The Leader’s Lab in PFA is like a skills lab for leveling up your leadership, without adding to your already full load as a leader. 

You will be doing your work as a leader in a safe container with other leaders, led by Charlie and Angela (who both have more than two decades each of leading under their belts), and bypassing weeks, months, quarters, even years of doing it the hard way. 

Imagine being handed a roadmap (content) that addresses the challenges leaders face in their work, a fairy godmother and sage wizard (coaching) to help when hurdles show up on the path, and a success pack (community) that gets it because they’ve been there before or are there themselves. 

Good leaders don’t go it alone and they often need coaching and borrowed ears and brains outside of the team and company they are working in to get the perspective they need and set a plan for aligned progress for their teams. 

Join the Academy to help level up your leadership. Bonus, you level up your life in the process, because we center you and the way you want to show up in your work, with your team, and in the world and will help keep you accountable to being the best version of you. 

How it works:

The Leader’s Lab is a structured way to get the coaching, development, and hands-on work you need to do #done, all while continually leveling up your leadership. 

You’re a busy leader and can’t add more to your plate. Yep, we agree and we have designed the Leader’s Lab to account for that!

This is not “extra work.” In fact, it is the work you need to be doing to 2x, 5x, 10x what you and your team are able to do. 

We see it like this: Put in an hour of good planning and higher level perspective getting, with a world class coach and other leaders, get out goals met and exceeded in a shorter time period, with a team that is in alignment and on board, and a lot less friction. 

Each quarter starts with a team review and planning session to plot your quarter and Objectives for your team. 

Each quarter will also focus on an aspect of team habits and/or leadership that we will explore in depth together through fireside chats, coaching, and hands on work that keeps your bigger picture Initiatives, Objectives, and Priorities in mind.

You will be immersively learning how to lead better, building and strengthening relationships with other leaders who will become your colleagues and peers, and keeping your eye on the bigger picture so that you can help set your team’s course for success. 

Who it’s for:

The Leader’s Lab is for leaders and managers who are in organizations or teams that are hitting up against the VUCA environment we are living in and looking for ways to lead that are sustainable, in integrity, and push the needle forward for a better future for themselves, their customers, teammates, colleagues, shareholders, and partners.

The type of organization doesn’t matter as much as the desire of the leader to be a catalyst for good work in the company that doesn’t come at the expense of self or others. 

As a leader you probably have dealt with or know some of these challenges all too well:

• It’s easy for your team to drift off track because you are heads-down in the work and your team hasn’t had the guidance it needs (you thought they did!)   or
• You are too deep in the work your team was hired to do (you thought they were trained!) and can’t focus on your 10X work   or
• Priorities seem to keep shifting in a way that doesn’t get important objectives realized as goals (that goal has been “pushed back” quarter by quarter over the last 3 years!)   or
• You are focused on the day-to-day or week-to-week management of your team and projects, rather than the quarterly or yearly or further vision that your company needs you to have   or
• Your schedule looks like Swiss cheese and you don’t have the focus time you need for, yet again, your 10X work

Clearly, we could go on and on with this list, but we know you get it. You’re a busy leader. It’s not that you aren’t a good leader. You need support with making time to get the focus you need to do your best work, which will help your team get the clarity they need to make great things happen in the world. 

As a leader, you have likely already learned that when you can do the deep, focused planning and the magic 10X work that only you can do in your company, you and your team and your company thrive.

You’re ready to level up yourself, your leadership, your team, and your company in a way that does good in the world. You’ve come to the right place. 

An extra note for those who have been interested in one-on-one work with Charlie or Angela: It’s possible that you have wanted to work with Charlie for coaching or consulting but know that he is currently not taking new one-on-one clients (outside of special circumstances or within larger teams or organizations) or that you have been waiting for Angela to re-open to one-on-one clients, so we wanted to be sure to speak to that. We do not plan to take on one-on-one clients in the coming year or more, so we encourage you to join PFA so that you can get the leadership and team development support you need. You will get coaching time with us and this is the best way to get the support you need. 

The Entrepreneur’s Lab in PFA is designed to support you with growing your business in a profitable, authentic, and sustainable way within a community of like-minded souls, without adding to what we know is already a very full load.  

Charlie and Angela have been entrepreneurs for more than 15 years and both have more than 20 years of experience in leading, coaching, consulting, teaching, facilitation, and training. They have helped many entrepreneurs grow their businesses in ways that center their best work and keep alignment at the heart of it all, while bypassing years of struggle and doing it someone else’s way that doesn’t fit for the kind of business you want. 

With content and education that has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs grow their businesses, a knack for coaching that gets below the surface and addresses the true roadblocks and challenges entrepreneurs face, and a community of big-hearted people who are going it with you, imagine how much more impact you could have. The world needs the work you do and this community can help elevate that work!

Entrepreneurship can be lonely, scary, exciting, challenging, fun, and the list goes on and on. Going it alone is the hard way and without a doubt, does not allow you to help as many people as you could with a success pack at your side. Extra brains, hearts, and hands-on your team can help elevate you and your business. 

Join the Academy to help level up your business and life. Charlie and Angela and a whole community of big-hearted entrepreneurs are ready to help. 

How it works:

The Entrepreneur’s Lab is structured in a way that doesn’t add to your already full plate, but helps you to manage that plate, make better business decisions, and have a full, abundant life outside of work, as well. 

The Entrepreneur’s Lab gives you workshops to do the hands-on work needed to “build the business under your business,” coaching to help keep you on track, and accountability and support from peers to keep you motivated.

Entrepreneurs always have more to do than there is time in the day. We help pull you out of the weeds to work better, not work more or harder. 

The work we do together with you in the Academy is not extra work; it’s actually the work you need to do so that you can stay on track with the type of business you want to have and not following some “it’s supposed to look like this” model that doesn’t work for you and who you want to be in the world. 

Each quarter starts with a planning session to plot your quarter and the projects that you want to prioritize. 

Each quarter will also have a focus topic related to entrepreneurship and/or business growth and development. We will explore this topic and help you stay focused on your quarterly plans through hands-on workshops and coaching that move your priorities forward, while developing your skills as an entrepreneur and business owner. 

You will be immersively learning how to navigate entrepreneurship in a sustainable way that works for you, while building relationships with others on similar journeys, all while keeping alignment in life and business at the heart of the work we do together. 

Who it’s for:

The Entrepreneur’s Lab is for small business owners, freelancers, and individuals who are wanting to ensure they grow their “thing” in a way that is a good fit for them. They know that they are doing things a little (or a lot) differently and they want to get the support they need for that, not be forced into a box that doesn’t work for them. 

The type of business or service you offer doesn’t matter as much as the fact that you know you want to do it in a way that supports your thriving as a human, helping your customers by making their lives better, and contributing to the world in a positive way.

As an entrepreneur you may have been challenged with:

• Feeling lonely and not sure if you are making the right moves at the right time in your business
• Feeling like you have too many priorities and not enough time to get to what really matters
• Uncertainty about how to get the eyes you want on your business and not the trolls
• Growing your business when you don’t know how or where to hire or if you even want to
• Pricing your offers and the self doubts that can come with that

We all know that the list above could go on and on; entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. You want, need, and deserve to get the support that will help you elevate your business and message to the level you desire and doing it with leaders who have done that themselves and a community who is ready to go it with you is what you deserve. 

You know you can have a full life and make a positive impact in the world through your work. Getting support through your success pack in the Academy can get you there faster, with more profit and more fun, and a lot more ease in your day-to-day.