The Why of LeadxLab

𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁. 𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀.

My moment came on a Thursday at 4:58 p.m. A release was late, tempers were hot, and I had to tell a brilliant, exhausted engineer that we were changing course, again.

 I’d read all the books. I had the frameworks highlighted. None of it steadied my voice. I rushed. I defended. I watched trust leak out of the room and thought, “I know better than this.”On the train home, forehead against the window, I promised myself I wouldn’t keep learning the hardest lessons on other people’s time.

 Another moment: a Tuesday morning when a teammate told me I’d let them down. I could feel the script forming, the tidy apology, the pivot to action items, but something in me said, “Slow down. Hear what they’re actually saying.” When I listened, really listened I heard disappointment, not defiance. Fear, not laziness. That conversation didn’t need the perfect line, it needed me present enough to notice what was under the words.

  As founders and managers, we kept seeing the same pattern: we weren’t missing knowledge, we were missing practice.

  Not practice to say the “right thing at the right time,” but practice to become more attuned, to what’s happening inside us, to what’s happening between us.

  Practice to step into someone else’s shoes and feel the ground there.

  Practice to hear the other voice in the room and our own with more honesty.

  Practice to handle the moment when we were stressed, flooded, or tired, and still choose clarity instead of reactivity.

  So we started small. Five-minute reps before a tough 1:1. A whispered opening line in the hallway. A reset phrase scribbled on a sticky note: “What am I missing?”

  We treated leadership like a craft, something you work on in the margins so it holds when the spotlight’s on.

  And the wild thing is, it worked. We got steadier. Pauses got a little longer. Defensiveness loosened its grip. The same conversations that used to spiral started to move.

  That’s the “why” behind LeadxLab :  𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹.

  𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘀𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁.

  Our thought was simple: 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼-𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. 

  Our vision is: C𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻, 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲. 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿, 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.

  We built this for our previous us, for the upcoming great managers, leaders, for the teams that yet guided by ''to-be-chosen'' manager, leader, for the individiduals that deserve great leadership.

  Because the gap between our best intentions and our actual behavior was closing too slowly.

  Because leadership isn’t a title, it’s a series of moments and those moments are too important to leave to chance.

  That’s our story and our bet: 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗼𝗳, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻.