Leadership Out of the Box Corporate Training
Lead teams that think differently.
This facilitated program develops creative leadership: challenging assumptions, sparking ideas, running experiments, and building innovation culture, examined in case clinics and peer decision exercises.
Instructor-led group trainingVirtual / on-site / off-site10 languagesDelivered inEnglish, Spanish, Mandarin, German, Arabic, Portuguese, Hindi, French, Japanese, Italian100+ countriesWe have delivered inUnited States, United Kingdom, India, Canada, Germany, France, Netherlands, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia, Japan, Brazil, South Africa and 90+ more countries
How we build a innovative teams team
The Edstellar CREATIVE LEADERSHIP Capability Model
Assess
We review your leadership context and decision challenges first.
Learn
Instructor-led sessions frame proven leadership out of the box approaches.
Practice
Case clinics pressure-test decisions in realistic situations.
Apply
Leaders apply the frameworks to live business decisions.
Measure
Reflection and follow-up show what shifted in practice.
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Program Overview: What is Leadership Out of the Box?
Breakthroughs come from leaders who think differently. This program teaches creative leadership: questioning assumptions, generating options, experimenting cheaply, and making innovation safe.
Facilitated by innovation leaders, the program moves from creative thinking to experimentation and culture. Case clinics work through real innovation leadership situations.
The program closes with a capstone decision exercise: an innovation agenda with challenge statements, experiment backlog, and culture actions, reviewed with the cohort.
Leaders leave with innovation they can lead: fresh thinking habits, experiments running, and teams unafraid to try.
What's Included in this Workshop for Your Enterprise Teams
- 1
Instructor-Led Delivery
Live sessions with expert facilitators
- 2
Case Clinics
Decision exercises built on realistic business cases
- 3
Tailored Curriculum
Agenda tuned to your leadership context
- 4
Assessments & Materials
Pre and post checks plus reference guides
- 5
Post-Training Support
Follow-up help as leaders apply the learning
- Instructor-led delivery: offsite, onsite, live virtual, or hybrid
- Tailored agenda: cases matched to your leadership context
- Case clinics built on realistic business situations
- Cohort sizes that suit executive and manager groups
- Materials, workbooks, and post-program reference guides
- Post-training support and assessment on request
Build your team's skills. Anywhere in the world.
Real-world use cases
from day one
Instructor-led training
for your teams
Delivered globally
in 100+ countries
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Leadership Out of the Box Course Topics and Program Outline
5 modules, 12 instructor-led hours, and 2 case clinics that move Leadership Out of the Box from theory to dependable team practice.
Built by Edstellar with innovation leaders who build cultures of creative thinking
Built by innovation leaders who build cultures of creative thinking, shaped around your stack and use cases.
We review your leadership context and current decision challenges, so the program targets the judgments that matter most.
Facilitated sessions frame proven out-of-box approaches, with peer discussion and real cases throughout.
Case clinics and peer decision exercises pressure-test thinking in realistic situations, with facilitated review.
The capstone decision exercise proves the learning: an innovation agenda, examined and reviewed with the cohort.
From baseline to job-ready in 12 hours.
Delivered as
Cohorts run offsite, onsite, live virtual, or hybrid formats, scheduled around your calendar in half-day or full-day blocks.
Reframe a stuck business problem.
learna)Assumption hunting
b)Reframing
c)Creative habits
d)Divergent thinking
Generate options for a real challenge.
learna)Ideation methods
b)Building on ideas
c)Deferring judgment
d)Idea capture
Design a cheap experiment for an idea.
practicea)Hypothesis framing
b)Minimum viable tests
c)Learning loops
d)Kill criteria
Design culture actions for your team.
practicea)Psychological safety
b)Failure norms
c)Innovation rhythms
d)Rewarding trying
Present your agenda and take peer challenge.
applya)Agenda presentation
b)Challenge review
c)Experiment defense
d)Peer challenge
Customize this program tailored to your team?
Tell us your training needs: what your team already works with, the level they’re at, and the topics you want them to focus on. We’ll adjust the modules, duration and hands-on labs, and send you a customized outline for your group.
Key Skills and Outcomes Your Team Will Gain
Leaders will challenge assumptions, generate options, run cheap experiments, and build cultures where innovation thrives.
Creative thinking
Break habitual thought patterns.
Reframing
See problems from new angles.
Ideation
Generate and build on ideas.
Experiment design
Test ideas cheaply and fast.
Learning loops
Extract learning from tests.
Culture building
Make innovation psychologically safe.
Innovation rhythms
Sustain creative momentum.
Teams that Benefit from this Leadership Out of the Box Group Training
Built for leaders and managers who need fresh thinking from their teams. Cohorts mix functions well, since creative leadership crosses every domain.
Leaders driving change
Leaders get the creative toolkit: fresh thinking, experiments, and innovation culture.
Workflow friction
- Stale thinking
- Risk aversion
- Innovation theater
How the program helps
- Think freshly
- Take smart risks
- Innovate for real
Practice use cases
- leadership
- innovation
- change
Teams needing new ideas
Product teams learn to generate and test ideas systematically.
Workflow friction
- Incremental only
- HiPPO decisions
- Untested bets
How the program helps
- Generate boldly
- Decide with evidence
- Test before betting
Practice use cases
- product
- ideation
- experiments
Teams inventing the future
R&D leaders learn to channel creativity into outcomes, not just ideas.
Workflow friction
- Ideas without impact
- Unfocused exploration
- Slow commercialization
How the program helps
- Focus creativity
- Explore with purpose
- Connect to outcomes
Practice use cases
- R&D
- creativity
- outcomes
Groups run with employees at similar levels so exercises match daily work. Mixed cohorts are welcome when goals align.
Prerequisites: A leadership or influence role with real challenges to work on. No prior innovation training is required.
Leadership Out of the Box: skill progression
A realistic path from foundation to advanced creative leadership capability, mapped to the modules above. Your team can see exactly which skills each module builds.
Bands show where each skill starts and where this program takes it.
Mixed cohort, or several teams at once?
We can tailor the training to different teams, roles, and experience levels within the same program.
Certificate of Training Completion.
On successful completion, employees receive an Edstellar course completion certificate, recognizing their commitment to ongoing learning and professional development. It validates the skills they have built and motivates them to keep growing and contribute to organizational success.
Earned, not attended. Awarded on completion of all hands-on labs and the capstone project.
Training Delivery Modes: Virtual, Onsite and Hybrid
Instructor-led delivery in offsite, onsite, live virtual, or hybrid formats, with case clinics and peer decision exercises in every session.
Hybrid Training
Split your cohort between the training room and a live virtual feed. Every session is instructor-led, with case clinics and peer decision exercises in each module and the same curriculum for both groups.
- Live instruction in every session
- Onsite workshops for case clinics
- Virtual sessions for distributed teams
- One cohort or split batches
Onsite Training
Your trainer comes to your premises. Sessions stay applied: case clinics and peer decision exercises run in the room with peer discussion.
- Trainer at your premises
- Facilitated sessions with live feedback in the room
- Team collaboration in one room
- Agenda tuned on the spot
Live Virtual Training
Join from anywhere in live instructor-led sessions. Case work runs in breakout rooms with the facilitator in each group.
- Join from anywhere, live
- Breakout case clinics with trainer rotating through
- Sessions recorded for review
- Same curriculum, same hours
Offsite Training
Take the program offsite for focused leadership time. Leadership Out of the Box is explored through case clinics and peer decision exercises, peer discussion, and reflection, away from daily demands.
- Dedicated venue away from daily work
- Case clinics and peer discussion in focus
- Reflection time between sessions
- Leadership cohort networking
Need a training format that works for your team?
Full days, half days across weeks, or split by module. Tell us the delivery window and we schedule the cohort around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. It is leadership for innovation: thinking, experimenting, and culture.
No. Creative leadership is taught as a discipline.
Yes. Offsite suits the reflective, generative format.
Experiment velocity and learning capture are the core metrics.
An innovation agenda with challenge statements, experiment backlog, and culture actions.
Question not answered here?
Put it in the request. A training specialist answers it directly, within one business day.
Where this Training Fits in Your Team's learning path.
Thinking out of the box comes after your team has the leadership essentials. Leaders first learn the core of the role, then practise breaking habitual thinking, then apply that creativity to how they lead others, and finally use it to drive innovation and intrapreneurship in the business.
Why Choose Edstellar as Your Leadership Out of the Box Corporate Training Provider
Edstellar delivers Leadership Out of the Box as instructor-led corporate training for enterprise teams: practitioner instructors, case clinics and peer decision exercises, and a curriculum tailored to your goals.
EXPERT TRAINERS
YEARS DELIVERING
ORGANIZATIONS TRAINED
CERTIFIED
Tailored
Out-of-box training scoped to your leadership context, tuned case by case after a discovery call.
Proven Methodology
A Learn-Practice-Apply arc refined across thousands of leaders: framing first, then case clinics until the judgment holds.
Practice-Based Learning
Most hours go to doing: case clinics and peer decision exercises on realistic business situations, with facilitated review.
Expert Trainers
Facilitators who advise on creative leadership challenges, matched to your cohort and goals.
Global Scale
Same Out-of-box program for every cohort, delivered across time zones by 5,000+ certified trainers.
Measurable Outcomes
Pre- and post-program assessments mapped to your curriculum, so you can see exactly what each cohort gained and what comes next.
Build Innovation Leadership Through Reframing, Experiments, and Learning Habits
Edstellar develops innovation leadership by working on business challenges that have resisted familiar solutions. Participants reframe problems, generate alternatives, and design low-cost experiments before examining team culture. The final innovation agenda connects ideas with learning, reviewed for clear assumptions, testable questions, practical experiments, and leadership actions that make exploration part of everyday work.
- Step 01
Consult
We explore participants' leadership or influence roles, stuck business challenges, and current responses to uncertainty to identify where reframing and experimentation would strengthen their practice.
- Step 02
Plan
We begin with alternative problem frames before generating options, then connect inexpensive experiments and learning loops with culture actions in the final innovation agenda.
- Step 03
Align
We align innovation facilitation with leadership, product, and R&D participants, creating a case-clinic setting that supports questioning assumptions without requiring prior innovation-method experience.
- Step 04
Customize
We adapt real challenges into manageable cases, helping participants consider multiple frames and design experiments that fit their available resources and decision authority.
- Step 05
Execute
Participants reframe problems, compare options, and design low-cost tests, receiving feedback on assumptions, learning goals, experiment practicality, and the team behaviors needed to support exploration.
- Step 06
Evaluate
We assess the innovation agenda for distinct problem frames, testable ideas, clear learning criteria, and specific leadership routines that encourage experimentation and reflection.
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Needs analysis, gap identification, and a training roadmap.
→L&D consulting
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→OD consulting
Org design, succession planning and cultural change.
→Managed training services
Training outsourcing, vendor management, logistics and administration.
→Coaching solutions
Executive and manager coaching that keeps skills in use.
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Leadership Out of the Box Training Packages & Pricing
Where L&D holds an annual budget, license packages price the whole year at once instead of raising a purchase order per workshop. Hours and licenses are pooled across teams, programs and locations, so unused capacity is not stranded in one department.
Starter
120
trainee licenses64 hours of group training
Tailored for SMBs
Growth
320
trainee licenses160 hours of group training
Ideal for growing SMBs
Enterprise
800
trainee licenses400 hours of group training
Designed for large corporations
Custom
Unlimited
trainee licensesDuration set by the rollout
Multi-region and multi-year
Training Packages & Pricing
Choose the training format that works for your team. Pricing is customized based on your requirements, cohort size, and delivery needs.
Request Leadership Out of the Box Training for Your Team
Tell us your team size, timelines, and goals for Leadership Out of the Box training. An advisor will shape the agenda, confirm availability, and share a detailed proposal.