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.
This course is part of the Agile Leadership Specialization
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Agile Leadership SpecializationUniversity of Colorado SystemAbout this Course
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Helpful to have had 4 years of business workplace experience with some leadership responsibility.
Approx. 9 hours to complete
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Subtitles: English
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
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100% online
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Course 1 of 5 in the
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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: English
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University of Colorado System
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
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
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
2 hours to complete
Agile Leader
Agile leadership is a fairly new concept, and it is typically used in contrast to traditional leadership.
2 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 9 min), 2 readings, 3 quizzes
5 videos
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
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
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
Reflective Practice Quiz30m
Agile Team Module Review1h
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
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
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.
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Will I earn university credit for completing the Course?
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