The Leadership Lab
A community and academy for leaders who are serious about sustainable, evidence-informed growth. Something significant is being built here, and you can be among the first to know when it opens.
Free for Early Members
Join the Waitlist. Get Two Resources Right Now.
Sign up below and receive The Sustainable Leadership Playbook and the Leadership Burnout Risk Self-Assessment, two tools designed to help you lead at a high level without losing yourself in the process.
The Sustainable Leadership Playbook
A practical guide to leading at a high level without burning out, strategies grounded in behavioral science and 25+ years of applied leadership experience.
Leadership Burnout Risk Self-Assessment
A structured self-assessment to help you identify early warning indicators before they become a crisis, and a framework for what to do about them.
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What's Coming
Inside the Leadership Lab
The Lab is being built as a dedicated space for leaders who want more than inspiration, who want rigorous, evidence-informed tools, community, and ongoing development.
Monthly Deep Dives
Structured explorations of the frameworks, research, and practices behind the Ascend & Emerge Method™, going further than the articles.
Self-Assessment Tools
Ongoing access to assessments that help you track your leadership capacity, resilience, and growth over time.
Reflection Guides
Curated prompts and frameworks designed to move insight into action, structured for the pace of an executive's life.
Community of Practice
A space to think alongside other leaders who take their development seriously, peer learning, shared challenges, and honest conversation.
Early Access to Programs
Lab members will be the first to know about cohort programs, intensives, and new offerings from Dr. Nelms.
The Weekly Letter
A curated reflection delivered to your inbox each week, distinct from the public articles, written for members.
"The leaders who change organizations are the ones who first do the harder work of changing themselves."
Dr. Jacqueline Nelms, DHSc