Manager effectiveness

The leading indicator of execution, retention, and enterprise performance.

See how BetterUp turns manager development into measurable business performance.

Challenge

Why manager performance often breaks down

Promotions without leadership skills.
Burnout erodes morale.
Attrition leads to brain drain.
No sense of what’s working.

Approach

Managers who feel supported build teams that perform.

Close skill gaps in critical areas.
Reduce attrition to protect business continuity.
Address burnout before it spreads.
Build capabilities at scale without sacrificing personalization.
Drive measurable behavior change aligned to your organizational strategy.
Gain clear signals on manager health and capability, so you can intervene before performance slips.

Development when and where managers need it most.

Expert coaching, AI-powered practice, peer learning, and team-level insights, all embedded in the flow of work and configured to your organization’s leadership philosophy.

Situational support

Expert coaches for strategy and accountability, plus an AI practice partner for safe rehearsal before high-stakes moments.

Manager enablement

Development that adapts in real time to what your business needs and each manager’s growth areas.

Peer connection

Managers connect with peers facing the same pressures, turning isolation into a training squad that accelerates growth.

Team Tooling

From lightweight pulse checks to coach-facilitated sessions, managers move from guessing to knowing exactly what their teams need.

Inside Manage: Team Tooling

How manager growth leads to team results

Team Tooling assures that manager development reaches their teams and translates to bottom line results.

Team Pulse runs check-ins to surface what’s unsaid and detect team dynamics. Team Coaching offers facilitated working sessions built around what teams need in order to perform.

Coming in 2026: Team DNA and Team Dynamics will bring deeper diagnostics on team composition, strengths, and friction.

The story

Fortune 500 company finds performance gains in leadership coaching.

Key hurdles

High rates of manager burnout and attrition
Persistent underperformance
Inability to scale coaching across the enterprise
No visibility into whether leadership behavior change was driving business impact

The risk

Without intervention, leadership instability threatened execution, morale, and long-term performance.

Built for the challenge.

Strategically aligned leadership development

Targeted, personalized coaching

Always-on data to assess progress

Outcomes that matter to the C-suite

$4.8M

in estimated turnover savings

10 %

increase in the top-performing teams of coached managers

12 %

increase in core manager effectiveness

10 %

more top talent developed on teams led by a coached manager

32 %

reduction in voluntary manager turnover

39 %

reduction in voluntary VP turnover

* Source: BetterUp Outcome Study Report, December 2025. Analysis combines 2023 and 2024 performance ratings, termination data, and promotion data with BetterUp activation, Whole Person Model behavioral data, Session Intelligence, and Coach Intelligence. Lead comparison group includes employees invited but not engaged, plus additional matched non-coached employees in similar roles and performance levels. Manage comparison group includes employees invited but not engaged in Manage or Lead. Voluntary attrition window: 05/01/2024 to 11/01/2025.