Certified Agile Leader® 1 (CAL 1™) Training

Course 1835

  • Duration: 2 days
  • Exam Voucher: Yes
  • Language: English
  • Level: Intermediate

CAL 1 is a Certified Agile Leadership Scrum Alliance certification course for anyone who wants to impact an organization's journey to resiliency and success. By leading with agile skills like collaboration, team empowerment, adaptability, and continuous improvement, you'll be prepared to mentor teams to create the best products, solve enterprise-level problems, and produce outcomes that directly affect your organization's ability to thrive.

After completing CAL 1, you'll be equipped to positively influence organizational and team structures to thrive in an unpredictable and complex world. You'll also have a widely recognized certification to demonstrate your agile leadership capabilities and a badge to showcase your validated competency and commitment to agile leadership.

Certified Agile Leadership Training Delivery Methods

  • In-Person

  • Online

  • Upskill your whole team by bringing Private Team Training to your facility.

Certified Agile Leadership Training Information

In this course, you will learn how to:

  • Navigate rapidly changing environments
  • Explore the mindset shifts required to be an agile leader
  • Discover new agile leadership skills
  • Discover how to create and lead innovative, responsive teams
  • Support an organization's agile transformation

Training Prerequisites

Clear your schedule to be fully present during the training hours; if a participant misses more than 30 minutes of the class, they will not be eligible to be certified. Should your schedule prevent you from attending the entire class, our team will work with you to schedule another class on a different date.

Certification Information

  • There is no exam. This will be explained further during the workshop portion of the training.
  • The Certified Scrum Trainer leading your class will register your attendance with the Scrum Alliance, after which you will receive an email from them with your certification.

Certified Agile Leadership Training Outline

1.1 Define agile leadership.

1.2 Discuss the key differentiators between an agile leadership approach and a general leadership approach.

1.3 Explain the challenges traditional management approaches face in today's world of work.

1.4 Describe the benefits of becoming a more effective leader for teams and organizations.

1.5 Describe key mindset shifts required for effective leadership in complex and uncertain conditions.

2.1 Define a leadership framework and model.

2.2 Identify key characteristics of leadership frameworks that support successful leadership development and growth.

2.3 Examine the benefits and challenges of having a structured leadership development framework.

2.4 Demonstrate at least one way to inspect and adapt your own leadership behavior based on a leadership framework and model to increase effectiveness.

2.5 Identify at least five leadership skills that help Agile Leaders be successful.

2.6 Practice at least two leadership skills that can help grow competency in others. 

2.7 Practice at least two leadership skills to help you grow as an agile leader.

3.1 Describe the key characteristics and benefits of a high-performing team

3.2 Describe tools and techniques that leaders can use to help teams become and maintain a high-performance team.

3.3 Describe tools and techniques that teams can use to become and maintain a high-performance team.

3.4 Discuss common challenges and barriers to becoming a high-performing team and how a leader can help the team overcome those challenges.

3.5 Illustrate how to enable teams to work with other teams collaboratively and cross-functionally to create value for customers and the organization.

4.1 Identify ways an organization's culture can impact the effectiveness of teams and overall organizational agility.

4.2 Discuss the relationship between culture and leadership mindset, behaviors, and skills. 

4.3 Identify techniques that help to explore, understand, and influence the culture within the organization.

4.4 Explain the impact of an organization's structures, processes, and policies on its ability to create value aligned with its purpose.

4.5 Recognize ways to change existing organizational structures, processes, and policies to improve the organization's ability to create value aligned with the organization's purpose.

4.6 Describe how organizational change impacts people and the benefits of involving them in the change process.

4.7 Explore one approach to support leadership in guiding the organization's change journey.

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Certified Agile Leadership Training FAQs

CAL 1 is a two-day instructor-led course that focuses on the foundations, principles, and practices of agile leadership. Participants will learn how to lead real change across their organization by analyzing case studies and participating in assessments, discussions, and evaluations.

Today's leaders strive to stay on top of rapidly changing business needs and must recognize rapid adaptation as critical to their success. You are now required to shift the way you think about your role as a leader, your relationship with your employees, and your organization's culture. CAL 1 is a deep dive that will challenge you to expand your capabilities, mindset, and leadership toolkit.

CAL 1 is a master class in leadership designed for today's enterprises. With a live virtual or in-person format, CAL 1 allows you to connect with others in leadership roles to grow and evolve your knowledge. For those seeking to expand their leadership skills, develop and lead teams more effectively, and manage organizational change, this course provides the skills and guidance needed to do so.

Participants must clear their schedule to be fully present during the training hours. If a participant misses more than 30 minutes of the class, they will not be eligible to be certified.

If the participant's schedule prevents them from attending the entire class, the team will work with them to schedule another class on a different date.

There is no exam for the CAL 1 training. The Certified Scrum Trainer leading your class will register your attendance with the Scrum Alliance, after which you will receive an email from them with your Certification.

No. The Certified Scrum Trainer leading your class will register your attendance with the Scrum Alliance, after which you will receive an email from them with your Certification.

CAL 1 is designed for:

  • Scrum masters
  • Leaders
  • Managers
  • Senior directors
  • C-suite executives
  • Coaches and consultants
  • Anyone who leads or wants to lead people

This course suits professionals in any industry who want to expand their leadership skills, develop and lead teams effectively, and manage organizational change. It's a good match for anyone leading or participating in an agile transformation or wanting to grow into a leadership role with tools tailored to today's business challenges.

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