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4DX Lead Measure Workshop Template

4DX 90 min As needed Team and team leader (4-10 people)

The 4DX lead measure workshop exists to nail Discipline 2, act on lead measures. Lag measures tell you whether you achieved the goal, but only after the fact. Lead measures are the few activities that predict the goal and that the team can directly influence each week. Choosing the right ones is the difference between a team that drives results and one that just watches them.

When to use it

Run this right after choosing a WIG, or whenever existing lead measures are not moving the lag measure as expected. It is a focused working session, used on demand rather than on a fixed schedule, to get the team acting on the right leverage points.

Who attends

The team that will execute the WIG plus its leader, four to ten people. The people closest to the work usually have the sharpest instinct for which activities actually move the goal, so their voices matter most in choosing the measures.

How to run it

Start by restating the WIG and its lag measure so every candidate is judged against the right target. Brainstorm widely, then apply the two-part test: a real lead measure is both predictive of the goal and influenceable by the team. Narrow to two or three, because more than that fragments weekly focus. Finish by setting a concrete weekly target for each and naming who owns acting on it, so the leads are ready to drive the next WIG session.

Facilitator tips

  • Apply both tests to every candidate: predictive and influenceable.
  • Favor activities the team controls over outcomes it only hopes for.
  • Limit the team to two or three lead measures, not a long list.
  • Give each lead measure a number, so the weekly target is unambiguous.

Common mistakes

  • Choosing lag measures dressed up as lead measures.
  • Picking activities the team cannot actually influence.
  • Tracking too many lead measures, so weekly action scatters.
  • Leaving without a numeric weekly target and a clear owner.

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Agenda

90 minutes total · 5 sections

  1. Restate the WIG and lag measure 10 min
    Confirm the Wildly Important Goal and its lag measure so every lead measure is judged against what it must move.
  2. Brainstorm candidate lead measures 25 min
    Generate a wide list of activities the team could do weekly that might drive the lag measure.
  3. Test for predictive and influenceable 25 min
    Filter candidates to those that are both predictive of the goal and within the team direct control to influence.
  4. Choose two or three lead measures 15 min
    Narrow to the smallest set of high-leverage lead measures the team can realistically track and act on each week.
  5. Set weekly targets and owners 15 min
    Define a concrete weekly target for each lead measure and confirm who owns acting on it.

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