Our method

The science of getting stronger.

After 20+ years of developing leaders, we've learned what makes new skills stick: small habits, meaningful conversations and consistent practice.

That's the thinking behind everything we do at SkillsGym.

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One skill. Three habits. Three conversations.

Every SkillsGym skill plan follows our proven 1–3–3 method, developed through more than 20 years of working with leaders and teams.

1

Skill to master

Focus on one leadership or self-leadership skill that will make a meaningful difference.

3

Small habits to practise

Turn that skill into three practical behaviours you can repeat in everyday situations.

3

Meaningful conversations

Involve the people around you to put those habits into practice and strengthen how you work together.

Not more information to remember. A practical plan to start doing things differently.

A great plan is just the beginning.

Knowing what to practise is one thing. Making it part of your everyday work is another.

That's why we built SkillsGym: a place where leaders and self-leaders can keep practising, get support when they need it and grow stronger together.

Here's how we make it happen.

Personalised.

Every good trainer starts with an intake.

No two leaders need the same workout. We combine three perspectives — the organisation's priorities, the leader's ambitions and their team's feedback — to identify the skills that matter most.

The business

Strategic priorities

The leader

Strengths & ambitions

The team

Needs & feedback

My plan

Your recommended skills

Personalised to you, based on your onboarding intake, your team's input and your company's priorities.

The Vision HabitThe Coaching HabitThe Feedback Culture Habit

Illustrative plan

The result? A personalised training plan that evolves as the leader grows and new needs emerge.

Proven habit plans.

Evidence-based habits that are the easiest to build, for the largest number of people, with the biggest impact.

Tested with 100,000+ leaders, we know which small habits for complex skills like coaching, feedback and vision actually work for busy leaders — in the day to day, working with real people and real teams.

The easiest to build

Habits chosen so that the largest number of people actually keep them.

The biggest impact

Small habits aimed at complex skills like coaching, feedback and vision.

Tested with 100,000+ leaders

We know what works for busy leaders, with real people and real teams.

The AI Habit coach helps customise these proven habits to each leader’s reality.

In the team.

You don’t build habits on an island. The team is the training ground.

The elephant usually missing from leadership development rooms? The team. Habits aren’t built in a classroom. They’re built in real life, with the people you lead.

The team shares their needs

They take part in the onboarding intake, so the leader trains what their people actually need.

The team trains alongside

While the leader builds a skill, the team builds the complementary one. Both sides of the habit get stronger.

The team keeps score

Short pulse surveys show what’s really changing, rated by the people who feel the difference.

With support.

Nobody trains alone.

SkillsGym never leaves a leader on their own.

Weekly live sessions

The weekly rhythm that keeps habits alive — practised live with our trainers.

Coaching and training from our habit experts

Extra support when a leader needs it, booked through an easy credit system.

Here's what twelve months could look like for one of your leaders. Nothing extra to carry: one skill at a time, practised in the meetings and conversations they're already having.

  1. Quarter 1Months 1–3

    The Vision Habit

    Their team knows where it's going, and why.

    • One live session on Vision
    • One coaching session
    • One team pulseDo we see where we're heading?
  2. Quarter 2Months 4–6

    The Goal Habit

    Direction becomes a few clear priorities everyone acts on.

    • One live session on Goal
    • One team workshop
    • One team pulseAre our priorities clear?
  3. Quarter 3Months 7–9

    The Check-In Habit

    Short, regular conversations keep everyone on track.

    • One live session on Check-In conversations
    • One coaching session
    • One team pulseDo we feel heard?
  4. Quarter 4Months 10–12

    The Feedback Habit

    Saying what needs saying becomes normal, in both directions.

    • One live session on Feedback
    • One coaching session
    • One team pulseIs feedback helping us improve?

In one year

  • 1 keynote
  • 4 skills
  • 4 live sessions
  • 4 coaching sessions
  • 4 team pulses

Four quarters. Four skills. A leader whose team can feel the difference.

Measurement

Finally, HR can answer: did leadership actually change?

Not what people completed. What they're doing differently — and whether it lasts.

SkillsGym combines leaders' own progress with feedback from the people who experience their leadership every day: their teams.

So HR can see:
✓ Which behaviours are changing
✓ Whether new habits are sticking
✓ What teams are actually experiencing
✓ Where leaders need more support
✓ Which leadership priorities need attention next

From learning analytics to behaviour change.

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Explore the SkillsGym Leadership Hub in more depth, talk to us about your leadership challenges, or build a more intensive journey around your needs.

We also design leadership academies, retreats, full-day training and coaching — with the SkillsGym Leadership Hub keeping development alive before, between and after every experience.

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