This course is part of the Agile Leadership Specialization

Oxana Trotsenko

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Agile Leadership SpecializationUniversity of Colorado System

About this Course

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This is a foundational course in the Agile Leadership Specialization. By the end of this course, you will build an understanding of key agile leadership concepts. You will begin building a toolbox that will give you an ability to evaluate and create a baseline for yourself as an agile leader. You will access your team’s readiness for change. You will also analyze to what degree an organization is agile, and evaluate its ability to respond to change triggers.

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Beginner Level

Helpful to have had 4 years of business workplace experience with some leadership responsibility.

Approx. 9 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish

What you will learn

Describe how and why change management approaches emerged in the business world

Distill key characteristics of an agile leader

Compare traditional and agile teams

Compare and contrast traditional and agile organizations

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Course 1 of 5 in the

Agile Leadership Specialization

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Beginner Level

Helpful to have had 4 years of business workplace experience with some leadership responsibility.

Approx. 9 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish

Instructor

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Oxana Trotsenko

Lecturer

Business School

3,339 Learners

5 Courses

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University of Colorado System

The University of Colorado is a recognized leader in higher education on the national and global stage. We collaborate to meet the diverse needs of our students and communities. We promote innovation, encourage discovery and support the extension of knowledge in ways unique to the state of Colorado and beyond.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Introduction to Change

Agile was born out of necessity driven by a changing business environment. But what triggered this change exactly? This week, you will define change and transformation, and examine change intensity levels and the reasons behind change acceleration.

2 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 28 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

12 videos

Specialization Introduction1m

Course Introduction1m

Meet Oxana Trotsenko1m

Definition of Change3m

Change Intensity Levels1m

Deconstructing COVID-19 as an Example of Change 3m

Pace of Change2m

Difference Between Transformation and Change 4m

Agile Transformation56s

Change Management Theories Overview 1m

Behavior and Psychology of Change3m

Introduction to Change Key Concepts1m

4 readings

Meet the Team10m

How to get the most out of this specialization11m

FAQ11m

Difference Between Transformation and Change12m

1 practice exercise

Introduction to Change Module Review1h

Week

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Agile Leader

Agile leadership is a fairly new concept, and it is typically used in contrast to traditional leadership.

This week, you will continue to build the foundational vocabulary for this Specialization by defining a traditional and agile leader and identifying their key characteristics. Are you wondering which one is better? You will be able to answer this question by the end of this week (the answer might surprise you). You will complete the week by analyzing yourself as a leader to understand where you fall on the agility scale. You will be using this assessment in Course 2 to benchmark your personal transformation.

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 9 min), 2 readings, 3 quizzes

5 videos

Module Introduction33s

Traditional Leader1m

Agile Leader2m

Good or Bad?2m

Agile Leader Key Concepts1m

2 readings

Key Differences Between Traditional and Agile Leaders 10m

Agile Leader Baseline Self-Assessment5m

3 practice exercises

Reflective Practice Quiz10m

Reflective Practice Quiz30m

Agile Leader Module Review1h

Week

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Agile Team

In this module, we will transition into the realm of the team. In order to transform your team, you need to understand the difference between a traditional and agile one. You will learn the definitions and key characteristics of both. You will also be introduced to the role and responsibility of a leader in leading an agile team. You will conclude the week by assessing your team’s level of agility. Similarly to your own assessment, you will be using your team’s baseline assessment to design an agile transformation plan later in the specialization.

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 8 min), 1 reading, 3 quizzes

5 videos

Module Introduction19s

Traditional Team2m

Agile Team3m

Agile Leader for an Agile Team1m

Agile Team Key Concepts1m

1 reading

Team Agility Baseline Assessment15m

3 practice exercises

Reflective Practice Quiz30m

Agile Team Module Review1h

Week

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Agile Organization

In the last module of this course, we will expand the concepts of traditional and agile to an organizational level. You will learn the definitions and key characteristics of a traditional and agile organization. At the end of the module, you will analyze an organization for its agility.

2 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 9 min), 2 readings, 3 quizzes

4 videos

Module Introduction19s

Traditional Organization3m

Agile Organization3m

Agile Organization Key Concepts1m

2 readings

Key Differences Between Traditional and Agile Organizations10m

Organizational Agility Baseline Assessment10m

3 practice exercises

Reflective Practice Quiz30m

Agile Organization Module Review1h

About the Agile Leadership Specialization

Constant fast change has become a reality of our time. Agile has become a popular leadership philosophy and a project management methodology for addressing this reality. While the theory is simple, it’s much more challenging to become Agile in practice.

To bridge the gap between an easy theory and complex application, you will learn three critical success components for executing the complexity of Agile in practice: the neuroscience of change, social psychology, and change management. In this specialization, you will learn how to become an agile leader, how to build agile teams by using Agile philosophy and Scrum tools, and how to approach transforming a traditional organization into agile. This specialization will prepare you to build change-resiliency within yourself, your team, and your organization and implement Agile practices where appropriate to leverage its maximum benefits.

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Agile Leadership: Introduction to Change