GRITT Programs · Tier 1

Manager Foundations Program

Business acumen, people leadership, and a common language across every location.

Built around your goals.
Built around your values.
Built around how you already operate.

Now Scoping Cohorts  ·  Four days on site  ·  $2,950 per person  ·  $3,500 one-time discovery fee  ·  Minimum 6 participants
Our Approach

Companies promote their best doers into management without preparing them to lead.

Inconsistent management across locations. Blurred lines between doing the work and leading it. Avoidable HR escalations. Good employees leaving under untrained managers.

The pattern is predictable, and expensive.

Manager Foundations is a framework, not a fixed curriculum.

We keep the core consistent: an outcomes-first design, a four-day rhythm, and a fixed Day 1.

We customize everything else around your company. Which topics we teach. How deep we go. The language, the examples, and the outcomes we build toward.

The same offering, delivered across very different companies, and still built for each one.

Program Format
Four Days.
One Rhythm.
$2,950/person
+ $3,500 one-time discovery & customization fee, per cohort
Block 1 · Onsite
Two days at your location
Day 1: Profit & Cash® (Alexa + Michael) + Team Effectiveness (Alexa) · Day 2: Foundations begins
The Break
Two to six weeks
Apply on the job. LMS reinforcement and a check-in.
Block 2 · Onsite
Two more days at your location
Days 3 and 4, built on real situations from the break.
Cohort Minimum
Six participants. Sizes and locations flex.
Built Around You

The Core Stays. Everything Else Is Yours.

Same framework across companies. Never the same delivery.

Stays Consistent

The Core

  • Four-day rhythm. Two blocks with an intentional break.
  • Fixed Day 1. Profit & Cash® in the morning, Team Effectiveness with Predictive Index in the afternoon.
  • Outcomes-first design. Every topic built backward from what changes six months out.
  • Minimum six participants. Per-person pricing.
We Tailor

Everything Else

  • Which 6 to 9 topics we teach. Days 2 through 4, built from the menu below.
  • Depth and sequence. Two to three topics per day, each with teach, practice, and debrief.
  • Language and examples. Your values, your review process, your HR practices, your goals.
  • Cohort size and locations. Whatever fits above the six-person minimum.
How Every Program Begins

Day One Is Always the Same.

Two half-days that give everything after them a reason to matter.

Morning · Financial Intelligence

Profit & Cash® Simulation

Hands-on business simulation

A hands-on game that turns financials into decisions every leader can read and act on. Step one: understand the business.

Same content as our Know Your Numbers workshop.
Afternoon · Team Effectiveness

Self-Awareness & Behavioral Insights

Data-driven, not personality-typing

Read behavioral styles and learn to adapt, using the Predictive Index assessment. Step two: understand yourself and others.

Predictive Index is our recommended assessment. Alternatives can be discussed.
Days 2 to 4 · The Foundations

The Foundations, Tailored to Your Team.

Together we select 6 to 9 topics, 2 to 3 per day, drawn from four core pillars. Depth beats breadth. Every topic anchored to an outcome you care about.

Pillar 1

Lead Yourself

  • IC-to-leader mindset shift
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Time and priorities
  • Leading former peers
Pillar 2

Communicate & Coach

  • Adapting to communication styles
  • Effective one-on-ones
  • Coaching basics (GROW)
  • Feedback that lands
Pillar 3

Drive Accountability

  • Setting clear expectations
  • Delegation
  • Accountability conversations
  • Recognition and motivation
Pillar 4

Conflict & Change

  • Difficult conversations
  • Conflict resolution
  • HR basics and escalation
  • Change management (ADKAR)
Who It's For

Managers and Leads.
Especially the Newly Promoted.

Newly Promoted Managers

Strong individual contributors just handed a team. Common language before the habits harden.

Existing Managers & Leads

Running teams without formal training. Ready to trade improvisation for a real toolkit.

Multi-Site Employers

One consistent language for managers across every location. Your standards, delivered the same way.

Growing or Acquired Orgs

Building the leadership bench during a growth phase, or aligning a newly acquired team to a shared way of working.
Success Six Months Out

Measured by What Changes, Not What's Covered.

Every topic is built backward from a specific outcome. Discovery locks the exact ones for your team.

01

Leaders lead differently.

Consistent management behavior across every site.
02

Managers handle the hard stuff.

Accountability conversations, difficult feedback, and escalations, handled with confidence and consistency.
03

Employees have a better experience.

Clearer expectations, better one-on-ones, feedback that lands.
04

HR sees fewer avoidable escalations.

Issues get handled at the manager level, not routed upward.
05

Business results improve.

Retention, productivity, and execution move because your leaders move.
Investment

Anchored to the Cost of the Problem.

Replacing one good employee who leaves under a mis-promoted manager runs roughly 50 to 200 percent of their salary. Developing that manager costs less.

Program
$2,950 / person
Covers all four days, materials, Predictive Index assessments, LMS reinforcement, and a certified GRITT coach on site.
Discovery & Customization
$3,500 / cohort
One-time fee, per cohort. Reduced or waived for a repeat cohort at the same client reusing the same curriculum.
Example
10-person cohort = $29,500 + $3,500 discovery fee = $33,000 total
Minimum six participants. Cohort sizes and locations flex.
Client covers travel & accommodations. Not included in the totals above.
Where This Fits

Foundations First.
Depth Comes Later.

Manager Foundations is Tier 1 in the GRITT leadership development ladder.

This program
Tier 1

Manager Foundations

The fixed Day 1 plus three days of people-leadership fundamentals, tailored to your team. Priced and scoped in this offering.

Tier 2

Leadership Academy →

A deeper, transformational program for senior leaders. Separate engagement, scoped later once foundations are in practice.

Add-ons

Coaching, Assessments, LMS

One-on-one coaching after the program, additional assessments, and extended LMS. Added as your team needs them.

Your Facilitators

The Coaches Who Deliver the Program.

Alexa Lott

Alexa Lott, SHRM-SCP

Executive Talent & Leadership Strategist
Leads the program. Co-leads Day 1 Profit & Cash® with Michael.

Alexa partners with leaders and organizations to scale their people, sharpen their strategy, and expand their impact. 30+ years in HR leadership. Senior certified HR leader and certified coach in Gallup CliftonStrengths, Predictive Index, and Kolbe. National speaker on leadership, employee ownership, and the future of work. VP of Communications for the Heart of America Chapter of The ESOP Association.

Michael Northrup

Michael Northrup

Director of Sales & Operations
Co-leads Day 1 Profit & Cash® with Alexa.

Michael's career spans Business Development, Operations, Sales, and Management across industries from Four Seasons Hotel Boston to Springfield Remanufacturing Corporation and PFSbrands. His passion is helping employees at every level understand business and financial literacy, and see how they influence company performance. Active advocate for employee-owned companies, ESOP Association member, and NCEO speaker.

Ready When You Are

Discovery First. Then We Build Your Cohort.

Tell us who you're developing, what you want different six months out, and where you deliver. We'll come back with a scoped proposal.

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