About Adam Luecking

Adam Luecking is the CEO of Clear Impact and author of "Social Sector Hero – How Government and Philanthropy Can Fund for Impact." He is also a speaker and trainer on topics related to Results-Based Accountability (RBA), performance management, and achieving measurable impact.

Vermont Health Department Incorporates Results-Based Accountability™ in New Real-Time Performance Dashboards

APRIL 30th, 2013 — The Vermont Department of Health recently released a new real-time online performance dashboard built on the concepts of Results-Based Accountability™ in connection with its “Healthy Vermonters 2020” plan.  In the release of a tool dubbed “Healthy Vermonters Toolkit” the Department of Health provides information on population measures and performance indicators that [...]

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Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Results-Based Accountability

The impact of the Results-Based Accountability concept has been recognized by two of the country’s greatest leaders, Barack Obama and Bill Gates.  Results Leadership Group CEO, Adam Luecking and Director of the Promise Neighborhoods Institute, Michael McAfee, explore the surge of this approach to effective program implementation through clear goals, measures, and feedback in their blog [...]

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Five Conditions of Collective Impact and RBA

Adam Luecking, CEO of Clear Impact, quickly outlines how Results-Based Accountability™ can be used to implement the Five Conditions of Collective Impact.  The five conditions include a common agenda, shared measurement system, mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communication and a backbone organization. The Community Centres South Australia, with support from Uniting Care Wesley Port-Adelaide, Uniting Care [...]

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Trying Hard is Not Good Enough

Project directors from social service organizations across the country talk about the impact of Mark Friedman’s book, Trying Hard is Not Good Enough. The more strategic an approach is for positive results, the more effective it is in the implementation of programs in the social service field. He iterates that data is the most important [...]

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A Focus on Results and the Role of Partners

Henrietta Munoz, Project Director for the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County in Texas, discusses the importance of partnerships in achieving goals and specifically in ensuring that partners brought to the table are active participants in achieving the organization’s goals. Munoz emphasizes the role of accountability in implementing the Results-Based Accountability™ model by [...]

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Data Informed Decision Making: Frank Farrow

Frank Farrow, Director of the Center for the Study of Social Policy, discusses the importance of data informed decision making. The combination of rich, detailed and comprehensive data with a larger understanding of community and program needs is data informed decision making at its best. Good decision making has its roots in data and can [...]

2017-02-20T22:47:42-05:00By |Categories: Clear Impact Scorecard, Videos|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments
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Joint Accountability: Geoffrey Canada

Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, discusses the concept of accountability and how systems outside of your individual organization have to establish a level of joint accountability in order to succeed. Canada presses that accountability is a necessary standard for achieving results. Without joint accountability programs internally, as well as externally [...]

2017-02-20T22:47:42-05:00By |Categories: Performance Management, Videos|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments
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A Clear, Unrelenting Focus on Results: Michael McAfee

Dr. Michael McAfee, Director of the Promise Neighborhoods Institute of PolicyLink, discusses the positive results that a clear, unrelenting focus on results has for children across the country thanks to usage of Results-Based Accountability™. The Success of organizations hinges on a commitment to use data as the basis for all decisions to motivate change. The [...]

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Clear Impact Scorecard as a Sustainability Tool: Michael McAfee

Dr. Michael McAfee, Director of the Promise Neighborhoods Institute of PolicyLink, discusses the unique features of the Clear Impact Scorecard that make it one of the best tools on the market for data-based decision making. McAfee notes that the foundation of the Clear Impact Scorecard is grounded in science as well as the Results-Based Accountability™ [...]

2017-02-20T22:47:43-05:00By |Categories: Clear Impact Scorecard, Videos|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments
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