Leadership Lab
In this episode, we introduce the Leadership Lab, a new community designed to give leaders the tools they've never been given. We explore the real gap between being a high performer and knowing how to lead others, backed by compelling data on the leadership crisis, burnout, and workplace loneliness. We walk through what's inside the community and why we built it the way we did.
Key Takeaways
Promotion Doesn't Equal Preparation High performers are often promoted into leadership roles without the foundational skills to actually lead, and most organizations don't close that gap until a decade later, if at all.
Leaders Are Burned Out and Under-Supported With 77% of organizations reporting a leadership depth shortage and 72% of existing leaders feeling used up by the end of the day, there's an urgent need for accessible, self-paced development that fits into real work life.
Human-Centric Leadership Is the Competitive Edge Kindness, empathy, and emotional intelligence aren't soft. They're the skills that close generational gaps, combat workplace loneliness, and inspire people to want to lead in the first place.
Timestamps
00:32 Introducing the Leadership Lab and its launch date
01:00 Why leadership development has a 10-year gap problem
02:17 Promoted to incompetence: the gap between doing and leading
03:45 Stat 1: How leaders managing change is now the #1 driver of engagement
05:43 Stat 2: The leadership crisis, 77% of orgs lack leadership depth; 72% of leaders feel burned out
08:22 Stat 3: The connection recession, 45% of workers feel isolated; 77% of Gen Z feel lonely at work
09:23 Why Gen Z is opting out of leadership roles
11:31 Navigating five generations in the workplace
13:20 Tour of the Leadership Lab community
14:10 Tactical Management section, templates, playbooks, and consulting tools
17:03 AI Upskilling section, foundations, workflows, and team adoption
17:38 Leadership Development courses, Leading Self and Leading Others
20:37 Launch plan and what to expect on March 9th