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Make real impact.Really fast.LifeLabs helps managers, execs, and teams master life’s most useful skills.

Our programs are:

Refreshing Workshops are short (2 hours), fun, and tailored to your culture

Taught live In-person or virtually, for real-time feedback and peer-to-peer learning

Lab-based Packed with practice and science that appeals to data-driven minds

Simple & sticky Giving employees tools they can put to use the very same day

Focused on tipping point skills The smallest changes that make the biggest impact

Our clients are saying:

“Our employees continually rave about the workshops and facilitators.” Jenny Weston, Lyft

“Pretty much the most useful workshops I’ve ever gone to.” Matthew Hamilton, Venmo

“LifeLabs sessions are helpful for first-time managers and technical folks to scale as leaders in the company by giving them a simple yet powerful framework.” Bala Bubramaniam, Instacart

“The lessons really stuck with me. I was able to immediately put them into practice.” Marisa Beltramini, Squarespace

“3 years later, I am still thinking about and referring back to LifeLabs trainings.”

Kristin Slevin, Warby Parker

LifeLabs ProgramMenuNot all skills are created equal. We do research to identify the tipping point skills: the smallest changes that make the biggest impact in the shortest time.

Each program in this menu includes short, fun, interactive, and science-based training that transforms critical skills into lasting habits.

Manager Development

Executive Development

Individual Contributor Development

Org-Wide Initiatives

All-Staff Enrichment

Additional Services

Learning & Development Strategy

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Launch your program: Contact your LifeLabs Point Person, email [email protected], or visit LifeLabsLearning.com


Manager DevelopmentRapidly develop your people leaders in what research shows to be the CORE skills of great managers.

We call this our CORE Program (each workshop is 2 hours, 10 participants max).

Manager CORE 1 WorkshopsThe essential building blocks of world-class management.

1. Coaching Skills Master the cornerstone skill of great leaders: developing people to become high performers.

2. Feedback Skills Give performance-changing feedback even when the topic is tough and time is limited.

3. Productivity & Prioritization Collect tools to help you and your team make progress on the most important things.

4. Effective 1 - 1s Use one-on-ones to maximize people’s feeling of progress, inclusion, growth, and engagement.

After each workshop, participants get summaries, templates, and Mini Missions to turn learning into action. After the fourth workshop, they receive a 6-week Booster Series: short, fun nudges to refresh and apply new skills.

3 Months Later

5. Manager Intensive 1At the critical point in the learning cycle when new skills start to fade, assess your CORE 1 skills and take them to the next level by applying them to challenging scenarios.


Rapidly develop your people leaders in what research shows to be the CORE skills of great managers (each workshop is 2 hours, 10 participants max).

Manager CORE 2Once managers complete CORE 1, they can learn to approach their work strategically in areas that most impact the business.

1. Strategic Thinking Master critical goal-setting and decision-making habits, and help your team take strategic action.

2. Meetings Mastery Lead masterful meetings, moving groups from discussion to action, making sure every voice is heard.

3. Leading Change Learn how to influence and inspire others, make change stick over time, and help your team stay changeable.

4. People Development Expand capabilities and increase engagement by developing your team and creating a succession plan.


3 Months Later

5. Manager Intensive 2Assess your CORE 2 skills and take part in a series of tough practice drills and case studies to refresh and deepen your leadership capabilities.

Manager Development


Executive Development

Individual Contributor DevelopmentIndividual Contributor CORE Accelerate employee development in the most critical drivers of performance. All skills complement our leadership programs, resulting in company-wide impact (each workshop is 2 hours, 30 participants max).

Exec CORE Want org-wide impact? Invite your c-suite and senior leaders to take part in the Exec CORE Program. These workshops match the Manager CORE but are taught through the lens of modeling and reinforcing essential management skills (to build a strong leadership culture).

1. Influential Communication Earn influence, improve collaboration, and build relationships by adjusting how you communicate.

2. Feedback Skills Improve communication and productivity by giving and rececing feedback well – even in tough situations.

3. Productivity & Prioritization This session bundles the most successful hacks for working smarter, faster, and better.

4. Career Growth Take charge of your professional development by growing your strengths, relationships, and influence.


3 Months Later

5. IC Practice IntensiveAssess your CORE strengths and gaps and take part in “rough rounds:” tough drills and case studies that turn new skills into lasting habits.


Org-Wide InitiativesLooking to make a sweeping change across your org? We support the initiatives below through a combination of training, resources (like templates and checklists), and consulting.

Driving Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives can be overwhelming. We’ll help you create a simple plan of action, including training and small changes to your organizational systems that have wide-spread impact.

1. Build an Inclusive Culture

Behaviors of Inclusion

Build awareness, shared vocabulary (to make scary conversations easier), and learn to be an advocate for yourself and others.

(2 hours, 30 participants max)

Feedback is critical to individual and company success, yet it is one of the toughest habits to instill. Transform your feedback culture through training and consulting on your org systems and practices.

2. Create a Feedback Culture

Feedback Skills: Workshops for execs, managers, and individual contributors

Help employees at all levels develop feedback skills, confidence, shared norms and vocabulary to take the fear out of tough conversations.

(2 hours, 10 participants for execs and managers; 30 for ICs)


Org-Wide InitiativesLooking to make a sweeping change across your org? We support the initiatives below through a combination of training, resources (like templates and checklists), and consulting.

3. Support a Distributed Workforce

Our workshops can be taught virtually so all employees get access to world-class training and develop shared tools and vocabulary. We also provide consulting on your org systems and specialized training for your leaders.

Managing Distributed Employees

Learn the unique challenges of remote and distributed employees, and increase their engagement by adopting simple but powerful leadership and team habits.


4. Develop High Performing Teams

A strong predictor of individual effectiveness is team effectiveness. Maximize the success of your teams by offering any of the 2-hour workshops in this menu in a team format or the HPT intensive.

High Performance Team Session

In this HPT intensive, teams build greater cohesion, productivity, and communication, as they drastically cut down the time it takes to build trust and do great work together.



Delivery Skills Capture attention, demonstrate warmth and competence, and make your message stick.

Personality & Work Styles Understand your preferences and flex your style to collaborate well with different communicators.

Negotiation Skills Acquire the skills and knowledge you need to reach win-win outcomes in everyday work and life scenarios.

Behavioral Interviewing Reduce interview bias, increase the quality of new hires, and create a great candidate experience.

People Reading Learn to read facial micro-expressions to increase connection and influence (based on CIA & FBI training).

Crafting Surprise & Delight Harness surprise psychology to delight coworkers and clients and create memorable moments.

After each workshop, participants get summaries, templates, and Mini Missions to turn learning into action.

All-Staff EnrichmentShow your employees—at all levels—that you’re investing in their development. Offer an enriching workshop every month or every other month (each workshop is 2 hours, 30 participants max).


Additional ServicesWant more support?LifeLabs can partner with you to build a robust L&D program, including:


Keynotes for events

Retreat and offsite workshops for groups of all sizes

Programs for specialized audiences (e.g., sales professionals, engineering leads, high potential leaders, women leaders)

Organizational consulting (e.g., performance reviews, onboarding, employee engagement, manager competencies)



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1. Start with managersWhy? Managers are your multipliers; they impact your execs and ICs. You’ll see the greatest impact on your org by equipping all managers with essential skills. We call these skills the Manager CORE. The CORE program includes workshops and resources to help the learning stick, including a 6-week Booster Series, giving managers automated nudges to practice.

2. Next, focus on execsWhy? Once a critical mass of managers has been through the Manager CORE, we start to see org-wide patterns. We combine these insights with training that help your c-suite model and reinforce core skills. This is the Exec CORE.

Who should I focus on?To simplify your L&D strategy, think of your organization as having 4 audiences, each with distinct needs. Use a programmatic approach to address the needs of each audience.



3. Then individual contributorsWhy? Org-wide impact. Provide training on essential skills to be a great employee, manage up to reinforce leadership skills, and contribute to the company culture. We call these skills the IC CORE. For more development, you can also run Org-Wide Initiatives and All-Staff Enrichment.

4. Last but not least, teamsWhy? One of the biggest drivers of individual performance is team effectiveness. When team members communicate and collaborate well, productivity and engagement skyrocket. Help build team cohesion through the High Performance Team intensive and team workshops.

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Learning & Development StrategyHow does an ongoing program look?

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IC COREInfluential Communication,

Feedback, Prioritization, Career Growth

ORG-WIDE INITIATIVES AND TEAM SESSIONS

MANAGER CORE 2Strategic Thinking, Meetings

Mastery, Leading Change, People Development

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A programmatic approach helps learning stick.

Spaced learning leads to better retention since employees get re-exposed to key concepts at critical points in the learning curve.

You’ll build an environment of shared vocabulary, tools, and expectations, resulting in greater impact on the org.

A cohesive, predictable learning experience leads to employee engagement. It’s also a clear marker to employees that you are investing in their growth.

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MANAGER CORE 1Coaching, Feedback,

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ONGOING ENRICHMENTMonthly or bi-monthly electives


LifeLabs ProgramResultsWorkshops employees loveWe surveyed 24,160 participants:

Learning that sticksIn a case study of 100+ managers at 30 companies:

93.6% said the training was still having a positive impact on their performance 6 months after the program ended.

Our workshop feedback scores are consistent across in-person and virtual workshops. And if any workshop scores less than 90%, we cut it from our menu. Why? When your employees love the development opportunities you provide, they are more likely to apply new tools, feel valued, and pass on what they’ve learned to others.

95% 95.1%98.9%

Said the workshop they took was useful

said their facilitator was knowledgeable

said the workshop was engaging

Programs that create org-wide impactOur programs play a major role in organizational change. Following training, our clients have seen a 5% - 42% increase in the following survey items:

I would recommend my manager to others.

My manager cares about my development.

My manager gives me useful feedback.

We have honest two-way communication.

My company invests in my development.

There are growth opportunities at my company.

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