Our Leadership Labs help professionals practice the skills that matter most—and are often practiced the least. Through highly interactive, experiential sessions, participants build confidence in storytelling, public speaking, pitching, influence, humor, and creativity.
Because these skills aren’t built by sitting and listening. They’re built by doing.
Wednesday 10/7 | 12:00pm-1:00pm| Digital on Zoom | Free**
Join us for a free, interactive 60-minute session exploring the ROI of humor in leadership and how humor can support trust, connection, creativity, communication, and team culture.
We’ll mix research and practical ideas with conversation, reflection, and a few playful experiments you can try yourself. This isn’t a comedy class, and you don’t have to be “the funny one” on your team. It’s an exploration of how leaders can use levity and play more intentionally—and why it matters.
Come ready to participate, experiment, and maybe laugh a little.
Tuesday 10/13 | 11:30am-1:30pm| $75 | Digital on Zoom
Whether you're pitching an idea, proposing a new program, requesting funding, interviewing, or presenting to leadership, you're asking people to believe in something. In this interactive digital lab, you'll build and deliver two real pitches while learning a simple framework that helps you organize ideas, tell a compelling story, and confidently inspire action.
Sunday 10/18 | 6:00pm-8:00pm| $15 | Mesa, Arizona
Want to practice your pitching skills? Come Play! Pitch Slam is a live, open-mic pitching competition where anyone can share a 5-minute pitch about a business idea, project, cause—or pretty much anything they genuinely care about.
The catch? We provide the slides. And you won’t see them until you’re on stage. Come ready to think on your feet, practice speaking under pressure, and have some fun with improvisation.
Want to pitch? Put your name in the hat. Rather watch? Grab a ticket, cheer on the brave souls who take the stage, and help choose the winner.
Random slides. Real pitches. $100 prize. Audience picks the winner.
Sunday 11/8 | 12:00pm-3:30pm| $75 | Mesa, Arizona
Whether you're leading a meeting, pitching an idea, interviewing, or speaking on stage, your ability to communicate with clarity and confidence shapes how people respond. In this interactive in-person lab, through interactive exercises and real-time practice, you’ll work on:
Tuesday 11/17/26 | 10:00am-1:00pm| $75 | Digital on Zoom
Whether you're leading a meeting, giving a presentation, interviewing, or sharing a vision, stories are what people remember. In this interactive lab, you'll learn a practical storytelling framework and build two stories you can immediately use to connect, influence, and inspire.
We’re piloting these offerings to learn alongside participants, refine the experience, and shape what comes next together. If you have ideas for what you would like us to offer, please share that with us!
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