AI coaching for leadership, sales, negotiation, and customer service

Practice the difficult conversation before it happens.

For everyone whose result depends on a conversation: the feedback talk, the customer threatening to cancel, the negotiation with the supplier. You practice with an AI counterpart that pushes back and asks follow-up questions, get feedback with quotes from your conversation, and discuss it with your coach.

  • 3 conversations a month free, no card
  • Hosted in Germany
  • In your browser, including on your phone

4 areas

Leadership, sales, negotiation, customer service

50+ situations

in leadership – or your own

50+

personalities with their own patterns

5–15 min.

per conversation, feedback right away

The problem

Why important conversations often fail

There is a gap between knowing and doing. Seminars teach knowledge. Practice still happens only when it counts.

Leadership

The feedback conversation keeps getting postponed

“We can talk about that next week.”

Small problems turn into large crises when nobody practices first.

Sales

The first “too expensive” collapses the price

“Then we can still meet you on that.”

An objection heard for the first time in a customer meeting costs margin.

Negotiation

At the table, people ask instead of making a demand

“Would it be possible for you to meet us on that?”

Without leverage, every demand stays a request.

Customer service

Under pressure, the team promises too much

“I will take care of it personally, today.”

Every concession under pressure becomes a precedent.

How it works

Prepare. Speak. Feedback. Debrief.

A safe space for conversations people rarely get to rehearse. One AI runs the conversation. A second one evaluates it, with quotes from your own transcript.

Your coaches

Talk it through first. Practise. Debrief together.

Four coaches for leadership, sales, negotiation and customer service – by voice or text. They know your practice sessions and your progress, and turn your situation into the right role-play.

Portrait of Lea, leadership coach

Lea

Leadership

“Who are you talking to – and what should be different afterwards?”

Talk to Lea
Portrait of Sal, sales coach

Sal

Sales

“What do you sell – and where do people drop out?”

Talk to Sal
Portrait of Vera, negotiation coach

Vera

Negotiation

“What’s your goal – and where is your walk-away point?”

Talk to Vera
Portrait of Sam, customer service coach

Sam

Customer service

“What happened – and what is the customer actually entitled to?”

Talk to Sam
  • Doesn’t grade you – Scores still come from the second AI. The coach only reads your actual evaluation.
  • Your memory is yours – Private and encrypted. You can see, edit and delete what it remembers.
  • Text or voice – Switch mid-conversation without starting over.
More about the AI coach

Features

Everything that makes a practice conversation feel real – and measurable.

One platform for all four areas, from the feedback talk to the complaint.

AI coach

Four coaches, by voice or text. They build exercises in conversation and review every session with you afterwards.

Meet the coaches →
LeaSalVeraSam
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Company profile

Capture once what makes your company – offer, customers, processes, tone. After that, every scenario sounds like you, whether it is an annual review, a price negotiation, or a complaint.

MMüller Anlagenbau GmbHfrom website research · checked by you
  • Offer: Maintenance contractsconfirmed
  • Customers: Plant management, procurement, serviceconfirmed
  • Occasions: Annual review, complaintconfirmed
  • Tone: Formal, matter-of-factconfirmed
  • Boundary: no fixed-price commitmentsreview
  • Applies only after you confirm it
  • The counterpart only knows what they would know in real life: customers know your offer, colleagues also know your processes
  • No counterpart sees the boundaries – the evaluation checks them
More about the company profile

AI role plays

Speak with a counterpart that reacts, pushes back, and asks follow-ups – in real time, without a script.

Character library

50+ personalities – each with distinct patterns: how they respond to pressure, when they push back, and what opens them up.

Skill development

Track each competency: where you stood six weeks ago and where you are today.

AI evaluation

After every session: score, goal feedback, and quotes from your own transcript – from a second AI.

LeadershipSalesNegotiationCustomer service

Scenario generator

Four fields describe what is on your plate – the AI builds character, objections, conversation phases and evaluation goals from them. No workshop, no template.

Learning paths · Programs

Individual exercises become an assigned program.

A fixed sequence of conversations, videos and materials. Visible progress, a clear finish – and a report built from real conversation evaluations at the end.

For rollouts across teams and sites

One group starts together instead of trickling in: import participants, schedule invites for the start date, track progress by location.

  • Up to 1,000 invites via CSV, immediate or scheduled
  • One standard across locations with the same criteria
  • Access by domain – all four training areas managed separately

Use Cases

How teams and partners use Careertrainer

Use cases for managers, HR and L&D – from the first one-on-one to measurable development.

01

Leadership · confident from the first talk

Manager onboarding: from peer to manager

Newly promoted managers practise setting expectations, first feedback and onboarding talks before they happen for real.

  • Learning path "First 100 days as a manager"
  • Structured onboarding across 6–8 weeks
  • Skill tracking shows progress to HR and leadership

Why Careertrainer.ai

Why not just ChatGPT, a seminar or e-learning?

Three paths many people try – and why practicing with a real counterpart lands differently.

A generic AI chat (e.g. ChatGPT)
A generic AI chat (e.g. ChatGPT)Text window
Play a customer who says “too expensive”.
Sure! Here are 5 tips for handling objections:
  1. Put value first
  2. Ask about budget
  3. Break down the price
Write a message…Send message
  • You type instead of speaking
  • It folds and tries to please you
  • Gives advice instead of real resistance
  • No score, no progress, no memory
Careertrainer
Live · AI coachingSales
AI character Jürgen Brandt

Jürgen Brandt

Procurement, mechanical engineering · evaluating

Example:
“Your competitor offers us 8% more discount. Why should I stay with you?”
Objection handling — backed by quotes7.2
  • You speak through real sales conversations
  • Stays in character and creates real resistance
  • Structured feedback backed by quotes
  • Remembers earlier commitments in buying-center series
  • Hosted in Germany
  • Conversation content is not used to train the models

What Careertrainer is not for

Not for speaking in front of an audience, not a substitute for therapy or legal advice, and not a way to record real people's conversations.

Price

One price for every size, from €0

Leadership, sales, negotiation and customer service are included in every plan. What changes is only how many of you practice.

1 person

Practice alone

from€0

3 conversations a month, free. Paid plans from €14.99 per month.

2 to 12 people

As a team

€29.99

per person per month, 40 conversations per person. Set up yourselves, cancel any month.

from 13 people

As an organization

On request

per person per month. An offer within two working days of a 30-minute meeting.

Four areas
Leadership, sales, negotiation, customer service
Live by voice
Role-plays as a real conversation, not a chat
Scenario generator
Your own conversations from a short description
Evidence-based evaluation
A second AI scores the conversation, with quotes from the transcript

Prices at a glance: Careertrainer.ai starts free with 3 conversations a month. Individual plans cost up to €59.99 per month, and teams of 2 to 12 people pay €29.99 per person per month. From 13 people there is an offer per person per month within two working days. All details on the pricing page

FAQ

Common questions

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Who is Careertrainer.ai for?

Careertrainer.ai is for everyone whose result depends on a conversation. Leaders practice feedback and conflict talks. Sales practices objections and price conversations. Procurement and negotiation practice supplier and price negotiations. Customer service practices complaints and cancellation threats.

HR and people development use it to set up practice programs for teams. Trainers and consultancies support their participants between their own sessions.

You start yourself: a browser, no project.

What is the difference from an AI chat coach?

An AI chat coach replies to what you type. With Careertrainer.ai you speak the conversation with an AI counterpart that pushes back and asks follow-up questions. Afterward a second, independent AI evaluates the conversation and supports the evaluation with quotes. Your AI coach discusses those moments with you and suggests the next attempt.

Without the spoken practice, it is a chat. Without the debrief, it is only a training tool.

Does the coach evaluate me?

No. The coach does not award points. A second AI, separate from the role play, does the evaluation and supports it with moments from your conversation. The coach only reads that evaluation and discusses it with you.

Does Careertrainer.ai replace a human coach or trainer?

No. Careertrainer.ai replaces neither a human coach nor a trainer. It complements both: you practice the conversation that is coming up next, then discuss it with your AI coach. Strategic topics and live modules stay with the person.

For trainers and consultancies, this fills the time between their own sessions. Participants practice, and the trainer stays the trainer.

Can I use it with my company?

Yes. In the company profile you store your offer, products, and context so the scenarios match. Individual conversations can be grouped into learning paths. You invite people by CSV. Reporting is aggregated: you see the group's activity and progress, not the individual conversation.

By default, only the person who ran the conversation sees the transcript. For larger teams you book a demo and discuss the starter program.

What about data privacy?

Your conversations are private. We meet GDPR requirements. Hosted in Germany. Conversation content is not used to train AI models.

You can use Careertrainer.ai without anyone, including your employer, finding out which conversations you practice. By default, only the person who ran the conversation sees the transcript.

This is especially important for employees who train at home because they do not want to practice in front of colleagues at the office.

What does Careertrainer.ai cost?

You can test Careertrainer.ai for free – no credit card, no commitment. After the trial, there are flexible pricing models for individuals. The price per seat is visible upfront, with no hidden costs and no demo appointment required.

Compared to a single external coaching session (often €200–500) or a two-day seminar, you get unlimited practice at a fraction of the cost with Careertrainer.ai. And the effect lasts: because you practice regularly instead of attending a workshop once a year.

For teams of 2 or more, there are discounted rates you can book directly – no procurement process, no approval chain.

Can I prepare for a specific conversation?

Yes, that's exactly what Careertrainer.ai is made for. Do you have a difficult conversation tomorrow? Choose a suitable scenario, briefly describe your context, and the AI builds you a training that feels like your real situation.

Practice different approaches and find out which phrasings work and where you lose control. The feedback shows you concretely what you can change.

The training is built to run on your phone the evening before an important conversation – 15 minutes that can make the difference between a conversation that escalates and one that succeeds.