Agile Leadership Course

COURSE OBJECTIVES
• To sharpen their influencing skills
• To manage self-organise teams
• To corporate structure of a company effectively
• To implement the principles of Agile development
• To appreciate diverse organisational cultures
• To embrace uncertainty to increase business value
• To use approved Agile methods
• To change patterns in Agile culture
• To implement Agile Leadership framework
• To think and act like an owner

COURSE CONTENT
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

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
o Cultivating your Emotional Intelligence
• Appreciating Diverse Organisational Cultures
• Creating an Agile Environment
• Implementing your Agile Leadership Action Plan

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

Agile Manager’s Role
• Managers Versus Self-Organisation
• What is a manager?
• Lean Management
• Agile Management
• Agile Leader

Need of CEO’s Contribution
• What is a CEO?
• Roles and Responsibilities of the CEO
• Corporate Structure of a Company

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

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

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

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

Methodology
The training methodology integrates lectures, interactive discussions, collaborative group exercises, and illustrative examples. Participants will acquire a blend of theoretical insights and hands-on practical experience, emphasizing the application of learned techniques. This approach ensures that attendees return to their professional environments equipped with both the competence and self-assurance to effectively implement the acquired skills in their responsibilities.

DATE:
1ST BATCH: 11th – 14th Feb,2025
2ND BATCH: 17th – 20th June,2025
3RD BATCH: 28st – 31th Oct,2025