Leaders in today’s conditions need to be able to operate effectively amid uncertainty, complexity and rapid change.  Our Certified Agile Leadership workshops are focused on the role, responsibilities and reasons for being an agile leader.  Create a personalized plan in this highly interactive program that can be put directly into action following the workshop. 

We currently offer the following Certified Agile Leadership Workshops:

Stay engaged and entertained through a rich combination of discussions with peers, lecture, movies, micro-exercises and more.  Our CAL workshops are taught by actual executives who have personally been at the forefront of numerous agile transformations, and are recognized thought leaders in the agile space for over eighteen years.  Personal experience in both public and commercial organizations with the full gamut of agile techniques including Scrum, Kanban, scaling methods and DevOps helps instructors connect with the real-world needs of participants, instead of just conveying theory. Learn what has and hasn’t worked in real world whole-company transformations, encompassing not just software development but also impacts to HR, finance, marketing and more.

 

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What you'll learn

Certified Agile Leadership 1 (CAL 1™)

  • The Case for and Current State of Agility
  • Leadership in an Agile Context
  • Components of the Agile Organization
  • Change management in an Agile environment
  • The case for and against scaling agile teams and organizations
  • Key factors in choosing a scaling method
  • How to drive the environment and infrastructure necessary to support agility at scale
  • Your role as a leader when scaling
  • How to measure and report on agile programs and portfolios

Certified Agile Leadership 2 (CAL 2™)

  • What business agility means and requires
  • How to create a strong flow of value by expanding agile principles to your entire organization
  • How to create end-to-end Value Stream teams that operate with an entrepreneurial mindset
  • How to pilot incremental funding and agile budgeting
  • How to jumpstart Lean Portfolio Management at your organization
  • How agile product organizations look in practice, and how to build your own
  • Structural patterns for aligning departments and organizations to deliver optimal value
  • How design thinking, Lean UX and related techniques apply at all levels
  • How to lead from your center with personal presence and situational leadership
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I gained some clarity in changes I can implement to better focus on and organize around value streams.

CAL 2 Trainee

sa cas l2 300 (1)

I enjoyed the CAL II class a great deal. Sanjiv is a great instructor and there was ample time for questions and discussion. All of the classes that I have taken from LitheSpeed have been excellent!! Their instructors are knowledgeable and have real world experience.

Tara Santmire

sa cas l2 300 (1)

Great content/examples coupled with sound delivery. Great experience.

CAL 2 Trainee

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Who Should Attend

CAL 1:

  • Executives, middle management, and other leaders with organizational influence
  • Team leaders such as ScrumMasters and Product Owners, agile transformation leaders, and managers within agile environments
  • Leaders who support, lead, or interact with Agile teams
  • Any leader sponsoring, requesting, or involved with an Agile adoption within their organization

CAL 2:

  • Executives, middle management, and other leaders with organizational influence
  • Leaders who have completed CAL 1 and are looking to further their agile leadership skills
  • Leaders who support, lead, or interact with Agile teams at a more advanced level
  • Any leader looking to deepen their understanding and practice of agile leadership frameworks and models

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SAMPLE AGENDA

CAL 1:

Learn: 

  • Role of the Agile Leader
  • The Context for Agile: Why Do You Need Lean & Agile Methods?
  • An Overview of Lean & Agile Methods
  • Scaling Framework Patterns
  • Leadership in an Agile Context
  • Lead with Focus: Modeling Awareness, Empathy & Systems Savvy
  • Change the System: Creating an Agile Environment
  • Steer from the Edges: Facilitating a Self
  • Managing Culture
  • The Agile Organization: Building a Lean Enterprise
  • Agile Approaches to Change

CAL 2:

Learn: 

  • What is Business Agility?
  • Your Business Agility Challenge
  • Embodied Leadership Introduced
  • The Business Agility Sparks® Framework Introduced
  • Essential Business Agility Sparks: End-to-End Value Stream Teams
  • Reflecting on your CAL I Learnings
  • Essential Business Agility Sparks: The Agile VMO®
  • Essential Business Agility Sparks: Lean Discovery
  • Your Awesome Island
  • Workshop Wrap-up

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The Online Experience

2 8-hour online training days are fun and exciting as you learn with fellow professionals from around the world.

Some answers to online training FAQs from our students:

  • We host our virtual training on Zoom with interactive components on Mural
  • We take breaks almost hourly
  • No special tech skills are required, though basic familiarity with computers is a must
  • We understand you may have family at home in this unique time; disruptions are expected and welcome
  • Our maximum student:instructor ratio for the best online experience is 25:1.  Most trainings are smaller than this, and in most trainings we have a second technical host supporting our students
  • Certification fees are included in the tuition

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