What Is LeadLab?

LeadLab is a distinctive six-month leadership experience for administrative leaders across the world. Through interactive sessions, thought-provoking presentations, and hands-on resources, LeadLab creates a rich learning environment where Adventist administrators grow personally and professionally. LeadLab is a leadership laboratory: it equips individuals, teams, and organizations to advance the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church through multiplying leaders and cultivating Christlike character.


  • LeadLab Launch ECD

  • LeadLab Forward CHUM

  • LeadLab Forward WAD

  • LeadLab Intro WAD

  • LeadLab Forward SPD

  • LeadLab Forward EUD

  • LeadLab EUD cohort

  • LeadLab Forward SSD

  • LeadLab CHUM Cohort

Current Impacts

12

Cohorts

400+
Participants

30+

Learning Coaches

9 Divisions and
2 Attached Fields

“The higher the position a man occupies, the greater the responsibility that he has to bear, the wider will be the influence that he exerts and the greater his need of dependence on God. Ever should he remember that with the call to work comes the call to walk circumspectly before his fellow men. He is to stand before God in the attitude of a learner.”

—Ellen White, Prophets and Kings, p.30

The LeadLab is a leadership development experience for the various Divisions and attached fields of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The LeadLab is a hybrid, 6-month, synchronous program designed to help Adventist leaders grow more fully into God’s likeness.

FAQs

Across the world, leaders are discovering how LeadLab helps them grow and multiply for mission. Here are some questions they often ask.

  • The LeadLab Growth Series—the core program within LeadLab+—typically runs for five to seven months, combining two four-day face-to-face intensives with weekly online learning and reflection. Other LeadLab+ offerings, such as Workshops, Support, and Resources, can be customized in length and format to meet the specific needs of your field or organization.

  • Plan to invest about 3–5 hours each week—time that participants consistently describe as some of the most rewarding hours of their growth journey.

  • Completing LeadLab is more than earning a certificate. It reshapes how you think and lead, renews your sense of calling, and connects you with a global network of leaders committed to growing together.


  • Start by filling out the interest form. Once your application is reviewed and accepted, you’ll receive detailed information about the program and how to prepare for this journey of growth and discovery.

  • Yes. LeadLab+ partners with divisions, unions, and conferences to design custom Growth Series and other experiences tailored to local leadership needs and mission priorities.

Powered by GLI

The LeadLab approach was developed by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI) at Andrews University. GLI is a collaborative leadership development initiative housed at Andrews University and supported by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (GC). As part of the GC Leadership Development Program, LeadLab provides a variety of opportunities for growing leaders to learn and apply.