Evidence-Based Leadership Online Training

The purpose of evidence-based leadership is to navigate organisations through a world that is somewhere between the extremes of perfect predictability and perfect unpredictability. That’s why performance measurement is the primary navigational tool of EBL.

Performance measurement, done properly, deepens our understanding of the complexity in our organisations, and speeds up our identification of patterns, so we can constantly improve the results we want.

So, evidence-based leadership is not about how to lead. It’s about what to give our attention to as we lead: the performance of the organisation, within the context of the organisation’s purpose.

This Evidence-Based Leadership Program lays out the framework and practical tools for you to achieve a high-performance culture and measurable success, by:

Setting a strategic direction that is results-oriented and easy for everyone to understand.
Aligning teams to your strategic direction, so they can own their contribution to it.
Measuring your strategic and team goals, to test strategy execution and improve performance organisation-wide.
Inspiring everyone to reach for higher performance targets, to achieve the results that matter.

EBL is the most practical way to get more control over your organisation’s performance and impact.

About this online training

This Evidence-Based Leadership (EBL) online training is part of your preparation for the EBL Immersion Workshop you and your senior leadership team have coming up soon. Taking this EBL training will make all the difference to how much value you can create during your Immersion Workshop.

This training is delivered by Stacey Barr, Evidence-Based Leadership and PuMP creator.

Evidence-Based Leadership Program

Everything you need is on this page…

You can access each of the 9 modules of the EBL online training by expanding each section below. In each module you’ll find:

An introduction to the module
A video of the presentation for the module, about 20 minutes
Reference to chapters in Prove It!, the program’s companion book
An audio download
Practical guides to help you implement the ideas and techniques of EBL

Before you start…

Here are some tips to prepare, and make the training as efficient, practical and engaging as possible:

Create a folder on your computer to save all the downloads.
Download the EBL Workbook, if you want to follow along with the videos and make your own notes under each slide: EBLWorkbook.pdf
Schedule time in your diary to work through the 9 modules, allowing 20 minutes for the video and any extra time for your own reflection or practice.

Here are the modules…

You can expand or collapse each module, as you move through all 9 of them.

Module 1 | A Fundamental Decision

If we want to build a high-performance organisation, we have to make a fundamental decision…

Download this module’s audio, if you prefer to listen only.

Read Prove It! chapters 1, 2 and 3.

[Videos are not available for download.]

Module 2 | Six Habits of EBL

The reason we need a framework like EBL is because creating a high-performance culture and measurable success is fraught with struggle. If it wasn’t, high-performing organisations would dominate the business landscape. EBL is designed the way it is to directly stop those struggles.

Download this module’s audio, if you prefer to listen only.

Read Prove It! chapter 4.

Download a one-page diagram of the EBL framework: EBLFramework.pdf

Download a one-page diagram of how PuMP aligns with the EBL framework: PuMPandEBLAlignment.pdf

[Videos are not available for download.]

Module 3 | EBL Habit 1 - DIRECTION

The first habit of Evidence-Based Leadership is DIRECTION, which we achieve by articulating a well-designed strategy, that is results-oriented, understandable to everyone, and ruthlessly prioritised.

Download this module’s audio, if you prefer to listen only.

Read Prove It! chapter 5.

Download the PuMP Summary Page guide for making any goal measurable: EBLGuide-PuMPMeasurabilityTests.pdf

[Videos are not available for download.]

Module 4 | EBL Habit 2 - EVIDENCE

The second habit of Evidence-Based Leadership is EVIDENCE, which we achieve by setting meaningful performance measures for each strategic goal, that are quantitative, aligned to what matters, and focused on improvement.

Download this module’s audio, if you prefer to listen only.

Read Prove It! chapter 6.

Download the PuMP Summary Page guide for designing a performance measure: EBLGuide-PuMPMeasureDesign.pdf

[Videos are not available for download.]

Module 5 | EBL Habit 3 - EXECUTION

The third habit of Evidence-Based Leadership is EXECUTION, which we achieve by getting the corporate strategy implemented and the strategic goals achieved, using the leverage found in continuous improvement of business processes.

Download this module’s audio, if you prefer to listen only.

Read Prove It! chapter 7.

Download the PuMP Summary Page guide for finding signals in your measures: EBLGuide-PuMPXmRchartSignals.pdf

Download the PuMP Summary Page guide for more about the anatomy of XmR charts: EBLGuide-PuMPXmRchartAnatomy.pdf

[Videos are not available for download.]

Module 6 | EBL Habit 4 - DECISION

The fourth habit of Evidence-Based Leadership is DECISION, which we achieve by helping people take ownership for the results that matter, by role-modelling ownership, getting their buy-in and giving them a clear line of sight to the corporate strategy.

Download this module’s audio, if you prefer to listen only.

Read Prove It! chapter 8.

Download the PuMP Summary Page guide for aligning teams to your strategic direction with the Results Map: EBLGuide-PuMPResultsMap.pdf

Download the PuMP Summary Page guide for building a Results Map from your Measurability Tests: EBLGuide-PuMPMappingMeasurableResults.pdf

[Videos are not available for download.]

Module 7 | EBL Habit 5 - ACTION

The fifth habit of Evidence-Based Leadership is ACTION, which means meeting targets by helping people get the right things done to close performance gaps, through a focus on causal analysis, practicality and collaboration.

Download this module’s audio, if you prefer to listen only.

Read Prove It! chapter 9.

Download the PuMP Summary Page guide for designing an EBL dashboard: EBLGuide-PuMPDashboardDesign.pdf

[Videos are not available for download.]

Module 8 | EBL Habit 6 - LEARNING

The sixth habit of Evidence-Based Leadership is LEARNING, which is about helping people find the fastest and cheapest way to close performance gaps, by adopting an experimental mindset, learning from failure, and iterating to success.