Welcome to Leadership LAB
Leadership LAB is here to provide you with the tools to navigate change and its many obstacles. Whether you are an aspiring leader or a seasoned executive, Leadership LAB is here to empower you and your team to lead through the times with confidence and clarity.
Discover the difference that professional leadership and team coaching can make in your journey to forward progress and success.
Take the first step today and embark on a transformative experience with Leadership LAB by your side.
Why Coaching?
Coaching helps you navigate complexity with clarity, confidence, and intention.
Through a safe, non‑directive process, coaching strengthens self‑awareness, interpersonal skills, and the capacity to lead with purpose.
When leaders grow, they lead more capable teams, and organizations adapt and perform at a higher level.
Phil Le-Brun, author of, The Octopus Organization, posits,
“the answers to an organization’s problems, even the problems they’re not yet aware of exist within the organization.”
Coaching cultivates the
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clarity and confidence,
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resourcefulness,
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experimentation and learning, and
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self-directed problem-solving needed to adapt and respond in the midst of complicated and complex environments.
Meet The Team
Our team is dedicated to empowering leaders and teams through personalized coaching, operational, and transformative strategies.
Lejla Bilal, PhD, CODC
Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Scholar
The human doing: Hi. I am Lejla Anne Bilal, PhD, the face behind Leadership LAB. I partner with leaders and their teams to navigate rapid technological innovation, workplace dynamics, and heightened expectations. I focus on the people side of change, working with leaders and teams to drive insights and behavior change. I am a "pracademic" bridging scholarship to real-world application.
The human being: When not coaching, you can find me with my precious people, camped out at local coffee shops dissecting the future of AI at work, upside-down at Vibe 10 Studio, wandering a trail, or begrudgingly wedging myself into a cramped, crowded, overpriced airplane in the name of adventure.
Ela Korjenic
HR Advisor & People Strategist
The human doing: HI. I'm Ela. I help organizations build the systems, processes, and structures that make change stick. I bring 20 years of HR experience across both startups and corporate environments,
The human being: When not advising and consulting, you can find me deep in the woods training for an ultra, exploring Europe with my family. I grew up in Bosnia, where my life changed forever at age 10 when a grenade injured me and my sister and took my mother’s life. That experience shaped my understanding of resilience and the strength of the human spirit. Over time, I learned that true endurance is mental as much as physical. Ultra‑running became my way of pushing limits and proving that we are always stronger than we imagine.