How much does first-time manager training cost?

When you read a quote, write two labels before you write any numbers. Label one is the unit: organization, user, or seat. Label two is what happens when you add a person. Then you can see which line moves.

At Thrive the labels are already split. Anyone up to 100 employees is on the same annual price, $3,990. The next person, at 101, moves the organization to $7,990 a year at the next billing date. Sending a first-time manager through Fundamentals of Leading People adds one seat at $1,000. That seat does not change the organization price.

See the bands on the pricing page

Do this on any quote, including ours. The invoice does not show the hours.

1. Write down how many people you will send.
2. Write down the live hours per person per week.
3. Write down how many weeks the program runs.
4. Multiply those three. That product is the live time away from the work.
5. Ask whether the applied work is additional time away, or work the person does inside the job.

For Fundamentals of Leading People, the published inputs for steps two and three are about two hours of live time a week and four weeks. The applied work happens inside the job rather than on top of it, so step five is not a second block of time off the floor. Sessions run live on Microsoft Teams.

Someone who is not in the four-week program can still use a public workshop: two hours, once a month, 25 seats, at 3:00 PM Eastern, 2:00 PM Central, noon Pacific. That is a different pattern of time off the floor, and it is included in the organization price.

Supervisor training program that runs on your real work

Use the same seven questions on every quote. Write the answer in the vendor's words. Where a quote has no published figure, leave the cell blank.

1. Is the price per seat, per user, or per organization?

Thrive publishes this: The platform is one flat price per organization by headcount, and every employee is included. It is not priced per user or per seat. Fundamentals of Leading People is $1,000 per seat, on top of the platform band.

2. What happens to the price when headcount grows inside the band?

Thrive publishes this: Adding people inside your band costs nothing, so the organization price does not move until you cross into the next band. You move to the next band at the next billing date. Up to 100 employees is $3,990 a year. 101 to 500 is $7,990 a year. 501 to 2,500 is $14,990 a year.

3. Are program seats inside the organization price or on top of it?

Thrive publishes this: Program seats are priced outside the platform band. Fundamentals of Leading People is $1,000 per seat, on top of the platform band. Everyone at a company on the platform who does not need the full four weeks still gets the workshops and the library at the same flat price.

4. Is live time included, or is the offer only a self-paced library?

Thrive publishes this: The function includes live workshops and a course library for every employee. Workshops run on Microsoft Teams, two hours, 25 seats, 3:00 PM Eastern, 2:00 PM Central, noon Pacific, once a month for each of 16 topics. Fundamentals of Leading People is live sessions, about two hours of live time a week, plus applied work inside the job.

5. How many live hours does one person spend, and is the applied work more time off the floor?

Thrive publishes this: Fundamentals of Leading People is four weeks, about two hours of live time a week. The applied work happens inside the job rather than on top of it. A public workshop is two hours.

6. Who reviews the applied work, and who owns reminders after the session?

Thrive publishes this: The applied work in programs is reviewed by our team. Your team owns priorities, reminders, and follow-up. Scheduled reminders are not built. Coach Taylor answers when a person asks, and nothing chases them yet. Reminders are on the roadmap.

7. Is a private run for one company the same price as a public seat, or is it quoted with the dates?

Thrive publishes this: Public cohorts mix companies. The public Fundamentals of Leading People cohort is $1,000 per seat, 25 seats. Private cohorts are priced per participant and quoted with the dates.