Certified Agile Leader® 1 (CAL 1™)

A Team KatAnu Class, Delivered by Anu Smalley

Agile leadership emphasizes adaptability and responsiveness to change in a dynamic business environment. The ability for leaders to adapt quickly is crucial, and and this course can equip you with the skills to navigate uncertainties effectively.

Certified Agile Leader® 1 (CAL 1™)

In the face of rapidly evolving business environments, today's leaders are endeavoring to stay ahead and recognize the increasing importance of swift responsiveness and adaptability. A paradigm shift is now necessary in your perception of your leadership role, your interactions with your team members, and the overall organizational culture.

Agile Leaders exhibit flexibility and proficiency in leading across diverse cultures, generations, and geographical locations. They concentrate on cultivating self-organizing, self-managing teams, articulating a clear vision, and providing unwavering support to enable the team to achieve remarkable results. This program delves into the necessary mindset shifts for effective Agile Leadership, exploring ways to influence organizational culture and nurture teams on their journey toward becoming High Performing teams. It also delves into strategies for active engagement with your team and offers support in navigating our ever-changing environment.

The Certified Agile Leader® 1 (CAL 1™) covers 4 key elements:

• The Case for Agile Leadedship
• Agile Leadership in Action
• Leading Agile Teams
• Leading Agile Organizations

The course covers various aspects of leadership, team dynamics, organizational culture, and change management, providing a well-rounded understanding of Agile leadership principles and practices.

What will you learn in Certified Agile Leader® 1 (CAL 1™)?

• Understand the fundamental principles and characteristics that define Agile Leadership.
• Articulate the positive impacts of effective leadership on both teams and organizations.
• Explore how enhanced leadership skills contribute to improved team performance, organizational success, and overall employee satisfaction.
• Identify and understand the essential shifts in mindset required for effective leadership in complex and uncertain conditions.
• Explore the leadership skills that contribute to the success of Agile Leaders.
• Understand tools and techniques that leaders can use to support their high-performing teams.
• Explore how to enable teams to work collaboratively and cross-functionally to create value for customers and the organization
• Investigate ways in which the culture of an organization can impact the effectiveness of teams and overall organizational agility.
• Identify techniques that help explore, understand, and influence the culture within the organization.
• Recognize ways to change existing organizational structures, processes, and policies to improve the organization’s ability to create value aligned with its purpose

Trained by experienced leaders, this course covers various aspects of leadership, team dynamics, organizational culture, and change management, providing a well-rounded understanding of Agile leadership principles and practices.

This training meets the learning objectives of the Scrum Alliance Certified Agile Leader® 1 (CAL 1™).

Benefits of Attending Certified Agile Leader® 1 (CAL 1™)?

• Gain a strong foundation for effective leadership practices, enabling you to contribute to a more positive and productive work environment
• Contribute to improved team performance, organizational success, and overall employee satisfaction, fostering a more capable and satisfied workforce.
• Explore how to create and sustain a culture of excellence within your teams
• Understand and influence the culture within your organization, promoting cultural alignment with leadership objective
• Receive real-world insights and examples that can be applied in various leadership scenarios

Who should attend Certified Agile Leader® 1 (CAL 1™)?

• Organizational Decision Makers & Change Leaders. Put yourself ahead of the agile learning curve and discover the joy of taking an active role in sustainable business agility. This course helps you embrace the agile values, practices, and metrics that drive agile decision making. Take the struggle out of transforming company culture by learning to embody a mindset of transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
• Executives. Finding the time to nurture your own agility and discovering a meaningful role to play in an agile transformation is challenging. You desire to be more than just someone who authorizes hiring a consultant or coach. Certified Agile Leadership certification can quickly accelerate your learning curve and show you the active role you could play in a sustainable agile transformation. You’ll also discover a personal transformation as you learn about your own internal leadership development.
• Managers. One of your challenges may be overcoming internal resistance to organization-wide agility. Certified Agile Leadership gives you practical tools to bolster your growth into agile practitioner and leader, and helps you nurture yourself and senior management champions to solidify your efforts.
• Agile Team Members/Aspiring Agilists. Everyone on an agile team is a leader — self-directed, self-organizing teams get more meaningful work done. To truly practice agility, learn what agile leaders do differently to prepare their teams to pivot powerfully in this volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world.
• Coaches/Consultants. Your challenge is to help clients navigate an agile transformation with a focus on the people and mindsets necessary to shift the culture. A CAL 1 certification provides you the tools to help enact change and distinguishes you in the field as someone who has acquired the defined knowledge of an agile leader.
• The Leader in You … in All of Us. Finding out more about your personal leadership style can enlighten you and help you be more empathetic to everyone you encounter. This program can enhance both your career and your personal life.

Meet Your Instructor

Anu is the President and Founder of Capala Consulting Group, LLC where she specializes in Executive coaching and Agile Transformations. She is also an Enterprise Agile Coach and Certified Scrum Trainer® - providing education and coaching, consulting services to clients across the United States. An IT professional with over 25 years of industry experience, Anu holds a Master’s degree in Psychology from Osmania University in India and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

Anu has extensive experience with large scale agile transformations, integral to the success of the likes of Capital One through her training and coaching expertise. She has specialized in leadership coaching and large group facilitation. Anu has established internal agile coaching Centers of Excellence for several clients to allow self-sustained coaching of their agile transformations. She has developed a coaching program specifically designed for evolving organizational leaders. Anu speaks frequently at conferences both nationally and internationally on Agile Leadership, Product Ownership, Coaching, and Group Facilitation Techniques.

Anu is passionate about coaching and training others, dedicated to helping to achieve professional and personal success. She has also committed to improving the agile community through several activities. She is an active member of the larger Scrum and Agile community and enjoys giving back via volunteering at various conferences.