ICAgile Leading with Agility (ICP-LEA) Training in South Africa

• Learners are required to have a grasp of fundamental Agile concepts
• Existing knowledge or experience of managing or leading agile teams would be beneficial but not essential.

For virtual delivery, learners will require the use of WebEx and the ability to access boards on Miro.com

This course will help learners to become better leaders in agile environments, equipping them with the right tools and skills to help themselves and others succeed.

By the end of this course, learners will:

• Understand the key aspects of organisational agility capability and agile leadership
• Be able to relate the key aspects to your own organisation and identify areas for potential improvement.
• Be able to assess leadership and management approaches and describe the necessary mindset, behavioural and priority shifts necessary for agile leaders.
• Relate different approaches to influence and power dynamics to different leadership styles and to your own experiences.
• Identify areas for personal growth and development related to your own leadership style.
• Contrast your own current leadership style with the traits of an agile leader
• Identify areas for growth and prepare a personal development plan.
• Relate your own experiences to human systems dynamics and explain why empathy and relationship management are necessary competencies for relationship agility.
• Understand the complexities of organizational transformation, how it requires radical shifts, and the impact it has on people and culture.
• Assess examples of when you have led by managing change and identify what you could have done differently to lead the change in a larger, future-oriented context.

This course is delivered over 2 consecutive days, each day is broken into two sessions, high level session information can be viewed below.

During each session learners will explore agile leadership theory and concepts while putting tools and techniques into action.

The live event learning experience is underpinned by practical insights and hands-on simulated activities, enabling all participants to practice the skills needed to become an effective (or more effective) leader.

Learning will take place in a highly collaborative environment lead by one of QAs expert trainers.

Day 1 - Session 1

• Organizational Agility Capability
• Why Agility in Leadership is needed
• Understanding Power & Influence
• Leadership Styles
• Self-Awareness & Self- Management
• Mindfulness

Day 1 - Session 2

• Growth Mindset for Leadership
• Personal Purpose and Values
• Assessing Yourself as a Leader
• Skills of Development
• Mental Model

Day 2 - Session 3

• Mental Models (Part 2)
• Committing to and Practicing Agile Values
• Emotional Intelligence in Relationships
• Thinking about organisations as human systems
• Conversations as the Key Vehicle of Communication in Agile Leadership

Day 2 - Session 4

• Telling Compelling Stories as a Leader
• The Nature of Organizational Transformation
• Why Transformation is needed for Agility
• Leading from the Future and the Larger Context
• Leader as Agent of Transformation
• Wrap up and reflections

Certification

There is no written exam required to achieve the certification. Certification is gained through attendance and full participation in the workshop activities, storytelling, case studies, Q&A, and presentations.

The trainer will ask for an email address to be passed to ICAgile so that an electronic questionnaire about the event can be provided. Filling in this questionnaire is a prerequisite to receiving your accreditation.