Most failures in results-based management trace back to a conversation someone avoided having. Authority is granted by the organisation; credibility in this aspect of organisational leadership is earned separately. Participants gain a clear basis for measuring what this strand of organisational leadership has actually achieved. It is pitched for practitioners with responsibility for results-based management, not for observers of it. Participants apply this aspect of organisational leadership to their own management team throughout, so the output is directly usable. Most organisations already have a policy on this strand of organisational leadership; far fewer can show it working. Across sectors, teams that rehearse results-based management outperform teams that only plan it. The programme converts this aspect of organisational leadership from an area of general awareness into a set of repeatable practices. The programme closes with an action plan for the organisational leadership discipline that each participant writes for their own organisation.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Read the informal dynamics that determine whether results-based management actually moves.
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Delegate responsibility for results-based management without losing sight of the outcome.
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Resolve conflict about results-based management without leaving residue.
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Anticipate the objections that results-based management will attract internally and answer them in advance.
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Distinguish the parts of results-based management that must be standardised from those that require judgement.
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Compare the organisation's handling of results-based management with recognised practice, and close the material gaps.
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Align the incentives of different functions so results-based management is not quietly sabotaged.
Who Should Attend
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Human resources partners advising leaders on results-based management.
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Staff seconded into improvement work on results-based management.
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Executives leading multi-function programmes involving results-based management.
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Board members and non-executives overseeing results-based management.
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Technical staff being prepared for supervisory responsibility over results-based management.
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Project and programme managers whose success depends on results-based management.
Course Modules
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01
Results-based management: resilience and the personal cost of leading
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Testing results-based management before relying on it
Test the procedure for results-based management against a realistic scenario.
Name a single owner for each element of results-based management.
Name the person accountable for each part of results-based management, not the committee.
Check whether incentives anywhere reward behaviour that undermines results-based management.
Session 2The meeting that finally unblocks results-based management
Agree the standard on results-based management and confirm it applies to everyone.
Identify your successor for results-based management and the gap they need to close.
Test whether the team can explain results-based management in their own words.
Build the competence framework that supports results-based management.
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Results-based management: conflict, politics and informal power
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Building someone who can run results-based management without you
Check that results-based management still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
Remove steps in results-based management that add effort without adding assurance.
Decide the point at which you would escalate results-based management.
Estimate the resource results-based management requires to run as designed.
Session 2Reviewing results-based management when nothing has gone wrong
Assess the workload results-based management adds and what you will remove to make room.
Establish what evidence demonstrates results-based management is under control.
Write down the reasoning behind your position on results-based management.
Review a past decision on results-based management and state honestly what you would change.
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Results-based management: delegation, trust and accountability
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Applying the standard on results-based management to your best performer
Agree the indicators that will show whether results-based management is improving.
Decide what you will delegate on results-based management and what you will not, and say why.
Prepare the response for the most likely failure in results-based management.
Benchmark the organisation's results-based management against comparable operations.
Session 2Delegating results-based management without abandoning it
Confirm that the people affected by results-based management heard it from you first.
Ask the team what they think is wrong with the plan for results-based management.
Confirm that reporting on results-based management reaches the people who can act.
Arrange the handover of results-based management so capability survives staff changes.
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Results-based management: setting direction people can act on
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Making results-based management work when resources are constrained
Identify which function can quietly block results-based management and address it directly.
State the outcome expected from results-based management in a single sentence anyone can repeat.
Plan the sequence in which improvements to results-based management will be introduced.
Identify single points of dependency in results-based management and reduce them.
Session 2What your team concludes from how you handle results-based management
Prepare how you will respond when results-based management is challenged publicly.
Identify the conversation about results-based management you have been postponing, and schedule it.
Verify six months later that changes to results-based management have held.
Set out the decisions in results-based management that require sign-off and by whom.
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USD1,250
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Airport Transfers
Customized Badge
Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
Supervision & Secretarial Services
Accredited Certificate of Participation
Complete Training Kit
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
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At least 3 people
USD1,850
5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
Workshop or Program Participation
Airport Transfers
Customized Badge
Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
Supervision & Secretarial Services
Accredited Certificate of Participation
Complete Training Kit
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
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