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Leadership Labs
One challenge.
One focused Lab.
Four hours.
Focused, practical learning for the everyday challenges facing managers and professionals.
Why Leadership Labs?
Managers are busy. Every day brings immediate issues that demand action. Leadership Labs respond with focused, practical four-hour programmes addressing specific workplace capabilities. Select the Lab relevant to your people’s needs, or explore how multiple Labs may support a wider learning journey.
Explore our six labs
Managing Up: Building Trust and Alignment
Stay aligned with your leader and reduce unnecessary friction.
Quick Shifts for New Managers
Move from doing everything yourself to managing effectively.
One-on-Ones: Conversations That Matter
Make one-on-one conversations more meaningful than status updates.
Influencing Collaboration: Mapping for Influence
Understand stakeholder priorities and plan how to gain buy-in.
Influencing Collaboration: The Power of Giving
Strengthen cooperation through thoughtful giving and boundaries.
Job Design That Motivates
Explore how task design can affect engagement and motivation.
Managing Up: Building Trust and Alignment
Capable employees can still experience misalignment with their leaders, leading to rework, reduced trust and friction. This Lab approaches managing up as a practical capability for building alignment.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS EXPLORE
- Anticipate expectations and reduce misalignment
- Communicate with clarity and intent
- Provide meaningful visibility of their work
Quick Shifts for New Managers
Newly promoted managers may continue operating as individual contributors, becoming over-involved in tasks and slow to delegate. This Lab supports the transition towards more structured management.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS EXPLORE
- Redefine how they use time and priorities
- Shift from doing to supervising, coaching and delegating
- Establish routines that create clarity and accountability
One-on-Ones: Conversations That Matter
One-on-ones can fail to create clarity when managers rely on status updates or avoid difficult topics. This Lab focuses on practical conversational behaviours rather than scripts.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS EXPLORE
- Move beyond status updates to deeper conversations
- Ask questions that uncover real issues
- Shift between coaching, clarifying and problem-solving
For managers conducting progress, performance and development conversations.
Influencing Collaboration: Mapping for Influence
]: Projects may slow when stakeholders are overlooked, informal networks misunderstood and priorities remain unclear. This Lab uses visual mapping to develop more deliberate stakeholder strategies.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS EXPLORE
- Identify key players and hidden influencers
- Decode stakeholder motivations and priorities
- Plan strategies to gain buy-in
Influencing Collaboration: The Power of Giving
Where colleagues hold back support or information, collaboration can slow. This Lab explores how intentional giving can build working relationships without disregarding personal boundaries.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS EXPLORE
- Apply small, intentional acts that build trust
- Use giving to unlock cooperation and reduce friction
- • Maintain boundaries while strengthening relationships
Job Design That Motivates
Employees may disengage when work does not align with their strengths or motivations. This Lab helps managers identify areas of misalignment and explore targeted adjustments through PP’s Job Redesign Model.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS EXPLORE
- Identify individual motivators and strengths
- Diagnose misalignment between tasks and engagement
- Redesign work using simple, structured tools