Uphold - Self Management Lab

Self-management training for the moments nobody is coaching you through.

They're yours to handle.

Bring it to a coach that walks you through them, one step at a time.

No-Risk Guarantee. If the coach doesn't help, email us within 7 days for a full refund. No hoops, no explanation required.

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Or take all four

Each Lab stands alone. Together they cover the whole surface, and the Annual Pass opens every Lab and every coach for twelve months. 


WHAT THE COACH DOES

The coach meets you in the moment.

You bring the situation you're in right now. The coach helps you handle it one step at a time. It points to what you're already doing right, names the one thing to fix, and gives you a small move you can make immediately. No lecture. No script to memorize.

  • Discipline: doing the thing when no one's watching and no one's making you
  • Composure: staying steady when it gets loud, tense, or personal
  • Level-Up: closing the gaps nobody ever taught you to close


NOBODY TAUGHT YOU THIS

Something went wrong, or it all piled up at once. Nobody's coaching you through it. What you do next is entirely up to you. And most of the time you either:

  • Let it slide and told yourself you'd deal with it later
  • Held it together on the outside while it rattled you on the inside
  • Knew there was a better way to handle it but never learned what it was

It doesn't fix itself. It repeats. And it's quietly costing you.


What You'll Learn in the Self-Management Lab

The Self-Management Lab is an online course from TEAM Solutions that gives you one specific move for the moments you already handle, just not as well as you'd like: the task you keep avoiding, the meeting where you lose your footing, the gap you can see in yourself before anyone else names it.

Three tracks

  1. Discipline. Doing the thing when no one's watching and no one's making you.
  2. Composure. Staying steady when it gets loud, tense, or personal.
  3. Level-Up. Closing the gaps nobody ever taught you to close.

What each track covers

  • Discipline: starting a task you've avoided for weeks, choosing one priority when everything's urgent, building a deadline that holds when no one's checking, staying with it after the motivation's gone, and saying no without opening a negotiation.
  • Composure: taking blunt criticism in front of other people without freezing or arguing, handling it when the plan falls apart and you don't have an answer yet, stopping one bad hour from spreading through the rest of your week, naming what you're actually feeling instead of defaulting to "frustrated," and staying steady in a meeting you don't control.
  • Level-Up: asking for feedback in a way that gets a real answer, catching your own mistakes before someone else does, learning a new tool fast with no training and no documentation, taking correction without getting defensive, and naming a real skill gap instead of a vague category.

Who it's for

Professionals who already handle most of their job well. This is built for the handful of moments a year where you don't perform to your own standard and you replay it afterward.


This IS For You If:

  • You keep meaning to build better habits but they never stick
  • You lose your footing when a moment gets heated and regret how you handled it
  • You've been told to 'get more organized' or 'manage your time better' but nobody showed you how
  • Your company doesn't offer real training, so you're investing in yourself

This IS NOT For You If:

  • You want to watch videos and check a box
  • You think you've already got this figured out
  • You're looking for a quick hack instead of a real skill

Ready to Build the Skill Permanently?

The Full System adds the complete self-management training, all three tracks, practical tools, and a certificate of completion. Earned, not given.

  • 3-track training: Discipline, Composure, Level-Up (15 practical moves plus three Coach handoffs)
  • AI coach across all three tracks
  • Job aids and practical tools
  • Certificate of Completion (earned, not given)

Not ready for the full system yet? Start with just the AI Coach — 7 days for $20 →  


WHO'S BEHIND THIS?

Mike McKenna; Pres/Founder of TEAM Solutions

Mike McKenna built the Self-Management Lab from more than twenty-five years training professionals in high-stakes fields where staying disciplined and steady under pressure isn't optional. 

That same discipline is now built for the everyday moments that quietly shape a career. He founded TEAM Solutions in 2003.

More about Mike →


The moment isn't going away. 

Every time it repeats, it costs you a little more. 

Get in, get the skill, and handle the next one better.

Seven days. Unlimited coaching. $20 to start.

** Use it as often as your work requires, all year. Cancel anytime.  Be sure to read the fair-use terms for the AI coaches.


Frequently asked questions

How long does the Self-Management Lab take to complete?
About two hours of screen time. 15 topics at roughly three minutes each, three AI coach sessions at about ten minutes each, and a 15-question assessment. The real practice happens in your own week, not on the screen.

What is the AI coach?
The coach is an interactive practice tool that puts you back into the moment you handle badly. It plays the client tearing apart your proposal, the stakeholder demanding an answer you don't have, or the decision you usually dodge. It pushes back the way people actually push back, so you run the move under pressure before you need it.

Is this a productivity course?
No. There are no apps, planners, or systems in it. Each topic gives you one move for one specific moment, small enough to run the same day you read it.

What does the certificate actually mean?
It means you completed the material and passed a 15-question application assessment at 80 percent or better. The assessment gives you a workplace scenario and asks what you'd do. It's not a recall quiz.

Who is this for?
Professionals who already handle most of this well. It's built for the three or four moments a year where you don't perform to your own standard and replay them afterward, whether that's a task you keep avoiding, a moment you handled hot, or a gap you spotted in yourself before anyone else mentioned it.


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