Leadership Labs and Cohorts are time-limited, learning-centered engagements designed to support leaders in navigating complexity, building shared understanding, and applying insight to real leadership challenges.
These engagements are not coaching programs, though coaching may be one of the methods used. Depending on context and purpose, labs and cohorts may combine facilitation, subject matter expertise, reflective practice, and coaching. The structure is shaped by intention and context rather than a single model.
Leadership Labs (Open Enrollment)
Leadership Labs are open to individual leaders and designed as focused learning spaces. Labs center shared inquiry, skill-building, and application around a specific leadership theme or moment.
Labs are time-limited and intentionally designed to create space for reflection, dialogue, and practice alongside peers. Depending on the design, labs may include teaching, facilitated discussion, reflective exercises, and coaching.
Some labs are designed for individuals to participate on their own. Others may invite leaders to participate alongside a key partner—such as a manager, board chair, or collaborator—when shared learning and alignment support the goals of the lab.
Current and emerging lab formats include:
- AI leadership labs for Black leaders focused on discernment, ethics, and thoughtful application
- Leadership practice labs centered on decision-making, responsibility, and alignment
- Dyad-based labs designed for leaders navigating shared accountability
Upcoming labs are shared periodically. Check our events page or join the mailing list for updates.
A Note on AI Leadership Workshops
Some Leadership Labs focus specifically on how leaders engage emerging tools like artificial intelligence. These workshops center leadership, ethics, and real-world application rather than technical training.
If you’re interested in AI leadership work designed for Black leaders and organizations navigating responsibility, impact, and decision-making, you can learn more here.
→ Explore AI Leadership Workshops
Closed Cohorts (By Partnership)
Closed Cohorts are developed in partnership with funders or organizations to support teams, networks, or groups of leaders through a shared learning experience aligned with institutional or philanthropic goals.
Cohorts are invitation-based, time-limited, and tailored to the realities leaders are navigating. These engagements may be structured for individuals, teams, or dyads, depending on context.
Closed cohorts often combine facilitation, subject matter expertise, and coaching in service of collective learning, alignment, and application within real leadership conditions.
Examples of closed cohort engagements include:
- Funder-sponsored cohorts for grantees or partners
- Organizational cohorts supporting leadership teams or cross-functional groups
- Dyad-based cohorts designed for leaders whose roles are interdependent
How These Engagements Are Designed
Leadership Labs and Cohorts are shaped collaboratively and grounded in the conditions leaders are navigating. This work prioritizes:
- Learning and application over performance or polish
- Discernment and clarity before action
- Shared responsibility rather than individual heroics
- Context-specific design rather than one-size approaches
Not every engagement is a fit. These offerings are best suited for leaders, organizations, and funders who are willing to reflect, learn together, and take responsibility for how leadership is practiced.
Next Steps
If you’re exploring a Leadership Lab or Cohort, consider whether you’re seeking open enrollment learning or a sponsored, partnership-based engagement. Each path offers different possibilities for participation and design.
Get in touch to explore a lab or cohort partnership at in**@******li.com.