Leadership Labs
Interactive leadership training designed exclusively for software engineering leaders.
Join live sessions with industry peers and level up your leadership craft together.
£39 £29
per month (+VAT)
There’s no shortage of resources, courses, frameworks and patterns for the technical aspects of software engineering…
… but when stepping into leadership roles, you’re often left to improvise and figure it all out by yourself. There are no recipes.
Don't go it alone
Engineering leadership can be a lonely experience.
You’re no longer part of the team in the same way.
They now expect something different from you.
Management expects something different from you too.
But this is new and different to you.
There are fewer people around you to chat with.
Fewer peers to brainstorm with, sharing struggles and advice.
What you really need is a peer group of people on the same journey.
Throw in some structure and experience and you've got Leadership Labs.
How Leadership Labs works
A monthly subscription designed for busy engineering leaders
Join weekly live sessions
Join live, interactive online sessions tailored to real-world engineering leadership challenges; drop into as many as you like
Connect with industry peers
Access a private Slack community to ask questions, share insights, and vote on upcoming session topics
Tailored to your needs
Influence the curriculum by suggesting session topics that would help you the most right now
Weekly sessions feels like a lot, right? We offer a variety across the month so that you can drop into the sessions most relevant to your current challenges or goals
Why Leadership Labs is the best investment in your career
Real-world, industry-specific leadership
Unlike generic management training programs, we focus on challenges engineering managers face
Interactive and hands-on learning
Forget passive lectures, get feedback in real-time and collaborate with peers
Peer-to-peer learning
Learn from others who’ve been in your shoes—tech leads, managers, and aspiring leaders
Continuous Development
Stay sharp with fresh, evolving content every month and a community that grows with you
Priced to accommodate even the most meagre L&D budget, Leadership Labs gives you outsized value at just £29 per month (+VAT). That’s about $38 USD.
Leadership Labs isn’t for everyone
This is for you if…
✓ You are a manager of engineers, manager of managers, or an engineering aspiring to management and leadership
✓ You want to grow faster with a supportive network of peers
✓ You want to master the craft of engineering leadership
✓ You know that people skills are as important as technical skills
This is not for you if…
✗ You think leadership is about telling people what to do
✗ You're CTO / Exec level (we'd love to work with you, but not here)
✗ You don't want to be a better leader for your team
✗ You think you got this and want to go it alone
✗ You've had all of the leadership training you'll ever need
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About Leadership Labs
With career progression into roles with more leadership responsibilities, the landscape becomes ever more ambiguous and complex. It is not uncommon for leaders, new and old, to feel like they are doing a great job one minute, only to feel like they are failing the next.
While there are countless technical books, courses, frameworks, libraries, and templates to support the developing engineer, there are far fewer resources available for the developing engineering leader. Management and leadership involve people and relationships, which are inherently complex and unpredictable.
Leadership Labs offers a way to help you navigate these new challenges, to become the great leader you know you can be. Blend expertise, peers, theory, and reality with a supportive community and you’ll feel much more confident to face these challenges head-on.
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Facilitated by John and Simon, at Human-Centric Engineering who are both experienced software engineers and engineering leaders. We feel this is vital for understanding the developing leader's experience and perspectives.
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it is important that people feel able to share their personal struggles with aspects of engineering leadership. In order to learn we must be willing to adopt the beginner's mind and be a little vulnerable. Leadership Labs will respect the confidentiality of participants and encourage an environment of humble, curious and respectful communication.
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The sessions will be themed according to suggestions, requests and interests of participants. We will be seeking feedback throughout to ensure we stay on track and meet the needs of the group.
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While participants will be from engineering backgrounds, the focus is on the human aspects of engineering. Think psychology, sociology, and philosophy rather than technology. We often rush to find technical solutions to human problems, here we will be working with the assumption that human issues underlie most of the difficult challenges in software engineering.
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As a monthly subscription you can cancel at any time. If you're on an annual plan you'll be refunded for any full months left on you're plan. If you're not happy with Leadership Labs for any reason and cancel within the first three months you'll get a full refund.
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We’ll be inviting people into Leadership Labs in small batches on a first-come first-served basis. Simply answer a couple of questions to help us help you … and you'll be on the list.