Manager development that sticks
Cairnsetter turns 1-on-1s and course outcomes into one small daily habit in Microsoft Teams and Slack. No new app, no new login: just the next stone, every working day.
Founding Partner Pilot: 5 places for Scottish organisations and training providers.
Why cairns?
In the Scottish hills, the way isn't marked by signs. It's marked by cairns.
Built stone by stone, each one helps the next walker find the path, even when the haar comes down. Cairnsetter does the same at work: one small, specific habit a day, so people keep their way long after the 1-on-1 or the course has ended.
The problem
Organisations invest in 1-on-1s and development programmes, then lose the thread in the week that follows.
People leave a course with good intentions and no daily prompt to practise.
Agreed next steps sit in a notebook while the week takes over.
Completion rates don't prove that anyone behaves differently at work.
New platforms mean new logins, and adoption fades with them.
How it works
A manager adds notes in Teams or Slack, or a training provider adds a course's learning outcomes. Managers' notes stay private.
One to three specific actions, each under ten minutes. Managers choose how many prompts a week, and for how many weeks.
A habit each morning, a reflection each evening, and a weekly coaching nudge so the manager can back it up.
No new app.
No new login.
For leaders and L&D
Illustrative example. Ratings are 1 to 5, start of programme → week 8; bars show habit practice rate.
Pricing
You pay for the people receiving habits. Managers are included free.
Up to 50 people
Billed yearly. Minimum 5 people.
We'll set you up personally
50 to 500 people
Billed yearly. Minimum 50 people.
We'll set you up personally
500+ people
Annual contract, volume pricing.
We'll prepare a quote
Founding Partner Pilot · 5 places
One cohort of up to 20 managers for 8 to 12 weeks, set up with you, with an impact report at the end. In return: a case study and two short feedback calls. Founding partners keep 30% off their first paid year.
Book a 20-minute callTraining providers
Add 8 to 12 weeks of guided practice and an outcome report to any course. Priced per cohort of up to 20 participants, with bespoke options for larger groups.
Ask about cohort pricingPrices exclude VAT.
Questions
Nothing. Cairnsetter arrives as messages in Microsoft Teams or Slack. Your IT team approves the app once, and everyone else just receives their daily habit.
No. Managers' notes stay private. Employees only see the habits Cairnsetter writes from them, and their own reflections stay private to them.
Usually under half an hour for an L&D admin: confirm dates, choose how participants are matched to outcomes, and enrol people from a Teams group, Slack channel or spreadsheet.
Managers choose how many prompts a week (from one to every weekday) and for how many weeks, with organisation-wide defaults set by an admin.
Each organisation's data is kept separate, and we'll provide a data processing agreement before any pilot starts. Ask us for our security summary.
Start with one cohort
A 20-minute call is all it takes to see whether a founding pilot fits your team.
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