About

Rebel Leader Lab™ helps organizations close the gap between AI adoption and the people expected to adopt it. Most companies measure how many employees log into new tools. Rebel Leader Lab measures whether leaders and teams are actually ready, then builds the leadership skills to get them there.

Founder and CEO Sheila Joy Vance, MBA, brings more than 15 years of enterprise learning and development experience at Amazon, TJX Companies, Target, ManpowerGroup, and New Balance, with work spanning North America, Latin America, EMEA, and Africa. Her multi-tier leadership program graduated more than 125 managers, and 21% earned promotions or expanded responsibilities within 12 months.

What Rebel Leader Lab offers:
- AI Anxiety Index™: a research-backed assessment that shows how leaders and teams really feel about AI, and where readiness breaks down
- AI Leadership Sprint™: a focused program that equips managers to lead their teams through AI change
- AI adoption advisory for HR, L&D, and executive teams
- Keynotes: AI Leadership Pains, Leading for the Future, and Making AI Human

All programs are built on the REBEL Framework™: Resilience, Empathy, Bold Action, Empowerment, and Legacy.

Sheila is also the author of Bad Bosses: Managing Up and Protecting Your Sanity from Toxic Leadership (2026), a practical survival guide covering four toxic boss archetypes, managing-up scripts, and tools for protecting your career without losing yourself.

Rebel Leader Lab serves HR leaders, L&D professionals, and executives who are done with corporate platitudes and want leadership development that holds up in the real world.

Website: rebelleaderlab.com
Media and speaking inquiries: sheila@rebelleaderlab.com