Module 1: The Case for Agile Leadership
1.1 Define agile leadership.
1.2 Discuss the key differentiators between an agile leadership approach and a general leadership approach.
1.3 Explain the challenges traditional management approaches face in today’s world of work.
1.4 Describe the benefits of becoming a more effective leader for teams and organizations.
1.5 Describe key mindset shifts required for effective leadership in complex and uncertain conditions.
Module 2: Agile Leadership in Action
2.1 Define a leadership framework and model.
2.2 Identify key characteristics of leadership frameworks that support successful leadership development and growth.
2.3 Examine the benefits and challenges of having a structured leadership development framework.
2.4 Demonstrate at least one way to inspect and adapt your own leadership behavior based on a leadership framework and model to increase effectiveness.
2.5 Identify at least five leadership skills that help Agile Leaders be successful.
2.6 Practice at least two leadership skills that can help grow competency in others.
2.7 Practice at least two leadership skills to help you grow as an agile leader.
Module 3: Leading Agile Teams
3.1 Describe the key characteristics and benefits of a high-performing team
3.2 Describe tools and techniques that leaders can use to help teams become and maintain a high-performance team.
3.3 Describe tools and techniques that teams can use to become and maintain a high-performance team.
3.4 Discuss common challenges and barriers to becoming a high-performing team and how a leader can help the team overcome those challenges.
3.5 Illustrate how to enable teams to work with other teams collaboratively and cross-functionally to create value for customers and the organization.
Module 4: Leading Agile Organizations
4.1 Identify ways an organization’s culture can impact the effectiveness of teams and overall organizational agility.
4.2 Discuss the relationship between culture and leadership mindset, behaviors, and skills.
4.3 Identify techniques that help to explore, understand, and influence the culture within the organization.
4.4 Explain the impact of an organization’s structures, processes, and policies on its ability to create value aligned with its purpose.
4.5 Recognize ways to change existing organizational structures, processes, and policies to improve the organization’s ability to create value aligned with the organization’s purpose.
4.6 Describe how organizational change impacts people and the benefits of involving them in the change process.
4.7 Explore one approach to support leadership in guiding the organization’s change journey.