online short course
Agile Leadership: Practising in a VUCA World
Apply agile leadership in complex, fast-moving environments where the right call isn’t always obvious.
Difficulty
Intermediate
Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
Language
English
Accredited
Yes
About the course
Knowing what agile leadership is and doing it well are two different things. This course is for leaders who are ready to move from understanding the principles to applying them in the messy reality of modern work, where conditions shift, decisions are urgent, and the right call is rarely the obvious one.
You’ll take a deeper look at the practices that define effective agile leaders, from leading decision-making in complex environments to supporting organizational transformation. You’ll explore how to build people-centric cultures through psychological safety, action logics and the skills of active listening and questioning. And you’ll reflect on your own leadership journey to identify where to focus next.
The course is grounded in the Consortium’s Nine Principles of Agile Leadership, our published framework for what great agile leadership looks like in practice. You’ll explore how each principle applies in your own context, and use them to identify your strengths and the areas where you want to grow further. On completion, you’ll earn a certificate endorsed by the Agile Business Consortium to add to your professional portfolio.
Learning outcomes
Lead through change and transformation
Apply your understanding of individual and organizational development to support change in your team or organization.
Make better decisions in complex environments
Apply agile leadership principles to navigate VUCA conditions and make sound decisions when the situation is unclear.
Inspire and lead innovation
Use agile leadership approaches to create the conditions for innovation, helping your organization stay competitive in fast-moving markets.
Build people-centric leadership skills
Apply strategies that put people at the centre of how value is created, sustained and grown within your organization.
Who is it for?
- Anyone with a foundational understanding of agile leadership who’s ready to put it into practice
- Leaders and managers actively working in agile environments
- Project managers, team leaders, Scrum Masters and coaches building their leadership practice
- People who’ve completed the Exploring Agile Leadership course and want to go further
Curriculum
1.01 Welcome to the course
1.02 How to navigate this course
1.03 Activities and quizzes
1.04 Types of discussion
1.05 Further reading and references
1.06 Your dashboard
1.07 Gaining your certificate
1.08 Getting help
1.09 Please introduce yourself
1.10 Let’s get started!
2.01 Introducing shaping the leadership experience
2.02 The new professional journey
2.03 Three key stages in adult development
2.04 Reinventing organisations
2.05 Successful organisational transitions
2.06 Key takeways
2.07 Progress check
2.08 What’s coming up next?
3.01 Introducing context and perspective in agile leadership
3.02 Self-transformation as an agile leader
3.03 Getting to your destination
3.04 Decision-making in complex environments
3.05 Check your understanding
3.06 Complicated, complex or chaotic?
3.07 Key takeways
3.08 Progress check
3.09 What’s coming up next?
4.01 Introducing leadership lives everywhere
4.02 Group and organisational values
4.03 The leadership ecosystem
4.04 Emotions, innovation and psychological safety
4.05 Reviewing your mood board
4.06 Agile as a competitive advantage
4.07 Leaders and action logics
4.08 Key takeways
4.09 Progress check
4.10 What’s coming up next?
5.01 Introducing balancing innovation with people-centric strategies
5.02 The power of effective listening and questioning
5.03 Effective listening and questioning
5.04 Leadership at the executive level
5.05 Case Study: Leadership at 3M
5.06 Key takeways
5.07 Progress check
5.08 What’s coming up next?
6.01 Introducing leadership agility in your world
6.02 The Nine Principles of Agile Leadership
6.03 Introducing the effective agile leadership tool
6.04 Taking the survey
6.05 Interpreting the results
6.06 Takeaways from the Agile leadership report
6.07 Key takeways
6.08 Progress check
6.09 What’s coming up next?
7.01 Course summary
7.02 About the End-of-Course Quiz
7.03 End-of-Course Quiz
7.04 Thank you for taking this course!
7.05 End of Course Survey
7.06 Congratulations
Professional accreditation
Upon successful completion, you’ll receive a digital certificate from the Agile Business Consortium, globally recognized by employers and professional bodies. This course awards 8 CPD points.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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The course is self-paced, so you can work through it whenever suits you and take as long as you need. Your access continues for as long as your membership is active, so there’s no pressure to finish by a set date.
No. Our courses are designed to be accessible whatever your background. Each course has a difficulty level (Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced) so you can choose what’s right for you, but there are no formal prerequisites to enrol.
Yes. On completing the course, you’ll earn a certificate endorsed by the Agile Business Consortium to add to your professional portfolio and share with your network or employer.
Each course is fully online and self-paced, made up of a mix of video lessons, practical activities, case studies and quizzes. You can learn at your own pace, on any device, wherever you are.