Agile Leadership Training

• Professional Experience: While no formal Agile experience is required, a foundational understanding of leadership or management concepts is beneficial for optimal learning. 

• Language Proficiency: Learners must possess a strong command of English, as all course materials, discussions, and assessments are delivered in English. 

• Interest in Agile Methodologies: This course is designed for individuals passionate about Agile frameworks and committed to enhancing their leadership capabilities in adaptive work environments. 

• Understand Agile Leadership Principles: Gain in-depth knowledge of Agile values, principles, and leadership approaches to drive organisational change effectively. 

• Develop Collaborative Leadership Skills: Learn to foster team collaboration, empower individuals, and create a high-performing Agile culture. 

• Enhance Decision-Making Agility: Acquire techniques to make informed and timely decisions in uncertain and rapidly changing conditions. 

• Lead Agile Transformations: Build the capabilities to initiate, lead, and sustain Agile transformations within organisations. 

• Improve Stakeholder Engagement: Master strategies to engage stakeholders, manage expectations, and deliver continuous value in Agile environments. 

The Agile Leadership Training course is suitable for professionals seeking to enhance their leadership skills within Agile contexts. Below are the key audiences for this course:

• Project Manager
• Scrum Master
• Team Lead
• Business Analyst
• Product Owner
• Senior Manager
• Change Manager
• Agile Coach 

Module 1: Getting Started with Agile

• What Exactly is Agile?
• Agile Basic Concepts
• Agile and Lean
• 5 Principles of Lean
• Agile Manifesto
• Principles of Agile Development
• Agile Practices and Tools

Module 2: All You Need to Catch Agile Leadership

• What is Agile Leadership?
• Embracing Uncertainty to Increase Business Value
• Adding Business Value to the Organisational Mission
• Agile Development Methodologies
• Identifying Business Values
• Lean Six Sigma
• Sharpening your Influencing Skills
• Agile Leadership Framework
• Problem Solving
• Emotional Intelligence for the Agile Leader
• Cultivating your Emotional Intelligence
• Appreciating Diverse Organisational Cultures
• Creating an Agile Environment
• Implementing your Agile Leadership Action Plan

Module 3: Approved Agile Methods

• Scrum Overview
• Scrum Planning
• Core Values of Scrum
• Sprint Artifacts (Deliverables)
• Agile Tools

Module 4: Agile Manager’s Role

• Managers Versus Self-Organisation
• What is a manager?
• Lean Management
• Agile Management
• Agile Leader

Module 5: Need of CEO’s Contribution

• What is a CEO?
• Roles and Responsibilities of the CEO
• Corporate Structure of a Company

Module 6: Motivating the Agile Workforce

• Why Motivation is Essential for Knowledge Workers?
• Self-Direction, Self-Organisation
• Learning Enterprise

Module 7: Self-Organisation

• Letting the Team Go
• Delegation is Not a Zero-Sum Game
• Complex Environments
• Self-Organisation is Not Self-Management
• Self-Organising Team
• Managing Self-Organising Teams
• Visibility and Reporting in an Agile Environment

Module 8: Agile Culture and Driving Change

• What Corporate Culture is and is Not?
• Hiring and Firing According to Culture
• Storytelling
• Taking Your Time
• Change Patterns

Module 9: Agile Leadership – Final Thoughts

• Continuous Improvement
• Agile is Not a Place
• What Message Are You Communicating?
• Think and Act Like an Owner
• Role of Leadership in an Agile Company