Agile Leadership Programme
Turn uncertainty into progress.
A comprehensive programme on leadership, culture, transformation and agility. Short live sessions online, with time to practise in between, because shorter sessions improve retention, fit busy schedules and lead to better results back at work.
Holistic Agility has run short-session online learning since early 2020. Small groups of up to 12.
Is this about you?
- You may be leading more people, or more change, than ever, with less time to think.
- Perhaps your calendar is full of meetings that keep things joined up rather than moving them forward.
- You might sense AI changing your role, and wonder where your judgement matters most.
- And you'd like results that last, without wearing out yourself or your team.
The challenges we help you meet
Leadership today is under real pressure: AI reshaping the job, teams stretched thin, change that never lets up. The programme is built around the challenges leaders actually face, and you leave with practices for each.
Reclaim your time
Cut low-value meetings and coordination, and win back capacity as your span of control grows.
Find your edge in the age of AI
Move from coordinating work to the judgment, coaching and meaning that AI can't replace.
Re-engage your team
Create the safety, purpose and trust that re-engage a stretched, disengaged team. You're most of the difference.
Lead yourself first
Build the resilience, boundaries and purpose to lead well without burning out.
Change without the mandate
Lead change by invitation and opt-in, so it takes root without exhausting everyone.
Faster, clearer decisions
Decide quickly and make it stick; design out the dependencies that stall everything.
Grow the next leaders
Distribute leadership and build your bench, so progress doesn't all depend on you.
Culture and strategy under uncertainty
Work with your culture, lead the whole system, and learn when to let go of control.
How the programme works
Foundations
Short sessions to build the foundations
- Session 13¼ hours · 9:00 to 12:15
- Practise at work · 1 week
- Session 23¼ hours · 9:00 to 12:15
- Practise at work · 1 week
- Session 33¼ hours · 9:00 to 12:15
- Practise at work · 1 week
- Session 43¼ hours · 9:00 to 12:15
- Practise at work · 1 week
- Session 53¼ hours · 9:00 to 12:15
Completing sessions 1 to 5 qualifies you for Scrum Alliance Certified Agile Leader® 1
Momentum
Bite-sized sessions to sustain the momentum
- Holiday break
- Session 62 hours · 9:00 to 11:00
- Practise at work · 1 week
- Session 72 hours · 9:00 to 11:00
- Practise at work · 1 week
- Session 82 hours · 9:00 to 11:00
- Practise at work · 1 week
- Session 92 hours · 9:00 to 11:00
- Practise at work · 1 week
- Session 102 hours · 9:00 to 11:00
- Practise at work · 1 week
- Session 112 hours · 9:00 to 11:00
Completing the whole programme qualifies you for Certified Agile Leader 2
Live session online (UK times)Practise at work, on your own resultHoliday break
What happens between sessions
Most of the change happens at work, between sessions. That's where the programme gives you the most support.
Practice on your own result
Each week you try one thing at work, on the result you chose, and bring back what happened.
Feedback from peers
Each session opens with what you tried, and other leaders help you think it through.
Your learning page
One personal page shows what's next, what you've done, and how your result is moving.
Personal coaching
Two 30-minute sessions with a Master Coach, and a 90-day review of your result.
What leaders say
"A very deep and introspective learning session on agile leadership. They will know how to work on their own self, post the CAL I course."
"Stuart's passion will give you critical insights into the underlying, non obvious, issues as well as techniques you can use to immediately increase the odds that your organisation's journey to becoming agile is a successful one."
"Stuart's CAL training fuelled me with valuable new views on Agile, Scrum and the way I could improve the impact of departments and teams in our organisation."
Your coach
Stuart Turner
Stuart's genuine curiosity makes him a valuable guide and coach for personal growth, organisational development and transformation. He has a great passion for increasing the vitality of workplaces, creating the conditions for people to be highly effective and fulfilled.
Certified Scrum Trainer, Certified Enterprise Coach and Certified Team Coach with Scrum Alliance, with more than 25 years across product development, organisational design and coaching. More about Stuart
Questions people ask
What is the Agile Leadership Programme?
A live online programme for leaders in eleven sessions: five short sessions to build the foundations, then six bite-sized sessions to sustain the momentum, with practice at work in between and personal coaching along the way.
Who is it for?
Leaders and managers facing AI, stretched teams and constant change, who want better results through the people around them.
How is it run?
Live on Zoom and Mural, weekly. The first five sessions are 3¼ hours each; the next six are 2 hours each, after a short break over the holidays. Small groups of up to 12.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes, if you want one. The programme qualifies you for two Scrum Alliance certifications: Certified Agile Leader 1, once you have completed the first five sessions, and Certified Agile Leader 2, once you have completed the programme.
How much does it cost?
The price is shown with each date below. For a private or in-house programme, ask us.
Who leads it?
Stuart Turner, a Certified Scrum Trainer, Certified Enterprise Coach and Certified Team Coach with Scrum Alliance, with more than 25 years across product development, organisational design and coaching.
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