G.A.M.E. Framework™ — Powerskillz

First-Time Manager Readiness

Your best people got promoted.
Nobody told them how to lead.

58% of first-time managers receive zero training
before leading real teams. Their people pay the price.
There's a better way.

Take the Free 5-Min Diagnostic
15+ years facilitation experience
Games, not jargon
Corporate & individual programmes
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58%
of first-time managers get
zero training before leading people
6–9
months of lost team productivity
per untrained new manager
40
diagnostic questions across
4 risk dimensions
90
days to transform a promoted
doer into a confident leader
The Problem

Promotion is not preparation.

The skills that make someone an outstanding individual contributor
are not the skills that make someone an effective manager.
But most organisations treat promotion as training.

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They still do the work themselves
Because they were the best at it. Because it's faster. Because delegating feels like losing control. Six months in, they're exhausted and their team hasn't grown.
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They avoid the hard conversations
Feedback that needs to be delivered doesn't get delivered. Conflict that needs to be addressed gets avoided. Problems that could have been solved early become crises.
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Their team doesn't know what 'good' looks like
Without clarity on expectations, standards, and priorities, teams operate by guessing. That guessing costs 4–6 hours a week in rework, repeated clarifications, and misaligned effort.
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Nobody told them the role changed
The identity shift from doer to leader is emotional, not just functional. Without structured support for that transition, new managers default to what made them successful before and it backfires.
The Solution

The G.A.M.E. Framework™

A four-stage experiential programme that turns promoted doers into confident leaders
through games, simulations, and real-situation practice. Not lectures. Not slides.

Level 1
G
Ground Rules
Clarity, alignment, and role definition
Days 1–30
  • The identity shift from doer to leader
  • Defining what 'excellent' looks like
  • Setting mutual expectations with every direct report
  • Mapping your new terrain before making moves
Level 2
A
Active Trust
Credibility, consistency, and psychological safety
Days 31–60
  • Building trust through follow-through
  • Delivering feedback that actually lands
  • Creating conditions where people speak up early
  • The quick win as a credibility signal
Level 3
M
Manage Conflict
Healthy friction, difficult conversations, resolution
Days 61–75
  • Facilitating conflict without resolving it for them
  • Speaking last, not first, in team debates
  • Addressing underperformance early and directly
  • Treating conflict as a direction-clarifying tool
Level 4
E
Empower & Execute
Delegation, accountability, performance through others
Days 76–90
  • Delegating outcomes, not just tasks
  • Building a team that runs without you
  • Rituals that sustain high performance
  • Results through the team, not individual heroics
Free Diagnostic Tool

Find out your
FTM Risk Score

20 questions. 5 minutes. Personalised results across all four G.A.M.E. dimensions — for managers and HR/L&D teams.

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Score across all 4 dimensions — Ground Rules, Active Trust, Manage Conflict, and Empower & Execute
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Identify your primary risk level — one-sentence diagnosis of your highest-priority gap
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Dual interpretation — same score reads differently for a manager vs. an HR/L&D head
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3 personalised Fix-It Plays + the 90-Day G.A.M.E. Quest Map for your tier
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Free · 5 minutes · No signup required
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For First-Time Managers
Find out exactly which level of your G.A.M.E. arc is holding you back and get a practical 90-day plan to close the gap.
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For HR & L&D Leaders
Diagnose where your new manager cohort is most at risk before it shows up as team performance or retention data.
Result Tiers

Which one are you?

The diagnostic places every manager in one of four tiers. Take the assessment
to find out where you or your team lands, and what it means.

Tier 1
The Accidental Manager
Take the diagnostic to find out what this means for you.
Tier 2
The Eager Executor
Take the diagnostic to find out what this means for you.
Tier 3
The Developing Leader
Take the diagnostic to find out what this means for you.
Tier 4
The Ready Leader
Take the diagnostic to find out what this means for you.
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Mavis Pereira, Founder Powerskillz
Mavis Pereira
Founder, Powerskillz
About

Leadership trainer. Facilitator. Game designer.

I'm Mavis Pereira, the creator of the G.A.M.E. Framework™ and the founder of Powerskillz, a corporate training and experiential learning consultancy.

17+ years of leadership and behavioural training experience across corporate India
Former Training Manager at Wipro BPO — supervised and developed a team of trainers
Specialises in gamified learning, experiential team building, and people skills because every concept should be experienced, not just explained
Designed programmes for senior leadership teams, new manager cohorts, and individual professionals across industries
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