Certified Agile Leader 1 (CAL 1™) - Austin, TX

Evolve Agility and Agile Velocity, two Texas-based agile companies, are collaborating to bring back the magic of in-person learning.

Evolve Agility is a principles to practices Agile transformation, training, and coaching agency that employs Systems Thinking perspectives to help leaders grow learning organizations. We extend Agile values and principles for end-to-end business transformations.

Similarly, Agile Velocity focuses on optimizing businesses to achieve their goals using Agile principles, offering coaching, training, and tools that enhance results like faster time-to-market and improved quality for technology-driven organizations.

We have an exciting happy hour planned after Day 1 to relax and recharge.

This one-of-a-kind learning experience instills confidence through an emphasis on skills development. You will uncover new pathways to constructively engage with teams and executives on difficult organizational challenges. This includes applying Agile and Scrum outside of software development to engineering solutions and business functions.

We recommend leadership teams join this course together so you can explore your organization dynamics using the systems thinking techniques and strategize on the way forward.

This is the only leadership course that integrates the Systems thinking toolset in its curriculum. Interactive activities and systems thinking techniques allow you to incorporate your organization’s challenges in the workshop to work through some of the most difficult topics, get expert-level guidance, and own your own insights.

Our range of curriculum is designed to progressively enhance your understanding. And more importantly, build your confidence to lead through uncertainty. This course explores human and systems dynamics so you can develop your personal agile leadership style. This workshop fosters an inclusive, safe-to-fail environment where you can discover the leader within.

This is the only course that integrated Systems Thinking techniques to grow your skills in navigating organizational complexities.

• Identifying opportunities and gaps in your agile organization
• Design Agile strategies for change management at the organization level
• Develop an understanding of post-heroic levels of leadership agility
• Develop a personal plan for improvement in becoming an Agile leader
• Design holistic change initiatives for agile
• Lead groups to become high-performing teams
• Develop a deeper understanding of your organization's culture
• Learn what you can do to change the culture.

Learn how agile leaders think, focus, and behave to apply the practices and principles of agility in Enterprises. Understand the impact of organizational culture on transformation efforts and business strategy. Learn how to lead teams and the practices you need to create high-performing teams.

• Forces of change: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity (VUCA)
• Agility: Unfair strategic advantage
• Systems thinking for learning organizations
• Leadership styles and personal assessment
• Real teams & Self-Managing team canvas
• Multi-team collaborations in scaled settings
• Creating a culture of safety and learning
• Typology of organization culture: Organizational culture assessment
• Leadership agility

For leaders who value ongoing personal growth. Participant leaders will develop Agile leadership competency, and increase effectiveness to lead in complex and rapidly changing business environment.

Leadership is required at all levels within the organization. This workshop is designed for managers, and people who want to guide team and organizational development towards becoming learning systems. Participants come from diverse backgrounds in industry, and life-experiences. Typically,

• Executives, Directors, and Senior management
• Product, Technical, and Functional managers
• Team leader, Agile Coach, and Scrum Master
• Practice leaders

• Scrum Alliance certification fees, workbook (digital and physical) copies will be provided.
• Contact [email protected] or [email protected] for information regarding alumni discounts.
• Breakfast, lunch, and light afternoon snacks will be provided. Contact us in case you have any dietary restrictions, and we will try our best to accomodate.
• Free parking available at the venue.
• In the event we do not get sufficient participants for the in-person workshop, we will issue a full refund or transfer your registration to a virtual (online) CAL1 course.

• You can transfer for free to available virtual (online) CAL 1 course dates.

• Cancellations more than 2 weeks before the course date receive a full refund.
• Cancellations within 2 weeks of the course, date receive a 70% refund.

Your fees will forfeit in case of a no-show.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

11201 N Mopac Expy, 11201 North Mopac Expressway, Austin, United States