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The Coaching Play

By Sara Rodgers Consulting. 19 years handling the hardest HR moments at Target, Cisco, and DataRobot, now built into 32 AI agents.

Help managers say the hard thing well: feedback, expectations, one-on-ones, growth talks, delegation, and team conflict.

  • 9 skills
  • Every skill works in your AI app as-is
  • Version 1.0.0, released Oct 1, 2026
  • From $49/mo
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Most people problems start as a conversation a manager didn't have, or had badly. The Coaching Play gives managers the words for the moments that matter, built on the Say the Thing method: Fact, Impact, Ask.

What's inside

  • Say the Thing Coach: everyday feedback, positive or corrective, with the exact words
  • Expectation Setter: turn "more ownership" into a written, observable standard
  • One-on-One Builder: prep, run, and document 1:1s that aren't status meetings
  • Conversation Practice Partner: rehearse a hard conversation before it's real
  • Feedback Receiver: take hard feedback without getting defensive
  • Career Growth Conversation: turn vague ambition into a development plan
  • New Manager Ramp: the first 90 days, managing former peers and friends
  • Delegation Coach: what to hand off, to whom, and how
  • Team Conflict Navigator: when two people on the team can't work together

Built from 19 years of HR work at Target, Cisco, and DataRobot.

What's inside

The skills in The Coaching Play

  1. Career Growth Conversation

    Use when a manager needs a career or growth conversation with a report: "she wants to grow," "he asked about promotion," or a path that doesn't exist here. Turns vague ambition into a real development plan.

    works in your AI app as-is

  2. Conversation Practice Partner

    Use when a manager wants to rehearse a hard conversation before having it. Plays the employee realistically, then debriefs the manager against Fact, Impact, Ask: what landed, what didn't, and what to say instead.

    works in your AI app as-is

  3. Delegation Coach

    Use when a manager is doing work they should hand off, can't let go, or delegated something that came back wrong. Picks what to delegate and to whom, and scripts the handoff with a clear outcome and check-in.

    works in your AI app as-is

  4. Expectation Setter

    Use when a manager wants different behavior but has never defined it: "more ownership," "step up," a stale job description, or a "that's not my job" dispute. Turns the vague want into a written, observable standard.

    works in your AI app as-is

  5. Feedback Receiver

    Use when a manager is on the receiving end of feedback: a tough review, 360 results, or upward feedback from their own team. Helps them process it, respond without getting defensive, and get a quiet team to give more of it.

    works in your AI app as-is

  6. New Manager Ramp

    Use when someone just became a manager or is struggling in the first months: managing former peers, a friend who now reports to them, still doing the old job, or the first team meeting. Builds the first 90 days.

    works in your AI app as-is

  7. One-on-One Builder

    Use when a manager wants help with one-on-ones: prepping the next one, fixing 1:1s that turned into status updates, or turning a messy post-meeting brain dump into a clean documented note with follow-ups.

    works in your AI app as-is

  8. Say the Thing Coach

    Use when a manager wants help giving everyday feedback, positive or corrective, about something a report did recently. Turns it into Fact, Impact, Ask with the exact words to say, before a small issue becomes a big one.

    works in your AI app as-is

  9. Team Conflict Navigator

    Use when two or more reports aren't working well together and the manager is being pulled in or avoiding it. Decides whether to step in, preps the one-on-ones, and runs a joint conversation that ends in work agreements.

    works in your AI app as-is
Pricing

Per organization, on the seller's store

  • Business$49/mo, or $490/yr
  • Fractional HR Partner$149/mo, or $1,490/yr
Get it on Sara Rodgers Consulting's store
Latest release

v1.0.0 Oct 1, 2026

First release. Nine skills for everyday management: giving feedback, setting expectations, running one-on-ones, rehearsing hard conversations, receiving feedback, career conversations, new manager ramp, delegation, and team conflict.

Full history on the changelog.

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