7 Topics
5 Days
Programme Overview
Training Description
Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for:
- Senior Leaders focused on enterprise-wide change
- Leaders of Business Transformation Offices
- Heads of Major Business Units
- Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents
- Executive Committee Members
- Chief Strategy Officers
- Chief Operating Officers
- Chief Financial Officers
- Chief Executive Officers
- Board Members and Corporate Secretaries
Session Objectives
- Understand the symbiotic relationship between agile principles and change management.
- Develop a strategic framework for leading agile transformations across the enterprise.
- Master techniques for diagnosing organizational readiness and systemic resistance to agile adoption.
- Cultivate a unified leadership approach to driving continuous adaptation and agility.
- Enhance communication and stakeholder engagement skills for complex, iterative change.
- Learn to identify and address systemic resistance to agile ways of working.
- Build resilient, self-organizing teams capable of thriving amidst profound disruption.
- Measure the impact and sustainability of agile change initiatives.
- Create a personalized action plan for leading agile change in your organization.
About the Course
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, strategic change leadership is a non-negotiable competency for executive teams. The ability to effectively steer an organization through significant transformations, whether driven by market shifts, technological advancements, or strategic pivots, determines long-term success and competitive advantage. This comprehensive training course is meticulously designed to equip senior leaders with the foresight, collaboration skills, and practical tools needed to orchestrate enterprise-wide change, ensuring initiatives are not only launched but deeply embedded and deliver measurable value.
This intensive five-day program moves beyond traditional change management models, offering a hands-on blueprint for executive teams to diagnose the need for strategic change, build a compelling shared vision, and manage complex stakeholder expectations with agility and foresight. Participants will learn how to build trust, foster psychological safety, and communicate change in a way that resonates deeply with individuals, inspiring commitment and resilience. By the end of this course, your executive team will possess the strategic insights and practical tools to lead transformations that achieve ambitious business objectives and cultivate a highly engaged, adaptable, and high-performing workforce.
Curriculum & Topics
7 Topics | 5 Days
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Subtopic 1.1:
Defining agile leadership and its distinction from traditional management
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Subtopic 1.2:
The core values and principles of an agile mindset
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Subtopic 1.3:
The strategic imperative for business agility in the modern era
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Subtopic 1.4:
The role of a leader in fostering psychological safety and experimentation
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Subtopic 1.5:
Case studies of organizations that successfully embraced agile transformation
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Subtopic 2.1:
Developing a compelling vision for agile adoption across the enterprise
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Subtopic 2.2:
Aligning agile transformation goals with overarching corporate strategy
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Subtopic 2.3:
Conducting a comprehensive agile readiness and impact assessment
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Subtopic 2.4:
Creating a phased roadmap for enterprise-wide agile implementation
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Subtopic 2.5:
Building a robust business case for agile investment and its human element
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Subtopic 3.1:
Methodologies for assessing organizational and cultural readiness for agile ways of working
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Subtopic 3.2:
Identifying potential sources of resistance across different levels and functions
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Subtopic 3.3:
Analyzing cultural factors that influence agile adoption and sustainment
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Subtopic 3.4:
Using data from surveys, interviews, and feedback loops to gather insights on sentiment
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Subtopic 3.5:
Developing strategies to address leadership alignment gaps and foster an agile mindset
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Subtopic 4.1:
Crafting clear, consistent, and compelling messages about the agile transformation
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Subtopic 4.2:
Communicating the "why" and the benefits of agile to all stakeholders
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Subtopic 4.3:
Leveraging visual management (e.g., Kanban, value stream maps) for clarity and understanding
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Subtopic 4.4:
Facilitating effective feedback sessions and addressing concerns from a broad audience
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Subtopic 4.5:
Empowering senior leaders and agile champions to communicate the change journey
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Subtopic 5.1:
Principles of adaptive leadership in a rapidly evolving, iterative environment
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Subtopic 5.2:
Empowering decentralized decision-making and agile execution across the enterprise
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Subtopic 5.3:
Fostering psychological safety and open communication across physical and virtual divides
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Subtopic 5.4:
Coaching and mentoring leaders at all levels to drive agile transformation
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Subtopic 5.5:
Navigating organizational politics and building influence across all functions and silos
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Subtopic 6.1:
Integrating new agile behaviors and processes into daily operations at scale
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Subtopic 6.2:
Updating policies, procedures, and job descriptions for the agile organization
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Subtopic 6.3:
Leveraging technology to embed and automate agile ways of working across the enterprise
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Subtopic 6.4:
Establishing performance metrics and accountability for sustained agile adoption
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Subtopic 6.5:
Designing training and development programs for ongoing organizational capability building
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Subtopic 7.1:
Defining key performance indicators (KPIs) for agile adoption and value realization
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Subtopic 7.2:
Collecting and analyzing data on user engagement and system utilization across the enterprise
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Subtopic 7.3:
Interpreting results and deciding to pivot, persevere, or stop agile initiatives
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Subtopic 7.4:
The importance of continuous adaptation and learning from iterative deployments
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Subtopic 7.5:
Creating a system for tracking and reporting on agile change progress and long-term value
