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AI Learning Lab Descriptions

1. Find Your Sponsor (Not Just a Mentor)

Category: Career Development  |  Schedule: January 27, 2026

Who It’s For: Professionals at any level who want to accelerate their careers through strategic relationships

The Pain: You have mentors who give advice, but no one actively advocating for you in rooms you’re not in

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for identifying potential sponsors in your organization
  • AI prompt to map your current network and identify gaps
  • Conversation starters for building sponsor relationships
  • Clear distinction between mentorship and sponsorship

2. Problem-Solving Under Pressure: Root Cause Without the Paperwork

Category: Operations Excellence  |  Schedule: February 3, 2026

Who It’s For: Operations leaders, engineers, and anyone who solves problems under time pressure

The Pain: You’re expected to find root cause fast, but traditional methods are too slow for real-world constraints

Walk Away With:

  • Streamlined root cause framework that works in minutes, not hours
  • AI prompt to accelerate problem analysis
  • Templates for documenting solutions without bureaucracy
  • Approach that satisfies quality requirements without slowing you down

3. Finance for Leaders: Read the Numbers, Make the Case

Category: Business Acumen  |  Schedule: February 17, 2026

Who It’s For: Non-finance leaders who need to speak the language of business and justify investments

The Pain: You have great ideas but struggle to translate them into financial terms that get approved

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for reading P&L statements and key financial metrics
  • AI prompt to translate your initiative into ROI language
  • Template for building a business case
  • Confidence to participate in budget conversations

4. Effective Delegation: To People and to AI

Category: Leadership Development  |  Schedule: February 24, 2026 (repeats September 22, 2026)

Who It’s For: Leaders at any level who are doing too much themselves

The Pain: You’re bottlenecking your team because you can’t let go, or you delegate but it comes back wrong

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for deciding what to delegate (to humans) and what to offload (to AI)
  • AI prompt to create clear delegation briefs
  • Approach for building capability while maintaining quality
  • System for staying informed without micromanaging

5. Handle Any Sales Objection with Confidence

Category: Sales Performance  |  Schedule: March 3, 2026

Who It’s For: Sales professionals and anyone who needs to influence decisions

The Pain: You lose deals when prospects raise objections you’re not prepared to handle

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for categorizing and preparing for common objections
  • AI prompt to generate responses tailored to your product/service
  • Practice scenarios for the objections you hear most
  • Confidence to welcome objections as buying signals

6. SOPs and Training Materials in Half the Time

Category: Operations Excellence  |  Schedule: March 10, 2026 (repeats October 20, 2026)

Who It’s For: Operations leaders, engineers, trainers, and anyone responsible for documenting processes

The Pain: Your best processes aren’t written down, knowledge walks out the door, and creating documentation takes forever

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for capturing tribal knowledge quickly
  • AI prompt to draft SOPs from bullet points or verbal explanations
  • Template for training materials that people actually use
  • System for keeping documentation current without constant rework

7. Self-Care as a Leadership Strategy

Category: Leadership Development  |  Schedule: March 17, 2026

Who It’s For: Leaders at any level who are running on empty

The Pain: You’re taking care of everyone except yourself, and it’s affecting your judgment and your team

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for treating self-care as a leadership competency, not a luxury
  • AI prompt for meal planning, boundary-setting, and difficult conversations
  • Strategies for protecting energy without dropping responsibilities
  • Permission to prioritize your own sustainability

8. Reaching the Floor: Communication That Works Without Email

Category: Operations Excellence  |  Schedule: March 24, 2026

Who It’s For: Plant managers, operations leaders, HR, and communications professionals in manufacturing

The Pain: Your messages don’t reach frontline workers who don’t have email or desk access

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for multi-channel communication in manufacturing environments
  • AI prompt to adapt corporate messages for plant floor delivery
  • Creative approaches that work across shifts
  • Methods to verify message receipt and understanding

9. Career Pathing for Leaders: Develop Your People Without Losing Them

Category: Talent Retention  |  Schedule: March 31, 2026

Who It’s For: People leaders responsible for developing and retaining team members

The Pain: Your best people leave because they don’t see a future, but you don’t have time for elaborate development programs

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for career conversations that don’t require HR involvement
  • AI prompts to brainstorm development options by role type (no personal data required)
  • Approach for creating visibility into growth opportunities
  • Strategies for developing people even when promotions aren’t available

10. AI Behind the Scenes: What Smart Leaders Are Doing Differently

Category: AI Fluency  |  Schedule: April 7, 2026 (repeats September 8, 2026)

Who It’s For: Leaders who want to use AI but aren’t sure where to start or what’s allowed

The Pain: You’re hearing about AI everywhere but don’t know how to apply it practically in your role

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for identifying high-value AI use cases in your work
  • AI prompts for common leadership tasks (communication, planning, analysis)
  • Clarity on responsible AI use in a corporate environment
  • Confidence to experiment without fear of doing it wrong

11. Project Management: Keep Projects Moving Without Chasing People

Category: Project Excellence  |  Schedule: April 14, 2026 (repeats November 3, 2026)

Who It’s For: Project managers, program managers, and anyone responsible for cross-functional delivery

The Pain: You spend more time chasing updates than actually moving work forward

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for proactive project communication that reduces follow-up
  • AI prompt to draft status requests and escalation messages
  • System for identifying project risks before they derail timelines
  • Approach for accountability without micromanagement

12. Change Management: Get Your Team to Adopt New Tools

Category: Leadership Development  |  Schedule: April 21, 2026 (repeats October 6, 2026)

Who It’s For: Leaders implementing new technology, processes, or ways of working

The Pain: You roll out new tools but people stick with old habits, and adoption stalls

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for driving adoption without forcing compliance
  • AI prompt to create change communication for different audiences
  • Strategies for identifying and activating early adopters
  • Approach for addressing resistance without creating conflict

13. Engineering Communication: Translate Technical Work for Non-Technical Audiences

Category: Technical Communication  |  Schedule: April 28, 2026

Who It’s For: Engineers, technical leads, and anyone who needs to explain complex work to business stakeholders

The Pain: You know your work matters but struggle to explain it in terms leadership understands

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for translating technical concepts into business impact
  • AI prompt to draft executive summaries of technical work
  • Templates for presenting to non-technical audiences
  • Confidence to advocate for technical priorities in business terms

14. Procurement: Faster Supplier Communication and Documentation

Category: Supply Chain Excellence  |  Schedule: May 5, 2026

Who It’s For: Procurement professionals, buyers, and supply chain managers

The Pain: Supplier communication takes too long, documentation is inconsistent, and you’re drowning in email

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for streamlining supplier correspondence
  • AI prompt to draft RFQ responses, supplier updates, and negotiation prep
  • Templates for consistent documentation
  • Approach for managing supplier relationships at scale

15. Internal Communications: Messages That Actually Get Read

Category: Organizational Communication  |  Schedule: May 12, 2026 (repeats November 17, 2026)

Who It’s For: Communications professionals, HR, and leaders responsible for employee messaging

The Pain: You send messages but employees don’t read them, or they misunderstand and you spend time clarifying

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for cutting through noise and competing priorities
  • AI prompt to draft clear, action-oriented internal communications
  • Templates for different message types (announcements, changes, celebrations)
  • Strategies for reaching employees across different channels and locations

16. ERG Leaders: From Overworked to Strategic

Category: ERG Leadership  |  Schedule: May 19, 2026

Who It’s For: ERG/BRG leaders and executive sponsors

The Pain: You’re doing volunteer work on top of your full-time job with no support and burning out

Walk Away With:

  • Framework for transitioning from event planning to strategic impact
  • AI prompts for drafting communications, reports, and business cases
  • Strategies for shared leadership and sustainable workload
  • Tools to demonstrate ERG value in business terms

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