ManagerForge gives you a real operating system for the manager job.
Start with your next 1:1, then build from there. ManagerForge helps you keep the manager-owned record, run better reviews, track goals, manage projects, support hiring, and get coaching that makes you better while the work is happening.
Founding offer
Full Pro for $19/month. Ends September 7, 2026.
You get the full Pro workflow: up to 10 people tracked, 30 hours of transcription each month, plus reviews, goals, projects, hiring, and coaching in one system.
Free plan. No credit card. Your data is never used to train AI models.
ManagerForge noticed
Your last three 1:1s stayed on status updates. Add one coaching question next time so the conversation moves beyond task tracking.
System
One place to run the whole job
ManagerForge gives first-time managers and team leads one connected workspace for meetings, reviews, goals, projects, hiring, and follow-through.
Teaching layer
Guidance tied to real work
The coaching layer looks at what actually happened in your meetings, then tells you what to try next. It is built to help you improve, not just document.
Privacy
Manager-owned by default
Meeting notes and management history stay private to the manager. Org admins do not get a back door into one manager's conversations with their team.
Your 1:1s can look consistent and still be thin.
Ten honest answers reveal whether your meetings build trust, clarity, follow-through, and development. You will leave with a score and a practical plan for the next seven days.
Check your 1:1 healthProduct map
Every major part of the manager's job, in one system
Start with better 1:1s. Then use the same manager record to run reviews, goals, projects, hiring, and coaching without rebuilding context every time.
See every product1:1s and Meeting Capture
Capture your 1:1s by typing notes, pasting notes, or uploading audio. Keep the manager-owned record in one place so follow-ups, patterns, and prep do not disappear after the meeting ends.
Reviews and Feedback Summaries
Turn real meeting history into structured review drafts and feedback summaries you can edit before anything is delivered. No blank page. No guessing what happened three months ago.
GoalForge
Set goals, track progress, and make development conversations concrete. GoalForge helps managers turn vague growth talk into shared targets and visible movement.
ProjectForge
Track the work that actually needs delivery. ProjectForge gives managers a way to connect execution, milestones, and accountability without losing the human context around the work.
HiringForge
Run more structured hiring loops with better interview prep, stronger question plans, and clearer debriefs. HiringForge helps managers make better decisions before a new hire becomes a management problem.
Coaching and Learning Guidance
ManagerForge does not just store notes. It teaches. After meetings and across patterns, you get guidance that helps you run better conversations, coach more effectively, and grow into the leader your team needs.
How it works
The product teaches while it helps you operate
Capture the real work
Log 1:1s, meeting notes, recordings, action items, and follow-ups so the actual management record lives in one place.
Run each management surface
Use that history to draft reviews, summarize feedback, track goals, manage projects, and support hiring with better context.
Learn as you go
Get coaching and teaching guidance tied to your real patterns so the system helps you improve, not just document what already happened.
Built from real management work
This was built by a manager who spent decades doing the job.
ManagerForge was built by Dave Liloia after 33+ years in leadership, 3,000+ interviews across his career, and 1,250+ at Amazon. The point is simple: give managers the system, teaching, and structure most people never get when they are promoted.
Years in leadership
Career interviews
Interviews at Amazon
Insights
Field notes for managers
ARTICLE
How to Deliver a Negative Performance Review Without Making It Worse
Delivering a "needs improvement" rating is hard enough. Doing it when you weren't direct enough along the way makes it harder. Here's how to walk into that room, say what needs to be said, and leave with a real path forward.
7 min read
ARTICLE
A Team Member Isn't Pulling Their Weight
One person on your team is consistently underdelivering and others are starting to notice. Ignoring it punishes your best people, but jumping to conclusions is just as dangerous. Here's how to be fair and firm at the same time.
7 min read
ARTICLE
Erratic Leadership Burns Cycle Time
The leader who turns every problem into an emergency thinks they're signaling urgency. Their team experiences something different: constant interruption, wrong fixes under pressure, and a calendar full of half-finished work.
8 min read
Start with one 1:1. Build the full manager system from there.
ManagerForge is built for the real first week of management work, not an abstract transformation project. Add your first person, log your next meeting, and keep going.
Summer founding offer ends September 7, 2026.