In its second year, Leaders Lab is a Hawai‘i Leadership Forum (HLF) initiative that provides a more accessible way for emerging leaders to further develop their leadership skills to meet the challenges of today. These one-day intensive experiences are designed for about 20 participants who come together, learn from one another, and come out transformed.

In Fall 2025, Leaders Lab will be expanding to the neighbor islands, with new county-specific labs held on Kaua‘i, Maui, and Hawai‘i Island. Applications for the neighbor island labs will be accepted from July 7 until 12 Noon HST on August 1, 2025. Detailed information will be available on this website in June 2025.

Additionally, the 99 participants from the 2024 Leaders Labs will be invited to the first of two annual follow-on labs with their same thematic group, fulfilling an emerging vision for a three-part Leaders Lab journey. Participants from each thematic group will be notified with details about their second lab; no additional applications for these labs will be accepted.