Certificate in Agile Leadership

In today's ever-evolving landscape, characterized by rapid technological advancements, political instability, and fluctuating markets, adaptation is key in the workplace. Failing to embrace change could jeopardize your competitive edge, whether at an individual, team, or organizational level. How can we recognize the necessity for change and effectively navigate it without disrupting our workflow?

Amidst the Digital Transformation era, forward-thinking companies are reaping the rewards of innovative management strategies, experiencing heightened competitiveness, quicker market penetration, improved customer satisfaction, and enhanced profitability. This Anderson training program is tailored to empower participants with the knowledge, tools, and methodologies essential for fostering an agile leadership ethos within their professional spheres.

Key features of this training include:

• Team and workflow governance strategies
• Understanding the principles and efficacy of agility
• Cultivating self-organizing team leadership
• Exploring prominent agile methodologies such as SCRUM and KANBAN
• Leveraging agility for continual enhancement

By the end of this Anderson training course, you will be able to:

• Identify the situations in their organization where traditional portfolio governance and project approaches are underperforming versus the new management practices
• Understand why facilitating the emergence of new ideas and requirements can lead to greater employee motivation and superior delivery of value to the organization
• Analyze their own work situation to determine where agile tools and techniques will be of benefit
• Appreciate the power of teamwork and the necessity to support teams with effective structures
• Lead a team in the implementation of a continuous improvement culture

This training course is targeted at both management and employees. The course is designed to clearly explain formal management approaches and enable delegates to recognize “warning signals” that indicate when work such as various projects are about to encounter issues. Traditionally, work is organized around logical operating procedures and plan-based projects. Delegates engaged in such work explore other mechanisms to support emergence of work and evolution of work procedures to reflect their own work situation.

This Anderson training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Directors and senior decision-makers
• Line managers
• Project managers
• Various specialist roles engaged in teamwork to deliver value
• Stakeholders in organizations who influence work (e.g. Quality department)

This training course will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. The course is highly interactive and is designed with briefings and exploration of different scenarios. A central feature of this training course is an in-depth game that reveals the power of agile application and exposes gaps in our ability to work and lead in an agile manner.

• The Nature of Projects and Project Management
• Line Management Versus Project Management
• The Project Manager as a Leader – The New Normal
• The Project Manager as a Leader – Performance Deliveries
• The Project Manager as a Leader – Interpersonal Skills
• Governance of Work – Portfolio Management

• Agile Leadership: Traditional vs. Modern Approaches
• Make People Awesome
• Deliver Value Continuously
• Make Safety a Prerequisite
• Experiment and learn rapidly: The Nine Types of Multiple Intelligence
• Guiding Principles of Agile Leadership

• Explaining Agile Approaches
• Agile Application Exercise– Multiple Iterations
• Applying Retrospectives – Leading Continuous Improvement
• Applying team decision-making – Creative SCAMPER Technique
• Applying Agile Estimation – Learning by Doing
• Reflection on Team Behaviors

• Where did Scrum Come From?
• The Scrum Framework – More Creative Problem-Solving Techniques
• Scrum Roles and Responsibilities
• Scrum Project Management
• Scrum Applied to Operational Work
• Challenges to Adoption

• The Kanban Approach to Work
• Delivering a Continuous Flow of Value
• Kanban and Mindfulness Practices to Lead in Times of Change
• Kanban vs. Scrum
• Challenges to Adoption
• Personal Plan - Setting Agile Life Goals

Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course