PROFESSIONAL AGILE LEADERSHIP

TRAINING OVERVIEW

In today's fast-paced business landscape, agile leadership is becoming increasingly crucial for driving organizational success and remaining competitive. Agile leadership goes beyond traditional management approaches, emphasizing adaptability, collaboration, and innovation to navigate uncertainty and achieve strategic goals effectively. This comprehensive DixonTech training course, “Professional Agile Leadership” is specifically designed to equip leaders with the essential skills and mindset needed to thrive in dynamic environments. Participants will delve into key principles and practices of agile leadership, exploring how to foster a culture of experimentation, resilience, and continuous improvement within their teams and organizations. Through interactive sessions, real-world case studies, and practical exercises, delegates will gain actionable insights and strategies to enhance their leadership agility and drive positive change. By mastering agile leadership principles, participants will be better prepared to lead high-performing teams, drive innovation, and adapt to evolving market conditions with confidence and competence.

TRAINING TOPICS

• From traditional leader - to Pro. Agile leader.
• Increasing creativity and innovation through agile leadership
• Agile problem-solving and decision-making – self and others
• Leading agile change management: principles and methods
• Creating an agile leadership culture

By the end of this training course, delegates will be able to

• Understand the power of Agile Leadership in the new world of rapid recovery.
• Develop your ability to lead rapid change through strong visionary leadership.
• Influence, inspire and determine rapid decision-making process for optimum results.
• Enhance your leadership of others in active and dynamic change.
• Enable others to operate with dynamism and creativity.
• Overcome resistance and develop a dynamic, Agile organization.

TRAINING IS TAILORED TO

• Senior Executives
• Business Leaders
• Managers

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

Training methodology refers to the systematic approach used to deliver educational content and facilitate learning outcomes. It encompasses various strategies, techniques, and tools employed to engage participants, transfer knowledge effectively, and promote skill development. A successful training methodology integrates diverse instructional methods such as lectures, group discussions, hands-on activities, case studies, simulations, and multimedia presentations to cater to different learning styles and preferences. Additionally, it emphasizes active participation, interaction, and collaboration among participants to foster deeper understanding and retention of the material. Assessment mechanisms, including quizzes, assignments, and practical exercises, are often incorporated to evaluate learning progress and reinforce key concepts. Overall, a well-designed training methodology aims to create an engaging, supportive, and conducive learning environment that empowers participants to acquire new knowledge, master skills, and achieve desired learning outcomes.

DAY ONE: 

FROM TRADITIONAL LEADER - TO PRO. AGILE LEADER.

• The impact of the ‘new normal’ on Leadership thinking
• The basis of Agile methodology and its impact on leadership
• Key principles of Agile Leadership: defining the correct behaviours
• Understanding and applying the Agile Manifesto to Leadership
• The Psychology of Influence in Agile Leadership
• Empowerment for increased business agility

DAY TWO:

INCREASING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION THROUGH AGILE LEADERSHIP

• How the mind works on creativity and innovation
• Successful motivational behaviours for rapid thinking
• Lead group creativity and innovation to increase performance
• Developing flexible, inspiring, creative and innovative thinking
• Powerful and advanced idea generation model
• Using disruptive idea generation for business agility

DAY THREE:

AGILE PROBLEM-SOLVING AND DECISION-MAKING – SELF AND OTHERS

• Inspiring team/group motivation
• Problem-solving: the leader and the mind
• Applying rapid ‘problem and need’ techniques using rapid Agile tools
• Key factors in decision-making and how to get the best leverage
• Models and techniques in Agile decision-making
• Applying the powerful Agile Decision-Making Model

DAY FOUR:

LEADING AGILE CHANGE MANAGEMENT: PRINCIPLES AND METHODS

• Key traditional Change principles and models
• Agile Change: the importance of OODA Model and Kaizen
• Creating the clear vision using the Agile Change system
• Using empowerment for increasing rapid progress
• Overcoming obstacles, removing negativity to the vision
• Implementing and securing the change

DAY FIVE:

CREATING AN AGILE LEADERSHIP CULTURE

• Defining organizational culture
• Key factors to lead an Agile organization
• Communicating the Agile vision
• Developing the Agile Organization
• Engaging key-stakeholders to Agile Leadership benefits
• Embedding Agile Leadership and next steps