The curriculum, the Looms, the LMS modules — all done. Yet three weeks in, new hires still DM their manager: “How do I create a deal in Salesforce?” What if they could just ask, right there on the screen, and get walked through it — live?
You've invested in training. Here's what actually happens.
You built a full onboarding course.
New hires click through slides at 2x speed, check the box, and retain nothing. Completion rate looks great. Competence doesn't.
Completion is not competence.
You run live tool training sessions.
They follow along on a shared screen, nod, take notes. By Monday, it's gone. "Wait, which menu was that under?" Back to square one.
Forgot by Monday.
You wrote a 40-page onboarding PDF.
Nobody reads it. The ones who try get lost in screenshots from last quarter's UI. They give up and message their manager instead.
Nobody reads 40-page PDFs.
Not your L&D budget. The productivity you never recovered.
Average time for a new hire to reach full productivity
3-6 monthsOf tool training is forgotten within one week
67%Managers spend re-explaining workflows the training already covered
15+ hrs/hireIn lost productivity for every "how do I" message
$25One guide takes 30 seconds to build with AI.
Cost: $0.
The big idea
The gap between your training room and the actual software is where knowledge goes to die. Guidely puts the guidance directly on the live application — the moment someone asks. No context-switching. No “now go try it yourself.” They're already doing it.
Stuck in Salesforce? A new hire types "How do I create a deal?" into Guidely and gets the answer live on the real screen — no DM to their manager, no digging through a 40-page PDF.
In the moment of need
It highlights the exact button, prompts "now you try," and waits for the real click before moving on. Interactive steps, not passive video — so it actually sticks.
Learn by doing
Turn the best walkthroughs into guides — drop them in Slack, pin them in your LMS, or push them to the team's extension. Any web app, no integration. Onboarding that improves itself.
Compounds over time
Orientation. HR overview. "We'll cover the tools tomorrow."
Tool training sessions. Classroom-style. Slides and screen shares.
Shadow sessions. Senior reps lose half their day walking new hires through workflows.
Still asking questions. "I know we covered this but where was that button?"
Maybe productive. Maybe.
Weeks to productivity
Orientation + Guidely installed on every tool they'll use.
They hit the real tools and ask Guidely when stuck — guided live, on the spot.
No manager DMs. They're unblocking themselves.
Fully productive. Handling real work.
Your best answers are already saved as guides. Zero prep.
Days to productivity
You do. Here's what Guidely adds that they can't.
"We already have an LMS."
Guidely isn't replacing your LMS. It's filling the gap your LMS can't — the actual tool training. Your LMS handles compliance, policy, and culture. Guidely handles "click here, then here, now you try." They're complementary, not competing.
"Our tools change quarterly."
AI rebuilds guides in seconds. Describe the new workflow, get an updated guide. Compare that to re-recording 12 Loom videos, updating 8 Confluence pages, and still fielding the same Slack questions for a week.
"We need compliance tracking."
Guidely tracks completion per person, per guide. You see who finished, who skipped, and who's stuck. Export the data. Plug it into your compliance reporting. It's not just "did they watch" — it's "did they do it."
"Enterprise tools like WalkMe do this."
For $30-50K/year and 3 months of setup with a dedicated admin. You need an SI engagement just to configure it. Guidely is free, AI-powered, and your first guide is live in 30 seconds. No integration. No vendor call. No procurement.
Install Guidely, and new hires get answers the moment they ask — live, on the real tool.
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