Agility in Organizations™ Workshop
Program Structure & Engagement
Everyone experiences and influences organizational culture, regardless of role or title. As one of Agile Leadership Journey’s introductory-level workshops, the Agility in Organizations™ workshop guides participants as they explore organizational culture and how to improve it through more agile ways of working. This workshop inspires and educates leaders at all levels through new concepts and techniques and a pragmatic approach that enables individuals to apply their learnings at work immediately.
Over this eight to ten-hour interactive learning experience, participants are introduced to the context of culture and key levers to shape it to improve alignment, focus and accelerate change towards increased business agility. This organizational leadership development workshop is focused on developing awareness of organizational culture and how leadership shapes culture (the bottom half of our Agile Leadership Compass™). It differs from Agility in Leadership™, which focuses on developing the leaders themselves.
The training may be offered independently or in combination with the
Agility in Leadership™ workshop. This organizational leadership workshop is available in both a public class and as a private engagement, often coupled with leadership coaching. It may be offered in person or online, with flexible scheduling options available. To find an Agility in Organizations™ workshop in your area or online, please refer to the
schedule of upcoming programs offered to the public by our Licensed Guides or contact us for a private workshop for your team or organization.
The Agile Organization Training Curriculum
Our Agility in Organizations™ curriculum helps leaders see their organization’s culture and how it may hinder and/or support more agile ways of working.
Through the six key modules illustrated below, we provide leaders pragmatic and tangible practices to identify, focus, and accelerate change across the organization.
Upcoming Agility in Organizations™ Workshops
The Agility in Organizations™ workshop equips leaders and change agents with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to drive and sustain organizational change toward increased agility.
This foundational workshop focuses on the following learning outcomes:
- Understanding and Aligning Organizational Values: Grasp the Competing Values Framework to identify and articulate the underlying values driving organizational culture. Analyze the alignment and potential conflicts between organizational values and agile principles to identify areas for cultural adaptation.
- Optimizing Value Delivery: Explore the production and innovative value flow concepts to understand their application in enhancing organizational effectiveness and customer value delivery. Discuss approaches to risk management in the relationship between uncertainty, complexity, and the choice of value delivery approach.
- Leveraging the Catalyst Canvas™ for Strategic Change: Apply the Catalyst Canvas™ as a strategic tool for aligning teams and departments around a shared vision and actionable steps toward achieving organizational agility. Identify key impediments to agility and devise measures and actions to navigate these challenges effectively.
- Differentiating Change and Transition: Differentiate between change (external events) and transition (internal psychological reorientation) to better manage organizational transformations. Employ strategies to support individuals and teams through the transition process, acknowledging the personal and collective journeys involved.
- Leading Organizational Change: Develop an understanding of the dynamics of top-down and bottom-up change initiatives and the importance of middle-out strategies through Agility Teams. Equip leaders with change leadership techniques that emphasize the role of catalysts in fostering an environment conducive to agile transformation.
Participants will delve into frameworks and practices that foster a culture supportive of agile values and principles, ensuring that the organization can thrive in complex, uncertain, and rapidly changing environments. By the end of the workshop, these leaders will have a comprehensive understanding of how to assess and shape organizational culture, implement agile value delivery mechanisms, and lead change initiatives that align with agile principles for enhanced organizational performance and resilience.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this introductory level workshop except to come with an open mind and a willingness to explore new ways of thinking and leading. No prior knowledge of agile or agile processes is necessary.
The Agility in Organizations™ workshop is recommended as prerequisite for the Applied Agility in Organizations™ program, which is the next step in the Agility in Organizations Series.
Certification
Upon sufficient participation and completion of this workshop, participants receive an Agile Leadership Journey certificate of completion and a corresponding badge. Only licensed Agile Leadership Journey Guides may deliver this training workshop and they determine if participants successfully engaged in the workshop to be awarded completion certificates. Agility in Leadership™ certificates of completion and badges from Agile Leadership Journey will be delivered to participants via email upon successful completion.
Scrum Alliance® Certified Agile Leader® credentials may also be awarded depending on the individual instructor.
