Rehearse the conversation you’re dreading — out loud, before it happens.
The raise, the boundary, the “we need to talk.” Aplomb lets you practice it against an AI that plays the other person and pushes back like they will, then scores you honestly and hands you the stronger lines. It arrives on the App Store in a few weeks — the list below is how you get in first.
Your manager just took credit for your work in the meeting.
Effective
Clear, assertive, composed.
+12 vs. your last attempt
A real, live conversation — then a number that tells the truth.
You speak in real time. The AI plays your manager, your date, your in-law, and adapts to every word. When you’re done, every session is scored across five dimensions of how you actually communicate — the three that matter most for your situation count double, so the number means something.
What you said, the stronger line, and why it works.
Not generic advice — your own words from the transcript, rewritten into something you’d actually say.
What you said
“Sorry to bring this up, but I was kind of hoping we could maybe talk about my role at some point?”
The stronger line
“I’d like to talk about my role and where it’s heading. Can we put twenty minutes on the calendar this week?”
Why it works
It drops the apology and the hedges (“kind of,” “maybe,” “at some point”), states what you want plainly, and asks for a specific next step — so it can’t be brushed aside.
Aplomb started on maternity leave, when its founder noticed that conversation is a muscle — and hers had gone out of practice. She didn’t need another book about communication; she needed somewhere to say the hard thing badly a few times, in private, so she could say it well when it counted. That place didn’t exist, so she built it.
It’s made by one person, not a growth team — read the full story.
The next hard conversation is coming either way.
Be walking into it with the reps behind you. Leave your email and you’ll be first through the door.