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Program overview
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Certified Agile Leader 1 (CAL 1)
The Certified Agile Leader 1 (CAL 1) is a foundational leadership certification for professionals who want to understand how to lead effectively in an Agile environment. It is relevant to managers, executives, coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and anyone who influences how teams and organisations work. The course focuses on leadership mindset, creating adaptive environments, and delivering value through teams.
Duration:
2 Days
Level:
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1500+ users onboarded
Who will Benefit from this Training?
Training Objectives
Build a high-performing, job-ready tech team.
Personalise your team’s upskilling roadmap and design a befitting, hands-on training program with Uptut
Key training modules
Comprehensive, hands-on modules designed to take you from basics to advanced concepts
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- The Case for Agile Leadership
- Why traditional management approaches fall short in complex environments
- The shift from controlling to enabling: a new leadership paradigm
- The business case for Agile: speed, quality, engagement, and customer value
- The leader's role in Agile adoption and transformation
- The relationship between leadership behaviours and team performance
- Agile Leadership Mindset
- Fixed vs. growth mindset and its impact on leadership
- Leading with humility, curiosity, and transparency
- Servant leadership: the principles and how to practice them
- The Agile leader as a coach: asking rather than telling
- Creating safety to fail: psychological safety and innovation
- Driving Results in Unpredictable Environments
- The Cynefin framework: navigating complexity, chaos, and order
- Empirical vs. defined processes: when to use each
- Applying Agile principles to leadership decisions
- Setting strategic direction while enabling team autonomy
- Leading through uncertainty: decision-making under ambiguity
- Leading Innovative, Collaborative Teams
- Team design principles for cross-functional Agile teams
- Intrinsic motivation and how leaders influence it
- Moving from managing tasks to enabling outcomes
- Building shared purpose, goals, and working agreements
- Performance management in an Agile context
- Navigating Change to Deliver Better Products
- The leader's role in removing organisational impediments
- Creating alignment between team work and business strategy
- Communicating change and building commitment across the organisation
- Leading an Agile transformation: pitfalls and success patterns
- Measuring the outcomes of Agile adoption
- Leadership Frameworks for Growth
- Overview of leadership development models: situational leadership, Integral model
- The Leadership Agility model (Joiner and Josephs)
- Self-assessment tools for Agile leaders
- Developing emotional intelligence as a leadership competency
- Feedback and reflection as leadership development practices
- Personal Leadership Action Planning
- Identifying your leadership strengths and development areas
- Creating a 90-day Agile leadership development plan
- Accountability structures for leadership growth
- Building your personal leadership network
- The path from CAL 1 to CAL 2 and beyond
Hands-on Experience with Tools
Training Delivery Format
Flexible, comprehensive training designed to fit your schedule and learning preferences
Opt-in Certifications
AWS, Scrum.org, DASA & more
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100% Live
on-site/online training
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Hands-on
Labs and capstone projects
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Lifetime Access
to training material and sessions
Skill-Gap Assessment
Analysing skill gap and assessing business requirements to craft a unique program
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Personalisation
Customising curriculum and projects to prepare your team for challenges within your industry
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Implementation
Supplementing training with consulting support to ensure implementation in real projects
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Why this course
- Recognised credential: Certified Agile Leader 1 (CAL 1) credential from Scrum Alliance, valid for two years.
- Practical capability: A clear understanding of how Agile leadership differs from traditional management.
- Team impact: Practical leadership behaviours to apply immediately in your team or organisation.
- Career progression: Tools to create an adaptive, psychologically safe working environment.
- Organisational value: A personal leadership development plan to guide ongoing growth.
- Career progression: Foundation to progress to the Certified Agile Leader 2 (CAL 2).
Training objectives
- Understand the shift from traditional to Agile leadership models
- Apply Agile leadership behaviours to drive results in unpredictable environments
- Lead teams that are innovative, collaborative, and high-performing
- Create a working environment that is psychologically safe and adaptive
- Navigate rapidly changing markets and organisational conditions to deliver better products
- Support Agile adoption by changing personal leadership behaviours
- Understand leadership frameworks that support individual and organisational growth
- Build a personal action plan for developing as an Agile leader
Who will benefit
- Engineering Managers
- Delivery Managers
- Product Leaders
- Executives
- Agile Coaches
- Transformation Leads
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Frequently Asked Questions
2. Will my team get any practical experience with this training?
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With our focus on experiential learning, we have made the training as hands-on as possible with assignments, quizzes and capstone projects, and a lab where trainees will learn by doing tasks live.
3. What is your mode of delivery - online or on-site?
We conduct both online and on-site training sessions. You can choose any according to the convenience of your team.
4. Will trainees get certified?
Yes, all trainees will get certificates issued by Uptut under the guidance of industry experts.
5. What do we do if we need further support after the training?
We have an incredible team of mentors that are available for consultations in case your team needs further assistance. Our experienced team of mentors is ready to guide your team and resolve their queries to utilize the training in the best possible way. Just book a consultation to get support.