Practice Room Play now

Say the hard thing here first.

Rehearse it against someone who pushes back. Walk in knowing what to say.

Play now
A small character with the word it never said stuck in a bubble

See it in action

Step into the practice room.

How it works

A few steps. Walk in prepared.

  1. Short on time? Describe the meeting and get the steps to take, plus what they might say back.

  2. Pick a ready-made situation, describe your own, or set up a mock colleague.

  3. They push back like the real person would. Type your reply, or just say it.

  4. Five dimensions. Every score quotes a line you actually wrote.

  5. Practise the line that wobbled out loud until it sounds like you.

Prep cardsMarcus

Say it early, then stop talking.

  1. Say it in the first minute, then stop.Skip the small talk. Say the thing, then let Marcus answer.
  2. Name one moment, not a quality.Pick one time it happened and say what you needed instead.
  3. End with a date.Agree what happens next and a day you will look at it again.

Marcus might say

That is not how I saw it.
SituationsYour ownMock colleague
Brilliant and dismissiveDaniel

Your strongest engineer talks over a junior colleague in every review. Wen has stopped speaking up.

Wen's approach won't scale, I fixed it in the PR.
Good outcomeDaniel agrees to let Wen finish, and you set a check-in.

Describe the conversation

Writing your brief…

Someone you know

M
Morgan ChenSales lead, reports to you

How they come across

DefensiveWarm but stubbornBlunt
✓ Ready to rehearse with Morgan
Turn 3 of 10Daniel
Got a minute? I want to talk about yesterday's design review.
Sure. If this is about Wen's proposal, I stand by what I said. It wouldn't have scaled.
Say it to Daniel
DebriefDaniel

Clear and firm. Warmth is where it slipped.

Clarityplain

“It's not the call you made. She didn't get to finish.”

Evidenceexample

“She didn't get to finish explaining it.”

Ownershipheld
Warmthflat

“Your output is not the issue here.”

Pathasked
Practise it out loudWarmth

The move

Name what he does well, then say why it matters that Wen speaks.
Tap to say it
ConfidenceTry 1
The character standing tall, flag planted

Get it right in here. Then go say it.

The stakes are a lot lower on this side.

Get it on Google Play

Coming Soon on Apple App Store