The app, Coach Amanda, serves up tips on her phone in five- to 10-minute videos and texts that Ms. Collings consumes during spare moments in her workday. The Coach Amanda smartphone app nudges managers to change their behavior in small ways. Another coaching app, Butterfly, was born of the pain its three co-founders felt after they were thrust into management jobs in their 20s without any training. Another platform, Humu, aims to improve employers’ corporate culture. At Fidelity Investments in Boston, executives say Humu is helping employees and managers give and receive feedback more easily.

Source: Wall Street Journal April 15, 2019 13:52 UTC