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Virtual Leadership Labs
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Virtual Leadership Labs
We need a fast and fluid way to accelerate development within our teams and organizations, and we need to be able to do that virtually because it is less expensive, easier to fit into a busy day, and allows participation from anywhere in the world – plus, it’s the future. We spent a year perfecting the Leadership Lab experience, and we’ve got it down. Titled by strategic intent, designed for intact teams or groups of common-level leaders, led by skilled facilitators who are also coaches. Read on to explore your options…
High Performance Teaming
The High Performance Teaming Leadership Lab focuses on the leadership mindsets and competencies needed to increase trust, psychological safety, and collaboration amongst executive team members. Specifically designed for leaders of leaders.
This program delivers insights, provides coaching, and creates opportunities for individual gains in:
- Self-awareness, confidence, and professional courage.
- Emotional agility, composure, and resilience.
- Leading during rapid change and complexity.
And collective (team) gains in:
- Sense and strength of team.
- Trust, accountability, and alignment.
- Collective leadership excellence.
Duration – 15 weeks (Standard) or 20 weeks (Accelerator).
Time investment – varies by format (Standard or Accelerator); a typical month asks for 5 hours.

The High Performance Teaming Leadership Lab focuses on the leadership mindsets and competencies needed to increase trust, psychological safety, and collaboration amongst executive team members. Specifically designed for leaders of leaders.
This program delivers insights, provides coaching, and creates opportunities for individual gains in:
- Self-awareness, confidence, and professional courage.
- Emotional agility, composure, and resilience.
- Leading during rapid change and complexity.
And collective (team) gains in:
- Sense and strength of team.
- Trust, accountability, and alignment.
- Collective leadership excellence.

Duration – 15 weeks (Standard) or 20 weeks (Accelerator).
Time investment – varies by format (Standard or Accelerator); a typical month asks for 5 hours.
Positive Leadership
The Positive Leadership Lab is designed to increase new leaders’ ability achieve their goals while maximizing the experience of the people that they lead (or will lead). Leaders will learn the core competencies of positive leadership, the mindsets of highly effective leaders, and best practices for engaging others and delivering results.
This program delivers insights, provides coaching, and creates opportunities for individual gains in:
- Self-awareness, confidence, and leading authentically.
- Creative leadership, resilience, and decision-making.
- Coaching, leveraging strengths, and offering feedback.
And collective (team) gains in:
- Sense and strength of team.
- Trust, accountability, and alignment.
- Collective leadership excellence.
Duration – 14 weeks (Standard)
Time investment – approximately 5 hours per month.

The Positive Leadership Lab is designed to increase new leaders’ ability achieve their goals while maximizing the experience of the people that they lead (or will lead). Leaders will learn the core competencies of positive leadership, the mindsets of highly effective leaders, and best practices for engaging others and delivering results.
This program delivers insights, provides coaching, and creates opportunities for individual gains in:
- Self-awareness, confidence, and leading authentically.
- Creative leadership, resilience, and decision-making.
- Coaching, leveraging strengths, and offering feedback.
And collective (team) gains in:
- Sense and strength of team.
- Trust, accountability, and alignment.
- Collective leadership excellence.

Duration – 14 weeks (Standard)
Time investment – approximately 5 hours per month.
Dare to Lead™ Leadership Lab
The full Dare to Lead™ curriculum delivered through pLink’s unique Leadership Lab structure. The Dare to Lead Leadership Lab centers on 4 courage-building skill sets that are teachable, observable, and measurable – Rumbling with Vulnerability, Living into Values, BRAVING Trust, and Learning to Rise. Based on the work of Dr. Brené Brown and powered by pLink Leadership.
Our Dare to Lead Leadership Lab is led by pLink Executive Coaches who are Certified Dare to Lead Facilitators.
This course will result in a Dare to Lead Trained certificate and digital badge.
The program delivers insights, provides coaching, and creates opportunities for individual gains in:
- Enhancing self-awareness, emotional agility, and professional courage.
- Giving and receiving feedback, engaging in difficult conversations.
- Leading through well-defined core values and building trust.
- Growing confidence and resilience after setbacks and challenges.
And collective (team) gains in:
- Brave leadership.
- Courageous culture.
- Collective leadership excellence.
Duration – 20 weeks
Time investment – approximately 8 hours per month.

The full Dare to Lead™ curriculum delivered through pLink’s unique Leadership Lab structure. The Dare to Lead Leadership Lab centers on 4 courage-building skill sets that are teachable, observable, and measurable – Rumbling with Vulnerability, Living into Values, BRAVING Trust, and Learning to Rise. Based on the work of Dr. Brené Brown and powered by pLink Leadership.
Our Dare to Lead Leadership Lab is led by pLink Executive Coaches who are Certified Dare to Lead Facilitators.
This course will result in a Dare to Lead Trained certificate and digital badge.
The program delivers insights, provides coaching, and creates opportunities for individual gains in:
- Enhancing self-awareness, emotional agility, and professional courage.
- Giving and receiving feedback, engaging in difficult conversations.
- Leading through well-defined core values and building trust.
- Growing confidence and resilience after setbacks and challenges.
And collective (team) gains in:
- Brave leadership.
- Courageous culture.
- Collective leadership excellence.

Duration – 20 weeks
Time investment – approximately 8 hours per month.
Connections
The Connections Leadership Lab focuses on the foundational mindsets and competencies needed to lead the self effectively, and then to build relationships with others in an authentic and high integrity manner.
Leaders will learn about the mindsets and competencies needed to be self-aware, skillfully navigate emotions, and earn and extend trust, setting the stage for successful collaboration and teamwork.
This program delivers insights, provides coaching, and includes opportunities for individual gains in:
- Self-awareness, confidence, and professional courage.
- Emotional agility, composure, and resilience.
- Effective leadership.
And collective (team) gains in:
- Accountability.
- Productive relationships with others.
- Trust within and between teams.
- Collective leadership excellence.
Duration – 15 weeks (Standard)
Time investment – approximately 5 hours per month.

The Connections Leadership Lab focuses on the foundational mindsets and competencies needed to lead the self effectively, and then to build relationships with others in an authentic and high integrity manner.
Leaders will learn about the mindsets and competencies needed to be self-aware, skillfully navigate emotions, and earn and extend trust, setting the stage for successful collaboration and teamwork.
This program delivers insights, provides coaching, and includes opportunities for individual gains in:
- Self-awareness, confidence, and professional courage.
- Emotional agility, composure, and resilience.
- Effective leadership.
And collective (team) gains in:
- Accountability.
- Productive relationships with others.
- Trust within and between teams.
- Collective leadership excellence.

Duration – 15 weeks (Standard)
Time investment – approximately 5 hours per month.
Influencing
The Influencing Leadership Lab focuses on the leadership mindsets and competencies needed to communicate in ways that build influence across the organization without formal authority.
This program delivers insights, provides coaching, and creates opportunities for individual gains in:
- Self-awareness, composure, and resilience.
- Influence with peers and leadership.
- Communication to increase trust, connection, and collaboration.
And collective (team) gains in:
- Trust, alignment, and innovation across the organization.
- A culture of curiosity.
- A leadership style of “getting it right” vs. “being right.”
- Steady gains in progress.
Duration – 15 weeks (Standard)
Time investment – approximately 5 hours per month.

The Influencing Leadership Lab focuses on the leadership mindsets and competencies needed to communicate in ways that build influence across the organization without formal authority.
This program delivers insights, provides coaching, and creates opportunities for individual gains in:
- Self-awareness, composure, and resilience.
- Influence with peers and leadership.
- Communication to increase trust, connection, and collaboration.
And collective (team) gains in:
- Trust, alignment, and innovation across the organization.
- A culture of curiosity.
- A leadership style of “getting it right” vs. “being right.”
- Steady gains in progress.

Duration – 15 weeks (Standard)
Time investment – approximately 5 hours per month.
Courageous Conversations
The Courageous Conversations Accelerator Lab’s optimized timeline is designed to focus leaders on the mindsets and competencies needed to engage in the real, essential, and difficult conversations that drive an organization forward during rapid change and disruption.
This program delivers insights, provides coaching, and includes opportunities for individual gains in:
- Self-awareness, composure, and professional courage.
- Resilience to better deal with challenges and setbacks.
- Confidence in having difficult conversations.
- Decisiveness during rapid change and uncertainty.
And collective (team) gains in:
- Trust, accountability, and alignment.
- Courageous authenticity.
- Curiosity and generous assumptions.
- Collective leadership excellence.
Duration – 20 weeks (Accelerator format only).
Time investment – Approximately 9 hours the first month and then throttles back to 5 hours/month for the remaining time.

The Courageous Conversations Accelerator Lab’s optimized timeline is designed to focus leaders on the mindsets and competencies needed to engage in the real, essential, and difficult conversations that drive an organization forward during rapid change and disruption.
This program delivers insights, provides coaching, and includes opportunities for individual gains in:
- Self-awareness, composure, and professional courage.
- Resilience to better deal with challenges and setbacks.
- Confidence in having difficult conversations.
- Decisiveness during rapid change and uncertainty.
And collective (team) gains in:
- Trust, accountability, and alignment.
- Courageous authenticity.
- Curiosity and generous assumptions.
- Collective leadership excellence.

Duration – 20 weeks (Accelerator format only).
Time investment – Approximately 9 hours the first month and then throttles back to 5 hours/month for the remaining time.