Evidence You Can Put to Work

Research is most valuable when it can move beyond the page and into practice.

We’ve created this collection of free, practitioner-ready resources to make evidence-based leadership and organizational practices more accessible to the people who use them every day. Each resource is grounded in research conducted or synthesized by the Center and translated into a practical format designed for real organizational use.

Explore frameworks, tools, worksheets, measurement instruments, and other resources you can download, adapt, and put to work immediately with your leaders, teams, and organizations.

Our goal is simple: make rigorous research useful.

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Download

Choose the resources that are most relevant to your organization and download them for immediate use.

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Put it to Work

Use, adapt, and share our resources freely for non-commercial organizational development to support your leaders, teams, and organizational practices.

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Connect the Dots

When distributing or building upon CALDS materials, please preserve the source attribution so others can trace the work back to the underlying research and the Center.

Practitioner Toolkit: Effective 1:1 Meetings

Experience the Practitioner Toolkit built from the research insights in our Behavioral Drivers of Effective 1:1 Meetings Insights Brief.

Each Center for Applied Leadership & Decision Science Practitioner Toolkit is a collection of ready-to-use resources, frameworks, and templates that enable organizations to translate research findings into everyday practice. It is designed for immediate implementation and adaptation within diverse organizational contexts.

Each toolkit includes:

  • Step-by-Step Guides: Instructions for applying research findings in real workplace scenarios.

  • Templates & Worksheets: Fillable documents (e.g., feedback forms, conversation guides, assessment checklists).

  • Frameworks & Models: Visual diagrams or frameworks that distill research into repeatable processes.

  • Measurement Tools: Simple metrics, pulse surveys, or evaluation rubrics to track progress and impact.

  • Customization Tips: Suggestions for adapting tools to different industries, cultures, or organizational sizes.

Toolkits are built with practical application in mind, featuring intentional, winning design and deployment to equip practitioners with tangible, easy-to-adopt tools that support implementation, drive consistency, and accelerate organizational learning and improvement.

In our mission to turn research into tools that help leaders make faster and smarter decisions that drive performance, we are making this Toolkit freely available for personal and organizational use. Get instant access to the Toolkit download by filling out the 1-minute form below.

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Executive Presence 360

A research-anchored 360° assessment for understanding and developing executive presence.

EP360 translates the executive presence literature into a practical five-dimension competency model covering Gravitas & Composure, Clear & Credible Communication, Authenticity & Inclusion, Vision & Substance, and Presence & Professional Polish. The assessment is designed to gather perspectives from managers, peers, direct reports, and other stakeholders to help leaders understand how their behaviors and presence are experienced by others and identify meaningful development opportunities.

The resource includes everything needed to administer and use the assessment—from the 25-item rater questionnaire and open-ended feedback questions to administration guidance, scoring and reporting recommendations, rater communications, and a 90-day development approach.

Designed for: leadership development, executive coaching, talent reviews, succession planning, and individual leader development.