TheLeadershipLAB
A discipleship community for leadership development
Developing leaders for wherever life calls them to lead.
Access to accomplished perspectives. Leadership challenges worth working through. A community of people serious about growing. The LAB is being designed to bring all three together.
The leader you are.
The leader you're becoming.
The Leadership LAB is a developing virtual, cohort-centered discipleship community from Danisha Bonner Ministries, envisioned for adults 18+, from emerging to seasoned leaders.
We believe leadership development should offer more than inspiration: perspectives earned through experience, opportunities to practice difficult skills, and relationships that sharpen how we think and lead.
Capability. Conviction.
Connection.
Our three foundations reflect a belief that effective leadership requires both what we do and who we are becoming.
Capability
Build practical skills to navigate the conversations, decisions, and challenges real leadership demands.
Conviction
Ground your leadership in faith, wisdom, integrity, discernment, and responsible action.
Connection
Learn alongside people who bring different experiences, broaden your thinking, and encourage your growth.
The right voices.
The right work.
The right room.
Who you learn from matters. So does what you do with that learning, and who is growing beside you.
The Leadership LAB is being developed around the intersection of exceptional perspective, substantive practice, and intentional community.
Learn from people who have actually led.
We are curating perspectives from accomplished senior executives, experienced ministry leaders, entrepreneurs, and experts across disciplines. The ambition: candid conversations informed by real decisions, responsibility, and results.
Cross-sector perspective · Candid questions · Lessons earned through experience
Work on leadership that matters.
Go beyond listening to inspiring ideas. The experience is being designed around consequential leadership moments, practical frameworks, guided exercises, and opportunities to apply what you learn.
Real scenarios · Skill practice · Tools you can carry into everyday leadership
Grow alongside leaders who stretch you.
Picture a cohort of people bringing different levels of experience and perspectives from ministry, business, work, home, and community. A place to exchange insight, ask honest questions, and form meaningful peer relationships.
Shared ambition · Diverse perspectives · Christ-centered connection
We're building this intentionally. Faculty invitations, program details, and the founding cohort experience are still in development.
The work of leadership.
Up close.
The real test of learning is what changes when you lead.
These are proposed areas of focus, not a finalized course lineup. The goal is practical development grounded in faith, judgment, and lived experience.
The leader within
Examine self-awareness, emotional maturity, values, boundaries, and accountability. Begin to shape a personal leadership development roadmap.
Reflect · Identify · PlanCommunication that builds trust
Practice listening, asking better questions, and communicating with clarity across differences and expectations.
Listen · Question · ApplyCourageous conversations
Work through feedback, disagreement, conflict, and accountability with scenarios that demand more than a rehearsed answer.
Discuss · Rehearse · RespondWisdom and care in leadership
Consider discernment, responsible authority, healthy boundaries, and what it means to lead people with both compassion and accountability.
Evaluate · Decide · LeadLeadership isn't confined to a title.
The LAB is envisioned for adults 18+ across experience levels. You may lead people, projects, ideas, or simply be learning to lead yourself more intentionally.
Help shape what comes next.
The Leadership LAB is still being developed. We're inviting people who care about growing as leaders to tell us what they need, what challenges they're facing, and what would make this community meaningful.
Interested in the LAB?
Share the leadership skills you want to strengthen, the questions you're wrestling with, and the experiences you'd value.
Complete the interest surveyExpressing interest does not register you for a program or commit you to participating. Program details will be announced once confirmed.
A few questions.
Who is The Leadership LAB for?
It is envisioned for adults 18+, from emerging to seasoned leaders, across ministry, career, business, home, and community. You don't need a formal leadership title to be interested.
Is expressing interest the same as enrolling?
No. This is an opportunity to help shape the experience. Completing the interest survey does not register you or commit you to attending.
Will the LAB be virtual?
The proposed founding experience is being designed as a primarily virtual, cohort-centered community. Final structure and participation details have not yet been announced.
When will it begin, and will there be a cost?
Dates, pricing, and program specifics are still being evaluated. They will be shared once decisions are confirmed.