Developing leaders while moving the business forward.

Most leadership development happens outside the work.

The problem? That's not where leadership lives.

Traction5 helps organizations build leadership capacity by embedding learning, mentorship, and growth directly into real work — supporting internal projects, cross-functional teams, and organizational change efforts.

This isn't classroom learning or theoretical development.

This is leadership in action - while solving real problems, driving initiatives, and moving the business forward.

Leadership isn't just individual — it's infrastructure.

Leadership in complex systems isn't about one heroic individual. It's about networks, trust, shared ownership, and structured collaboration across boundaries.

Traction5 provides the missing layer: a scalable human infrastructure that strengthens how your people work, learn, and lead together.

What Makes Our Approach Different

1. Leadership development embedded in execution

We don't take people out of their work to develop them — we develop them inside their work.

Every engagement drives both learning and progress.

2. Action learning through real initiatives

Cross-functional teams, internal change projects, innovation pilots — all become living labs for leadership development.

3. Mentorship networks beyond hierarchy

Emergent leaders become mentors as well as learners. Experience flows across levels, roles, and functions.

4. Human capital where structure ends

Traction5 strengthens the parts of your orgahization that org charts can't reach — informal influence, collaboration, shared problem-solving.

How It Works

Setup & Design

• Collaborative design process to align on goals, initiatives, and structure

• Onboarding internal mentors, advisors, and participants

• Leadership coaching available for senior sponsors or project leads

Program activation

  • Monthly or bi-monthly mentor forums for project teams

  • Embedded support for cross-functional initiatives

  • Office hours & mentorship access across roles

  • Tools for scheduling, feedback, and tracking engagement

Long-Term Integration

  • Program can scale across regions, departments, or business units

  • Build internal mentor capacity and leadership networks

Ideal Applications

• Strategic Initiatives & Change Projects

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Emerging Leader Acceleration

• Leadership Succession Planning

• Innovation & Internal Ventures

• Culture Transformation Efforts

• Organizational Health & Cohesion

What Success Looks Like

For leaders

Learn by doing, not by theory

Build real relationships

Develop as both mentor and learner 

Gain visibility & influence

Let's Build Leadership as a System!

If your leadership development efforts feel disconnected from real work — or you initiatives struggle because of silos, capacity gaps, or lack of trust — Traction5 helps you build what's missing.

For Organizations

Cross functional collaboration improves

Strategic intanes move fater, with les fiction

Develop as both mentor and learner Leadership capacity scales without adding headcount