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Leading Self: Leading with Agility

Refine agile leadership skills in this hands-on course. Learn to foster innovation, cultivate self-awareness, and drive organisational agility in today's rapidly changing work environment.

About this course

DO YOU HAVE THE EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO LEAD BOTH YOURSELF AND YOUR PEOPLE IN A CONSTANTLY ADAPTING AND CHANGING WORK ENVIRONMENT?

In the new world of work, leadership is a competency and attitude that everyone needs to develop. Our Leading Self: Leading with Agility course is an immersive and interactive journey that uncovers how important leadership is to modern working practices and the differences between management and leadership and how it needs to be considered in all contexts and levels inside the organisation.

We will then amplify the learning to discuss how this influences and is influenced by agility so that you can lead yourself first and then create an environment that will allow agility to thrive.

What you will gain

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The ICAgile Certified Professional – Leading with Agility (ICP-LEA) certification is granted on the successful completion of this course. This certification is part of the ICAgile Agility in Leadership Track.

This course will contribute 14 PMI® professional development units (PDUs) towards your chosen certification (12 Power Skills and 2 Business Acumen).

What you will earn

  • The new organizational and leadership capabilities that are needed today, including an innovative culture, collaborative environments, continuous engagement and organizational learning and sense-making.
  • The behaviours that increase agility including leading with influence and different leadership styles.
  • The skills of self development through self awareness and mindfulness.
  • Developing relationship agility and thinking about organisations as human systems.
  • Using conversations and storytelling as a key vehicle for communication.
  • Supporting organisational change and transformation for agility.

What you need

To get the most out of this course, you will need a willingness to challenge traditional thinking and a desire to deliver outcomes for your organisation. It is recommended that participants have foundational knowledge of Agile values, principles, and mindset through formal training like our Agile Fundamentals or Business Agility Fundamentals courses or have relevant experience working in the Agile context.

This course is great for

  • Leaders at every level guiding teams as they navigate through change.
  • Agile coaches and consultants looking to understand how leadership needs to adapt in agile environments.
  • Anyone in, or aspiring to be in, leadership roles with a willingness to challenge the status quo and embrace change.

Topics Covered

Leadership Capability

  • Organisational Agility
  • Management Compared to Leadership

Behaviours to Increase Agility

  • Complexity
  • Leadership Styles
  • Power vs Influence
  • Team Dynamics and Leadership
  • Leadership and Culture

Developing Personal Agility

  • Self Awareness and Emotional Intelligence
  • Mindfulness
  • Personal Purpose and Values

Developing Relationship Agility

  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Organisations as Human Systems
  • Leading with Empathy

Agility in Key Conversations

  • Conversations
  • Story Telling

Leading to Agility

  • Organisational Change and Transformation
  • Leading from the Future
  • Creating a Vision
  • Creative Tension
  • Staying the Course
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