RippleIQ delivers on-demand AI coaching for every leader on your team — in 10 minutes, for less than $30/month. No scheduling. No waiting. No workshop hangover.
No account needed to try it. · From the author of Building a Coaching Culture: The Ripple Effect (Business Expert Press, 2026)
Why RippleIQ
Executive coaches charge $300–$500 per hour. Two-day workshops cost thousands and fade by Friday. RippleIQ is different on every dimension that matters to busy leaders.
On demand, whenever you face a real leadership challenge — not just scheduled office hours.
A full coaching session that fits your calendar. Prepare for a hard conversation in your commute.
Less than a single hour with a human coach. Unlimited sessions, not a pay-per-session meter.
The AI Engine
Anil's question — "What is AI doing?" — is the right question. Here's the honest answer.
Describe your actual situation. The AI asks the right questions and builds a coaching plan specific to your challenge — not a Wikipedia answer.
Every response is grounded in the Ripple Leadership System™ — Heart + Backbone, coaching as infrastructure, behavior change over time.
Two of the most capable AI models in the world, configured specifically for leadership coaching. Not out-of-the-box. Built on your framework.
Every session builds a picture of your leadership patterns — where you're growing, what needs attention, how your coaching style evolves.
RippleIQ is a leadership coach — not a therapist, not a search engine. Clear parameters keep every session professionally focused and safe.
Real coaching. Real scenarios. Real managers.
Our Philosophy
The goal was never to replace human connection. It's to make you better at it.
Great coaching moments happen between people — in a 1:1, after a hard meeting, in the five minutes before a difficult conversation. RippleIQ exists to help you show up to those moments prepared, grounded, and ready to lead with both heart and backbone.
We believe leadership is fundamentally relational. AI doesn't change that. It just removes the excuse of not having time to prepare.
RippleIQ prepares you for the conversation. The conversation itself — the trust, the connection, the real exchange — is yours.
Empathy without accountability creates drift. Accountability without empathy creates burnout. We coach both together, every session.
A 10-minute coaching conversation isn't a nice gesture. It's a micro-investment in trust that ripples through your team long after the meeting ends.
The Ripple Leadership System™
RippleIQ is the practice engine at the center. The book provides the philosophy. Consulting builds the organization-wide infrastructure.
Who It's For
Running 1:1s, giving feedback, dealing with conflict, earning trust while holding accountability. RippleIQ coaches you through each scenario as it happens.
Give your managers a coaching tool they'll actually use — on their terms, in their time. Affordable team seat pricing means you can scale access without scaling your budget.
We partner with executive teams to design the coaching culture architecture that makes behavioral change inevitable — not aspirational. RippleIQ is the daily practice layer. We design the system around it.
What leaders are saying
Coaching culture isn't aspirational anymore. It's infrastructure. Kim's work gives organizations the system to actually build it.
This is the kind of resource the HR community has been waiting for — practical, scalable, and grounded in how leaders actually develop.
Kim's framework cuts through the noise. Heart and Backbone is the most useful model I've seen for helping managers hold both empathy and accountability at once.
Why RippleIQ Wins
BetterUp, CoachHub, and Coachello are built for enterprise procurement — months of evaluation, IT sign-off, and five-figure contracts before a single manager gets value. RippleIQ doesn't work that way.
| RippleIQ | BetterUp | CoachHub | Cloverleaf | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start today — no IT, no procurement | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Transparent pricing on the website | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Partial |
| Under $50/month for individuals | ✓ $29.99 | $200–$500+ | Enterprise only | Team plans only |
| Built on a named, published methodology | ✓ Ripple Leadership System™ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario-based coaching for real situations | ✓ | ✓ | With human coach | Nudges only |
| Available 24/7 — no scheduling | ✓ | AI only | Schedule required | ✓ |
| Founder-led by published HR executive | ✓ 20+ yrs, SPHR, Author | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Individual → team → enterprise upgrade path | ✓ Natural ladder | Top-down only | Top-down only | Top-down only |
Any manager can be in a coaching session in under 2 minutes — no demo request, no contract review, no six-week onboarding. That's the whole point. The practice gap closes when access is frictionless.
Simple Pricing
No contracts. Cancel anytime. Founding pricing locked for early subscribers.
Enterprise dashboard, admin reporting, and org-wide deployment are on our roadmap. Talk to us about early access.
Executive coaches charge $300–$500/hour for a single session.
RippleIQ Pro is unlimited coaching for the cost of two coffees a month.
The foundational philosophy behind RippleIQ and the Ripple Leadership System™. Published by Business Expert Press, March 2026. Written by Kim Lee, SPHR — 20+ years of HR leadership, distilled into a practitioner's handbook.
Enterprise & Consulting
Whether you're exploring RippleIQ for a team, designing org-wide leadership infrastructure, or just want a conversation — we respond within one business day.
Not sure where to start? Take our free AI Readiness Assessment and find out where your organization stands in 8 minutes.
Take the Free AI Readiness Assessment →