The LeaderLab Podcast

Learn a new leadership skill in less than 11 minutes per episode.

This podcast is packed with research, humor, and experiments for you to try in your laboratory of life. Listen wherever you like to catch podcasts.

Leading Change, Manager Skills

Learning at LifeLabs: A Conversation with our Co-Founders

In this season’s final episode, LifeLabs Learning Co-CEOs LeeAnn Renninger and Tania Luna share LifeLabs’ origin story, and how we’ve navigated the extraordinary changes the last two years presented, all while growing the business, supporting other organizations, and distilling what we’ve learned

Leading Change

SuperInfluence WrapUp

SuperInfluencers are wildly impactful. In this special episode of the LeaderLab, we invite our guests back into the lab to share more about the pivotal skills SuperInflueners use to catalyze outcomes in their organizations.

Leading Change

SuperInfluence: The Gap Analysis

Do you ever feel like your ideas aren’t taken seriously? Or that it’s hard to feel a sense of progress or accomplishment? Learn how SuperInfluencers use the gap analysis to strategize about what gets done and how to measure if it’s been successful.

Leading Change

SuperInfluence: Using Need-Forward Questions

Feeling stuck or noticing others getting in their own way? Learn how SuperInfluencers use the transformative Need-Forward skill to create positivity and progress for themselves and others.

Leading Change

SuperInfluence: Creating Conviction & Connection

We often go into conflicts trying to persuade others to see things our way, which can lead to tension or even resentment. Learn what SuperInfluencers do differently to transform conflicts into fruitful conversations.

Leading Change

SuperInfluence: Make the Ask

SuperInfluencers are able to impact the behaviors of others without relying on authority. Learn one often overlooked SuperInfluencer skill in this episode.

Leading Change

SuperLeaders Wrap-up

Cultivating SuperLeaders is integral to an organization’s success, but how does it happen? Listen to this special episode of The LeaderLab where we invite our SuperLeader guests back into the lab for a deeper dive into this very important topic.

Leading Change

SuperLeaders: RESpond

When defensiveness shows up, conversations shut down. Learn the SuperLeader skill that will help you connect instead.

Leading Change

SuperLeaders: Celebration

One thing SuperLeaders do differently is celebrating wins – but not the kind of wins you think. Tune into this episode of The LeaderLab powered by LifeLabs Learning to find out what type of wins matter most.

Leading Change

SuperLeaders: Role Modeling

Want your team to pick up new behaviors faster and more holistically? Listen to this episode of the LeaderLab powered by LifeLabs Learning to discover one SuperLeader tool that makes all the difference.

Leading Change

SuperLeaders: Accountability

Did you know that you can drive greater accountability on your team with four simple questions? Check out the first episode in our SuperLeaders series to find out how.

Communication, Leading Change, Strategic Thinking

SuperLearning Wrap-Up

How can one make SuperLearning a way of life as an individual, team, or organization? In this special episode of The LeaderLab, we invite our previous guests to not only wrap up the conversation on SuperLearning but take us further into this topic than we’ve gone before.

Strategic Thinking, Time Management

SuperLearning: Deliberate Practice

Did you know that there’s a specific kind of practice that allows you to learn faster and achieve more? Tune into the fourth episode in our SuperLearning series to discover how to use deliberate practice.

Communication, Strategic Thinking

SuperLearning: Somatic Hooks

Do you use your senses to help you learn something faster? Check out episode #3 in our SuperLearning series on The LeaderLab to find out how.

Communication, Strategic Thinking

SuperLearning: Powerful Questions

Do you know how to use questions to supercharge your learning? Tune into episode #2 in our SuperLearning series on the LeaderLab to find out how.

Communication, Strategic Thinking

SuperLearning: Extraction Skills

Did you know that there are techniques to help you learn faster and achieve more? Listen to this episode on extraction skills as your first step to becoming a SuperLearner.

Get Ready for Season 2!

Happy 2021! Have a listen to hear what’s up next in the new year for The LeaderLab powered by LifeLabs Learning!

Time Management

Energy Management: Start and Stop Rituals

Feeling like the lines between work and home are blurring? Do you find yourself working extra hours at night or on weekends? Learn about the tool of start and stop rituals on this episode of The LeaderLab powered by LifeLabs Learning.

Time Management

Energy Management: Micro, Meso, and Macro Breaks

Did you know that there are three types of breaks you should be taking to maintain your energy? Tune into this episode of the LeaderLab powered by LifeLabs Learning to learn more.

Strategic Thinking, Time Management

Energy Management: If-Thens

Trying to manage your energy, but fall into the same old burnout boosting habits? Listen to this episode of the LeaderLab powered by LifeLabs Learning to learn how to use the power of If-thens to deliberately make better choices.

Strategic Thinking, Time Management

Energy Management: Job Crafting

Feeling run down? Looking for a way to maintain or up your energy at work? Tune in to this episode of the LeaderLab to learn how job crafting will help you keep burnout at bay.

Communication

Difficult Conversations: Time Distance Cover

Did you know that you can de-escalate a difficult conversation before it even happens? Learn about the Time Distance Cover technique in this episode.

Communication

Difficult Conversations: Affect Labeling

Have your emotions gotten the best of you during a difficult time? Learn how affect labeling can help you self-regulate and advocate for what you need.

Communication

Difficult Conversations: The High Five Statements

Ever at a loss for what to say during a difficult conversation? In this episode, learn the High Five Statements that you can apply to any challenging conversation to move from conflict to connection.

Communication, Leading Change, Strategic Thinking

Difficult Conversations: Positions vs. Interests

Do you dread conflict? Do you find yourself getting defensive vs working towards a win-win solution? Listen to this episode of LifeLabs Learning’s podcast, The LeaderLab, to learn about the skill of uncovering underlying interests in a challenging conversation.