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PIP Start — Writing the Plan You Hoped You Would Never Write

A three-round high-stakes simulation in which a manager drafts a Performance Improvement Plan with an AI coach.

3 rounds Executive English, Español
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About this simulation

A three-round high-stakes simulation in which a manager drafts a Performance Improvement Plan with an AI coach. Practice distinguishing a genuine plan from a disguised termination, writing behavioural expectations, balancing support with demand, installing staircase checkpoints, and delivering a direct human opening script.

Who it is for

An advanced simulation for participants used to working with the main frameworks and trade-offs of the subject, designed for executive education and experienced professionals.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 3 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results. The first round opens with: The honest pre-write.
  3. The simulation can be run in English, Español.
  4. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • If they hit every item on the plan, would you genuinely retain them?
  • Have you contributed to the drift (missed feedback, unclear expectations)?
  • Have you ever directly named the gap to the person before today?
  • How do you frame the expectations?
  • What support do you build in?
  • How will you measure progress?
  • Honesty clause — what happens if the plan is not met?
  • Choose the opening 90 seconds when you hand over the plan
  • If they react with shock, anger, or relief, what is your plan?
  • Immediate aftercare — what happens in the next 24 hours?

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

  • PIP Integrity Trajectory

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Human Resource Management.

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