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The CTC Lab

Performance, communication, and teamwork in practice

The CTC Lab brings practical, human-centered skill building into the workplace.  Our workshops turn everyday workplace challenges – communication, collaboration, and leadership into opportunities for practice, reflection, and growth.

Lead with Intention • Connect with clarity • Work with purpose

Built for Today’s Challenges

The CTC Lab is designed for leaders who are asked to do more with less and who need professional development that leads to real change.

Today’s teams are navigating:

  • Burnout, disengagement, and change fatigue
  • Communication breakdowns across teams and generations
  • Goals that are hard to translate into daily behavior
  • Professional development that checks a box but doesn’t change how people work.

 

The CTC Lab addresses these challenges at their root: how people show up, communicate, and work together every day.

Ready to Take the Stage?

Bring the Power of Performance to Your Workplace

Let’s design a workshop that fits your goals, team size, and schedule.
CTC provides professional facilitators, materials, and activities. You just bring the people!

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For Inquiry: Email education@childrenstheatre.org

Why The Lab Approach Works?

Unlike other corporate training programs, The CTC Lab focuses on learning by doing. Participants don’t just talk about communication—they practice it.

Our workshops are:

  • Led by experienced facilitators, trained in collaborative and performance-based learning.
  • Rooted in active, experiential exercises that engage the whole group.
  • Designed for real-world impact, helping teams build confidence, trust, and practical communication skills that last far beyond the session.

In short, this is professional development built for participation—not passive listening.

“Great ‘break from the action’ and team-building event where we could relax and have fun.”

 

“SO FUN. It was a nice ice breaker and way to engage each other and get out of our seats for a little bit.”

What Does It Look Like in Practice?

Each workshop blends instruction, guided activities, and applied practice in a highly engaging format.

  • 60-90-minute workshops for focused skill-building
  • Half-day or full-day programs for deeper learning and team development
  • Multi-day residencies for organizations seeking lasting impact

The Lab facilitators guide participants through a balance of instruction, interactive exercises, and applied practice. You’ll move, laugh, and learn, and leave with practical tools to take back to your work.

“I heavily favor a less formal and lighter environment, less stress allows better performance, even though I recognize the seriousness of our business and our positions—this helped move us forward in the direction of less stress in a serious environment.”

Featured Workshops

Communication Lab

Navigating Difficult Conversations

Build practical skills for handling conversations with clarity, empathy, and confidence.

This workshop helps participants approach workplace communication with flexibility and purpose while maintaining boundaries and direction.

Perfect For: Leaders, managers, HR teams, and anyone who regularly facilitates or navigates complex interpersonal dynamics.

Ideal Group Size: 10–25 participants

Key Outcomes:

  • Develop self-awareness and emotional intelligence
  • Adapt to different communication styles using DISC insights
  • Lead with empathy to improve relationships and outcomes

What It Looks Like: Participants begin with short activities, explore communication patterns using DISC profiles, and work through realistic workplace scenarios. With facilitators, teams practice listening, responding, and problem-solving strategies that turn conflict into collaboration.

Professional Presence Lab

Practical Presentation and Communication Skills

Strengthen your ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently in any professional setting.

Participants build skills in presence, storytelling, and audience awareness to improve how they share information in meetings, pitches, and presentations.

Perfect For: Sales teams, customer-facing professionals, executives, and anyone who presents or pitches regularly.

Ideal Group Size: 8-20 participants

Key Outcomes:

  • Communicate with confidence and clarity
  • Structure messages that engage and inform
  • Deliver presentations with purpose, confidence, and authenticity

 

What It Looks Like: The session begins with short awareness activities, followed by guided exercises in message structure, pacing, and audience connection. Participants practice short presentations, receive live coaching, and leave with practical techniques they can use immediately.

Adaptive Teams Lab

In today’s fast-paced, ever-changing work environment, teams must respond quickly, think creatively, and support one another in real time.

This highly interactive workshop builds adaptability, trust, and creative problem-solving, the foundations for effective collaboration.

Perfect For: Teams in sales, marketing, client relations, or project management who rely on teamwork and responsiveness.

Ideal Group Size: 12–30 participants

Key Outcomes:

  • Increase comfort with change and uncertainty
  • Strengthen collaboration and idea-sharing
  • Improve responsiveness to clients, colleagues, and challenges

What It Looks Like: Facilitators guide participants through fast-paced activities and structured reflection designed to spark creativity and strengthen team dynamics.  The emphasis is on participation, learning from experience and applying insights to real workplace situations.