Join us for a 6-month learning lab for women and non-binary tech leaders. With us, you will learn leadership concepts, build a community with and learn from your cohort of other leaders, and get to practice and ask questions in a no-judgment environment.

F&E Leadership Learning Lab

Our January 2024 Labs have just completed but reach out to info@frankandeddy.com if you’re interested in joining a future cohort or creating one privately for your team!

What you’ll learn & practice

We’ll cover challenges we’ve seen leaders face time and time again: developing a collaborative team, skillful feedback and communication, building accountability, effective decision-making, and situational leadership.

How you’ll learn & practice

Each session will focus on one particular leadership challenge. We’ll weave together theory, group discussion, small group practice, reflection, and field work to provide you with deep experiential learning. Additionally, you’ll be able to schedule two 1:1 coaching sessions with one of our facilitators during the 6-month lab.

One-off trainings don’t work. Real learning and change includes experiencing, practicing, failing, and reflecting.

Is this right for you?

You’re an ideal participant if you:

  • Work directly as part of a collaborative product development team in tech, in any leadership role

  • Consider yourself a leader, not necessarily a manager

  • Are more senior, not at the beginning of your career

  • Are eager to learn techniques to be a better leader of collaborative teams

  • Are located in Europe or the US

The concepts we teach will be valuable in any industry or leadership role, but we are interested in creating a cohort who will have familiarity with each other’s contexts and will have opportunity to learn from one another.

The program

  • Six monthly 2-hour virtual group sessions led by Frank & Eddy’s co-founders (Fiona and Alia)

  • Two 1-hour individual coaching sessions with Fiona and/or Alia - dive deeper on a topic or bring a specific leadership challenge you’re facing

  • Learn with 8 other women/non-binary leaders who are on their own journey to lead collaborative teams

  • Approximately two hours of personal growth “fieldwork” and application of learnings

  • Between-session discussion & support

Interested in a private Learning Lab for your team of leaders?

What’s included

  • Sponsor Consultation: Discussion with sponsor to understand desired learning outcomes and participant profiles, ensuring cohort composition promotes a safe and effective learning environment.

  • Pre-Program Survey and/or Targeted Participant Discussions: Survey and/or brief sessions with selected participants. Responses used to tailor program's structure and content for relevance and effectiveness.

  • Curriculum Finalization with Sponsor: Brief summary meeting to finalize program plan and session topics.

  • Focused Learning Sessions: 3 to 6+ interactive sessions, each lasting 2+ hours, on a specific topic with the full cohort. Sessions include practice, small group work, structured activities, open discussion, and targeted exercises.

  • Session pre- and post-work: Pre-session short readings or videos and participant-driven post-session practices.

  • Post-Session prompts: Discussion prompt / reflection questions and/or 1:1 manager/participant convo starters.

  • Curated Learning Materials: Optional articles, videos, exercises, and book recommendations to supplement learning.

  • Post-Session Facilitator Reflections: Anonymized observations and insights provided to the sponsor from the facilitator.

  • Post-Program Participant Survey: To assess learning outcomes, behavioral changes, and overall session value.

  • Optional manager involvement throughout the program.

  • Optional facilitated mastery or group coaching sessions on each topic available for an additional fee.

Session examples

Effective Participatory Decision-making, Building a Solid Team Foundation, Feedback & Effective Communication, Change Management, Leading through Ambiguity, Understanding Accountability, Situational Leadership, Stages of Team Development, Influencing without Authority, Prioritizing and Delegating, Self-Advocacy