The world has been greatly impacted by the pandemic and, as a result, we need to change the way we think, behave, and work. Apart from internal personal changes, we also need to understand how the world around us has changed and how we can best deal with this on a philosophical level. We need to be more open, flexible, and transparent in order to enhance decision-making, increase collaboration, and ultimately customer satisfaction. Change the way you think, and it will impact your actions and career success!

By the end of this CDGA training course, participants will be able to:
• Identify various agile workplace behaviors
• Examine the ways in which to be agile
• Enhance our own skills to become an agile leader
• Explain the benefits of being agile vs traditional approaches
• Develop an understanding around organizational agility

This training course will feature:
• The concept of agility
• The agility mindset and what it means
• Five different ways in which to be agile
• How to achieve organizational agility
• The essence of an agile leader

This is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
• Individuals and leaders who seek different ways to meet current workplace challenges
• Employees who strive to more proactive and achieve higher levels of communication, decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration
• Individuals and leaders who aim to increase their personal productivity by working smarter, faster, and better
• Professionals responsible for strategy, marketing, business development, production, operations, HR, product development, customer management, process innovation, customer experience
• Project managers, professionals, or team leaders wanting to gain a competitive advantage for the organization through working more efficiently

Day 1:
Agility as a Concept
• Definition of “agility”
• Definition of a “mindset”
• The difference between being agile and doing agile
• The history of doing agile
• The benefits of being agile

Day 2:
Personal Agility
• How agile are you
• What are your core beliefs?
• Characteristics of a fixed mindset
• Characteristics of a growth mindset
• Practical examples, case studies, and role-play

Day 3:
Organizational Agility – Part I
• What is an agile organization?
• What is holding organizations back
• What are the risks of being agile?
• The path to organizational agility
• Practical examples, case studies, and brainstorming

Day 4:
Organizational Agility – Part II
• Different ways in which to be agile
• Identifying opportunities for organizational growth
• How and why traditional projects fail
• Organizational barriers and how to overcome them
• How can agile behaviors be demonstrated
• Practical examples, case studies and brainstorming

Day 5:
Introduction to Fractures and the Geological Model
• Be an Agile Leader
• Raising self-awareness: analyzing past behaviors
• What is holding you back
• How do you break through?
• Characteristics of an agile leader
• Personal development plan
• Being part of the agile movement

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.