Freedom Lab — Lead Free. Live Free.

Freedom Lab  ·  Identity-Based Leadership & Performance

Success Has a Cost. We Help You Pay It Free.

Stop performing from fear. Start leading from who you actually are. Freedom Lab works with executives, coaches, and athletes at the highest levels — building identity-first leaders who perform with clarity, joy, and freedom.

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What We Do

We Don't Fix People.
We Free Them.

Freedom Lab is an identity-based leadership and performance company. We work with athletes, coaches, executives, and teams — equipping them with the mindset, framework, and community needed to perform from who they are, not just what they do.

Individual Coaching

1-on-1 Leadership Coaching

Deep, identity-first coaching for executives, athletes, and high performers. Not reactive — proactive. Building clarity, freedom, and sustained performance from the inside out.

Team & Org

Team Culture & Identity Work

We've worked with national championship programs, Power 5 programs, and professional teams. The Freedom Lab framework transforms how teams compete and how coaches lead — from identity, not anxiety.

Immersive Events

The Lab — Leadership Retreat

Two days. World-class golf. Deep sessions. Big Cedar Lodge. Our annual executive retreat where leaders come to stop paying the hidden cost of success. Fall 2026 — 40 seats.

Results

Proven at the Highest Level.

Tested under real pressure — national championships, large-scale organizations, and executive boardrooms. The Freedom Lab framework produces results where it matters most: not just on the scoreboard, but in the lives of the people who lead.

2025

National Championship program — our framework was at the core of a program that won it all.

D1

Multiple D1 programs — identity-based performance work producing freedom and results on and off the court.

C-SUITE

Founders and executives leading 5 to 10,000+ people — building from clarity, identity, and genuine freedom.

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What We Do

We Help High Performers Get What
They Want Most — and Explore All They Are Capable Of.

Whether your arena is a locker room, a sideline, or a boardroom — the framework is the same. Identity-first. Proactive. Built for people who are already winning but know there is more.

Trusted In Sports

Competing at the Highest Level
Starts Within.

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"I am proud of the national championship — but I am most proud that all of our players know WHO they are, regardless of their performance."

National Champion Head Coach

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"Freedom Lab helped me slow down and actually deal with the fear underneath my game. I am learning who I am — and how to compete more free."

Professional Basketball Player

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"It was not about fixing what is broken — it is about unlocking who you already are and using it to move forward. That is what this did for me."

2025 All-American

For Athletes

Multiple Power 5 basketball programs. Pros who have reached the peak level of their sport. We help athletes separate identity from performance so they can compete from freedom, not fear — with clarity, consistency, and the ability to be great without losing themselves in the process.

  • NBA, MLB and professionals who have reached the peak level of their sport
  • NCAA and FIBA — elite college and international competitors
  • Athletes navigating identity pressure, transitions, and performance anxiety

For Coaches

Coaching is an identity-heavy profession. The wins define you. The losses haunt you. We work with coaches to build a framework that separates their worth from their record — leading programs from a place of freedom, not fear.

  • College and pro coaches at national championship programs
  • Head coaches building identity-first team culture
  • Coaches in transition or navigating intense program pressure

Programs & Organizations

NBA NCAA FIBA SEC MLB Mountain West RMAC OVC GLVC SoCon

Trusted In Business

You Built Something Real.
Now Lead It From Freedom.

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"Unlike any coaching I have experienced — this work helped me operate from who I truly am, not just react to problems. It is offense, not defense."

Business Owner · 50+ Employee Company

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"Most leadership coaching feels reactive. Here, I am building clarity and momentum from my identity. These guys are proactive — and that makes all the difference."

CEO · Multi-State Tech Company

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"I have done the therapy, the books, the retreats. Freedom Lab is different — it is not about fixing what is broken. It is about unlocking who you already are to lead at the level you are capable of."

Owner & Operator · Global Organization

For Executives & Founders

You built a business. The revenue is real. But somewhere along the way you started leading from anxiety instead of clarity. The cost is internal — and it is compounding. We help leaders step off the performance treadmill and lead from identity instead.

  • CEOs and founders leading 5–10,000 person organizations
  • Business owners succeeding externally, struggling internally
  • Leaders ready to stop performing from fear and start leading from identity

What We Work On Together

Identity-first coaching is not therapy. It is not a personality assessment. It is a practical, proactive framework for leading with clarity — in the boardroom, at home, and everywhere the pressure is highest.

  • Breaking the cycle of performance-based identity
  • Leading teams from freedom, not fear or ego
  • Exploring the full range of what you are actually capable of
  • Building a life you are proud of — and actually enjoy

The People Behind the Work

Built By Leaders.
For Leaders.

Freedom Lab was built by two guys who lived the hidden cost of success — and refused to accept it as the price of high performance.

Cam Michael

Cam Michael

Co-Founder & Lead Coach

Former athlete turned identity-first coach. Cam has worked with national champions, Power 5 programs, and executives across industries — helping them discover who they are outside of their performance and lead from that place.

Tate Unruh

Tate Unruh

Co-Founder & CEO

Entrepreneur and strategist who turned his own performance-driven identity crisis into a calling. Tate builds the systems, relationships, and frameworks that make Freedom Lab work at scale — from The Lab retreat to individual coaching and team programs.

The Process

Four Steps to Leading Free.

Not theory. Lived methodology. Every step is grounded in real practice with real athletes, coaches, and leaders at the highest levels.

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Discover

Strip back the Title and find the Person. Who are you when performance is not the measure? Identity-first clarity.

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Align

Connect your identity to your leadership. How do you show up when the pressure is highest — and why?

03

Act

Lead from freedom, not fear. Practical execution — decisions, relationships, performance — all grounded in who you are.

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Grow

Sustained. Not a sprint. The Freedom Lab framework builds into every season, every challenge, every year.

Now Enrolling — Fall 2026

The Lab.
World-Class Leadership.
World-Class Golf.

Two days. Big Cedar Lodge. Payne's Valley. 40 seats. Hard cap. The most exclusive leadership retreat in the country — and you're invited.

The Freedom Lab Podcast

Conversations About Leading Free.

Cam Michael and Tate Unruh go deep on identity, leadership, performance, and what it actually takes to lead from freedom — not fear. Real conversations with coaches, athletes, executives, and leaders doing the work.

Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. New episodes weekly.

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