Support for early-career managers who never got the manual.
Fast-growing companies promote quickly — but without proper support, new managers stall, teams churn, and growth slows. The Step Up is here to fix that.
The problem
Because ‘sink or swim’ shouldn’t be a management strategy.
You’re a fast-moving company trying to scale. You’ve got smart, ambitious people stepping into management roles - because you trust them, because you want to preserve your culture, because you’re business keeps evolving, because it’s what you can afford, because you want to give them opportunities.
You need them to have the skills and tools to lead well, but you don’t have the time or know-how to develop them.
If you don’t solve this problem, those with potential will feel unsupported and will leave. Your teams will struggle to perform and may also experience churn. Before you know it you’re endlessly fire-fighting instead of scaling.
For a company to successfully scale, it must do so through its early-career, frontline managers. But this group is often under-supported, overwhelmed, and left to figure it out alone. That’s risky for them and costly for you.
The SOLUTION
The missing support system for your new managers.
The Step Up provides tactical training, real-world coaching, practical resources, and a peer community — everything your managers need to lead with confidence and clarity.
No fluffy frameworks. No theory overload. Just what works — delivered by someone who’s actually scaled companies and led teams.
THE offering
THE STEP UP: Programme
A hands-on training and coaching experience for early-career managers.
Learn how to hire, lead, and manage confidently through an intense but highly interactive and engaging training week.
Your managers will walk away with skills and tools they can apply immediately, and follow-up coaching sessions will reinforce this.
THE STEP up: Community
A ready-made peer network for those who don’t want to do it alone.
Monthly roundtables, regular events, shared playbooks, and structured support. Members are grouped into small, curated cohorts to exchange insights and tackle real challenges together.
(Launching soon)
why it matters
Because your company can’t scale without great managers.
The majority of scaling problems arise because of ineffective managers and low-performing teams.
Your managers are leading your teams every day. They're responsible for delivery, culture, retention, and momentum. If they’re under-prepared, everyone pays the price.
Investing in them isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s a growth strategy. It’s also one heck of a retention strategy - high performers stay with the company that develops them.
About
Designed and delivered by someone who’s done it, not just talked about it.
Cat Navarro has been managing teams since she was 22 — when she talked her way into her first leadership role and had to learn fast.
Since then, she’s scaled companies, coached managers, and built teams that actually perform. Along the way, she saw the same pattern again and again: new managers struggling and leadership training that didn’t work.
The Step Up is what she built in response — a battle-tested, practical cheat sheet drawn from two decades of doing the job, not just talking about it.
ready to invest in your managers?
Let’s talk about what your team needs.