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Onboarding Training for New Leaders

Prepare new leaders for action in 8 weeks.

Your new team leaders will familiarize themselves with key leadership situations through AI role-playing before taking on their first responsibilities. From colleague to confident leader – structured and assured.

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Have a Executive Onboarding with Lena Schmidt

Lena Schmidt

Lena Schmidt

Employee Conversation

Support insecure employees.

Lena has been part of the team for six months and delivers technically sound work. However, she frequently seeks confirmation, even for routine tasks. Yesterday, she asked you three times to review a standard analysis, despite having completed it ten times before. This morning at 8:47 AM, she wrote to you: "I'm sorry, but I'm not sure if I understood the meeting minutes correctly. Could you explain it again?" Colleagues are complaining: "We constantly have to validate Lena's work. It's slowing us all down." Two weeks ago, you provided her with positive feedback, to which she responded, "Oh, that was nothing special." You have scheduled a meeting with her for today at 3:00 PM.

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Onboarding Program for Managers

AI Training for Successful Leadership Development

New managers train in the most critical leadership situations within a safe environment before taking on real responsibilities.

Training for Critical Conversations

Train the essential conversation types for new managers and practice them in a safe space.

Train the essential conversation types for new managers and practice them in a safe space.

Training for Critical Conversations

Custom Scenario Builder for AI Role-Playing Games

With our Scenario Builder, you can create specific scenarios and characters tailored to your company. This allows you to provide your aspiring leaders with a personalized yet scalable leadership training experience.

With our Scenario Builder, you can create specific scenarios and characters tailored to your company. This allows you to provide your aspiring leaders with a personalized yet scalable leadership training experience.

Custom Scenario Builder for AI Role-Playing Games
Scalable AI Training Library

A Character Library for All Leadership Situations

Your leaders train with scientifically-backed AI characters – from the insecure junior employee to the critical senior staff member. Each character is based on the Myers-Briggs model and simulates realistic conversation dynamics.

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Diverse Employee Types

Prepare your leaders for diverse personalities – from the introverted analyst to the extroverted team player.→ Reduces conflicts through better understanding

Consistent Leadership Quality

All leaders train with the same characters and standards – regardless of location or department.→ Creates a consistent corporate culture

Measurable Training Success

See exactly which character types challenge your teams and where there is a need for further training.→ Data-driven personnel development

16+
Different Personality Types
Scalable with no additional cost
24/7
Available for training anytime
Leadership Development 2.0

From Theory to PracticeWith AI Role-Plays

Seminars impart knowledge—AI role-plays make it practical. Train continuously, see measurable progress, improve sustainably.

Seminars & Workshops

Knowledge Transfer

Imparting Leadership Knowledge

Seminars create awareness and effectively convey theoretical foundations

One-time Events

Back to daily routine after the seminar—little is retained without continuous practice

Complex Coordination

Bringing all managers together for one day requires months of planning

No Practical Application

Theory is taught, but real conversation situations cannot be practiced

No Success Measurement

Certificates of participation instead of measurable progress: Can managers really apply it?

AI Role-Plays

Practical Application

Training Real Conversation Scenarios

Practice critical conversations with hyper-realistic AI characters—from feedback talks to conflict resolution

Continuous Training

Regular practice in the daily work routine instead of one-time events. Knowledge is reinforced through repetition

Available 24/7

Every manager trains when it suits them—in 15-minute sessions between meetings

Infinitely Scalable

From 1 to 1000 managers without additional trainers or coordination effort

Analytics Dashboard for HR

Real-time insights: track learning progress, identify skill gaps, measure training effectiveness

Why Companies Bet on AI Role-Plays

Scalable

From 1 to 1000 managers without additional trainers or coordination effort

Measurable

Team analytics show learning progress, skill gaps, and training effectiveness in real time

Individual

Each manager trains exactly the scenarios relevant to their role

Customizable

Custom scenarios, upload your company policies, integrate with your HR systems

Pricing

Choose the plan that fits your needs.

For you as a leader

119/Monat

79/Monat

Practice difficult conversations in a safe environment – anytime, as often as you want.

  • 14 realistic conversation scenarios (performance reviews, terminations, salary negotiations & more)
  • Create your own custom scenarios for your specific situations
  • AI-powered feedback immediately after each conversation – specific and actionable
  • Unlimited repetitions – practice until you feel confident
  • Track your progress and visualize your development
  • Personalized learning recommendations based on your performance
  • Cancel anytime – no commitment

For your organization

Custom

Scalable leadership development with your company culture at its core.

  • Your leadership principles and company values automatically embedded in all scenarios
  • Custom scenarios for your industry-specific and organizational challenges
  • HR analytics dashboard: identify skill gaps, measure training effectiveness, prove ROI
  • Dedicated account manager for your successful implementation
  • Single Sign-On (SSO) and seamless integration with your IT infrastructure
  • Centralized team management saves your HR team time and administrative effort
  • Volume discounts from 10 licenses – scales with your growth

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FAQs

Why are AI role-playing games more effective than traditional onboarding?
AI role-playing games provide new leaders with a safe environment to practice critical conversations before real consequences arise. Unlike theoretical workshops or shadowing, your managers can take action, make mistakes, and learn immediately—without risking employee well-being or team dynamics. Studies show that practical training increases knowledge retention by 75% compared to pure theory.
How quickly can new leaders become operational with AI training?

With structured AI role-playing, new managers are fully onboarded in just 6-8 weeks, compared to 3-6 months with traditional learning-by-doing methods. They train 2-3 scenarios per week (15-20 minutes each) alongside their onboarding process, mastering key leadership situations before experiencing them with their real teams.

What happens when new leaders make mistakes during training?

That's exactly the point! AI role-playing games provide a safe space for making mistakes. If a manager reacts too directive or overlooks important signals, immediate feedback clearly illustrates what went wrong—without demotivating real employees. Each scenario can be repeated as many times as needed until the leader feels confident.

Can experienced leaders benefit from onboarding training?
Absolutely. Even with internal promotions or role changes, new challenges arise: a team leader transitioning to a department head must suddenly manage other leaders. A tech lead moving into management requires entirely new soft skills. Our scenarios are tailored to every experience level—from first-time managers to C-level executives.
How do we tailor the training to align with our corporate culture?

Careertrainer.ai can be fully tailored to your leadership philosophy: You can upload your leadership guidelines, corporate values, and communication standards, and the AI will automatically integrate them into all conversations. For instance, if "Transparent communication" is a core value for you, the AI will positively evaluate leaders who openly discuss challenges and provide feedback when such information is withheld.

Can we create custom scenarios for our specific challenges?
Yes, with our Scenario Builder, you can create custom scenarios for your typical leadership situations in just minutes. Whether it's "Integrating remote employees in hybrid teams," "Providing feedback in agile sprints," or "Negotiating shift schedules with nursing staff," you define the context, choose from over 50 AI characters, and the platform automatically generates a training role-play tailored to your industry.
Does the training also work for industry-specific leadership situations?
Absolutely. Our character library is industry-agnostic (the personality types exist everywhere), but you can customize the context: In IT, your managers can train sprint retrospectives and technical conflicts; in healthcare, they can address burnout discussions with nursing staff; in retail, they can communicate sales targets without demotivating the team. The scenario builder automatically adapts to your specific field.
Can we customize the onboarding program for different leadership levels?

Yes, you create different learning paths: New team leaders train in "First Feedback Conversation" and "Delegation for Beginners," while aspiring department heads practice "Communicating Strategic Goals" and "Coaching Leaders." The HR dashboard provides a clear view of who is completing which learning path and where individual support is needed.

How do we measure the ROI of the onboarding training?
Your HR dashboard displays quantitative metrics (training hours, completion rates, average scores) and qualitative insights (which conversation types present challenges? Where do teams need retraining?). Additionally, it provides measurable business outcomes: reduced turnover in the first year (typically 15-25% less), higher employee engagement scores under new leaders, and faster goal achievement.
Does the training work for remote and hybrid teams?

Perfectly so. Since the training is entirely digital and asynchronous, new leaders can participate from anywhere in the world—without timezone conflicts or travel costs. Particularly valuable: We offer specialized scenarios for Remote Leadership (e.g., "Team Building in Virtual Teams," "Giving Feedback via Video") that traditional in-person training does not cover.

How realistic are the AI conversations really?

Our AI characters are based on the Myers-Briggs model and simulate authentic personalities with real emotions: they become defensive when criticized, open up with appreciation, and show stress through faster speech. Leaders frequently report, "I forgot this was AI—it felt like a real employee conversation." The training impact is identical to human role-plays, but without the social risk.