations to ensure an optimal cultural fit
Does Skill Up Leader use our data to train their models?
No. Customer data is not used to train models
Can you connect Skill Up Leader with our HRIS or LMS system?
Yes. Skill Up Leader can be embedded into common LMS environments and integrated where needed (e.g., SSO and user provisioning). Tell us what you use, and we’ll quickly make it happen.
Will AI replace our human coaches?
No. Skill Up Leader complements human coaching—helping leaders practice and reflect between sessions while keeping human coaches for deeper, high-stakes topics
Does Skill Up Leader support other languages?
Skill Up Leader supports 140 languages. If you need an additional language, let us know and we’ll confirm availability and timing
Can Skill Up Leader be used for performance evaluation?
No. Skill Up Leader is designed for development. We do not provide individual-level coaching transcripts or performance scores to employers
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