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No scripts. No props. No slides about leadership theory. Just people, in a room, physically shaping the leadership moments they’re actually stuck in — and seeing them from angles they’d never find sitting down.
Leadership is hard. Not because we lack skills, but because it asks us to face conflict, sit in discomfort, and lead with courage when certainty isn’t available.
The Relational Leadership Lab is a full day that steps into those hard moments rather than talking about them from a safe distance. It’s built for anyone leading a team, project, classroom, household, or community — title or no title.
This is for you if
- You’re leading people who didn’t choose you
- You’ve been carrying a conversation you keep not having
- You were promoted for being excellent at something you now barely do
- You’re the person others bring conflict to, and no one taught you what to do with it
- You lead a household, a classroom, or a community, and no one calls it leadership
What you’ll experience
Image theatre — physically shaping real leadership moments to see conflict from angles we usually miss.
Live simulations — practice navigating real leadership tension through real case scenarios, with room to try, fail, and try again.
Deep dialogue — honest conversation with other leaders that goes well past the surface.
What you’ll walk away with
- Sharper clarity on your own leadership instincts
- A practiced sense of how to stay present in conflict instead of avoiding it or steamrolling through
- Language for the hard conversations you’ve been putting off
- Renewed confidence in the leadership wisdom you already carry
- Templates for deepening conversations, elevating trust, and working with tension rather than against it
About your facilitator
Andrea McCoy is the founder of Janklin Consulting, where she works at the intersection of leadership, culture, and story. A descendant of Indigenous Mexican, Scottish, and German ancestors, she immigrated to Canada in 2015 and enrolled at Royal Roads University at 35 for a Master of Arts in International and Intercultural Communication — proof, as she puts it, that it’s never too late to do something different. Her thesis work took her into refugee settlement across Vancouver Island, where she co-coordinated the Vancouver Island Refugee Response Team.
The name Janklin came from her son’s toy frog. She chose it because it was unique and easy to remember, and only afterward learned that for some Indigenous communities on Turtle Island, the frog represents transformation and communication between the earth and the people on it.
Details
- Small by design — roughly 15–20 participants, highly interactive and participatory
- Full day — 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Lunch — not included; bring something OR plenty of nearby options
- Where — Sunset Labs, 400 Herald Street, Victoria
- Pricing — General Admission $100 · Students & Seniors $75