A leadership course for managers focussing on the inner dynamics of leadership - the impact your perception, thinking and feeling has on the way you lead yourself and others. For CEOs, senior managers, owners and aspiring leaders that want to lead, not just manage.
The Agile Project Manager (On-Demand) Change isn't coming, it's already here. The project environment is becoming more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. Project management and project managers must transform and evolve in order to keep up with these changes. Agile has been a disruptor in the field of project management, having over 20 years of successes and benefits to organizations that have adopted their frameworks. The Agile frameworks have proven themselves to be more adept in dealing with this uncertainty. But Agile isn't just about following a different way of working. What do you need to learn, do, and become in order to continue in the current and future environment? It is a powerful combination of knowledge, competencies, and mindset. In an increasingly complicated project environment, this course provides participants with the knowledge needed to not only survive but thrive. What you will Learn At the end of this program, you will be able to: Evaluate the changing project environment and the needed knowledge, skills, and behaviors Demonstrate innovative project manager competencies of leading change, servant leadership, and focus on value Utilize Lean and Agile principles to maximize value and improve project performance Construct a hybrid Agile model that is unique to your project Assess your role in Business Agility as an Agile Project Manager Getting Started Introductions Workshop orientation Expectations Foundations Recap: What is Agile? A changed project environment The future project manager Agile Project Management Competencies Focusing on value Championing change Servant leadership Coaching / mentorship Facilitation Lean and Agile Principles Optimizing flow Making things small Continuous planning Just-In-Time requirements Visualizing work Hybrid Agile Considerations Considering a Hybrid Approach Examining Strengths and Weaknesses of Each Approach Selecting Waterfall / Agile Roles, Practices, and Techniques Reviewing Three Hybrid Scenarios Constructing the Hybrid Project Implementing Agile Pitfalls and Concerns Agile in the Organization Business Agility Summary and Next Steps
Learn how to make the most of your time by implementing guidelines that is smart, measurable, achievable, relevant and time based. With accurate goal setting, you will maximize your efficiency as well as your effectiveness and in doing so, learn how to record and track your progress throughout the duration of a specific task, or even merely throughout your normal routine day. You will be able to schedule recurring activities without having anxiety about where you'll have to find the time. Learning Objectives Schedule goals and activities, Find hidden time Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
This course will ensure that you maximize your daily activities more effectively and take back control of your time. Understand the importance of setting a goal and why it is important to be proactive rather than reactive. Why is a mission statement important and what are the three elements of an effective mission statement? Prioritize your tasks more effectively according to the urgency and importance of the task at hand. Learning Objectives Explain the difference between effectiveness and efficiency, Apply the three stages of managing time, Write result-driven mission statements, Set SMART goals, Prioritize tasks, urgency, and importance Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Become more efficient in your daily routine with our 6 criteria for increased efficiency and understand how to apply each in your situation. Take the stress out of your work by streamlining your tasks and we will show you how to eliminate all the biggest time wasters in your work. Understand the 60 second test to assist with the filing and paperwork in your work area. You will feel like you get more done in half the time and increase your efficiency like you never thought possible. Learning Objectives Apply six techniques for maximizing efficiency, Control procrastination, Avoid the 10 biggest time wasters in business Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
24 hours sometimes simply doesn't seem like enough time. Learn how to identify 'hidden time' in your day, which will mean extraordinary things for you in terms of completing your deadlines and reaching your goals. You will learn how to make the most of your 'down time' by for instance, creating a game out of time saving. We don't believe in all work and no play, and therefore provide you with the tools to have fun while effectively managing and creating your time, virtually effort free. Learning Objectives Find hidden time, Summarize how to make the most of downtime Describe how to make the most of saving time, Create blocks of time to get more done Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
'Procrastination makes easy things hard, and hard things harder' - Mason Cooley. Learn how to avoid procrastination and finalize your tasks with ease. Learn how to apply the most effective guidelines for delegation and ensuring responsibilities get taken care of. You will learn how to get more done, in less time and we will teach you how to balance your precious home life with that of a stressful career life. Learning Objectives Control paperwork and emails, Demonstrate file organization, Effectively delegate work to others, Balance home and career Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Virtual Agile Teams: On-Demand Agile teams are a must in this world of intense competition, marketing demands, and changing expectations. Global virtual teaming has become a necessity as organizations become increasingly distributed, with suppliers and clients actively engaged in joint projects. Agile Teams now work across geographical, organizational, and cultural boundaries to deliver solutions and services to global users. Distance and differences may amplify the effect of issues and factors that are relatively straightforward for co-located Agile teams. This workshop delivers practical concepts and techniques that participants will start using immediately with their virtual Agile teams. The goal of the course is to enable you to successfully execute your preferred Agile or Scrum methods in a virtual project team environment. What you will Learn At the end of this program, you will be able to: Explain the characteristics of a virtual team and how they differ from a co-located team Build an effective virtual Agile team using a Team Charter approach Develop Release Plans, including prioritizing user stories, with a virtual Agile Team Construct a Sprint plan, including effective user story estimates, virtually Execute a Sprint, including essential Agile or Scrum ceremonies, virtually Conduct effective virtual meetings in an environment supportive of Agile and Scrum methods Foundation Concepts Agile Mindset and Values Agile Benefits and Methods Scrum Overview Co-located vs. Virtual Teams Forming Virtual Agile Teams Exploring Virtual Leadership Focusing on Virtual Agile Leaders Developing a Virtual Agile Team Charter Meeting Team Challenges in a Virtual Environment Planning Releases with a Virtual Agile Team Planning releases overview Estimating user stories Prioritizing user stories Setting release parameters Getting consensus on the release plan Planning a Sprint for a Virtual Project Sprint Planning Overview Confirming Sprint Scope with Virtual Agile Teams Developing a Sprint Delivery Plan for Virtual Agile Teams Running a Sprint in a Virtual Environment Self-organizing a Sprint for a Virtual Agile Team Using Scrum tools in a Virtual Environment Conducting End of Sprint Meetings in a Virtual Environment Iterating as a Virtual Agile Team Creating an Environment for Success Piloting a virtual Agile team Creating an Agile-friendly virtual environment
AgileSHIFT® AgileSHIFT® is the change your organization needs: the business landscape is changing and transformation is necessary. But it is also hard. This program is aimed to drive transformational change throughout an organization. This new enterprise agility guidance empowers individuals to use a lightweight tailorable framework to understand, engage with, and champion change by embracing agile and lean ways of working. Taking a holistic view of an organization, AgileSHIFT® will create and support the champions of change your business needs in order to thrive in an increasingly competitive and disruptive workplace. What You Will Learn At the end of this program you will be able to: Identify why organizations need to create a culture of enterprise agility in response to a changing context Recognize how to think and work differently to enable change Explore agile and lean thinking concepts and how they relate to running and changing your organization Utilize key concepts of the AgileSHIFT® framework Describe the AgileSHIFT® delivery approach Getting Started A changing context Enterprise agility The Purpose of AgileSHIFT® The AgileSHIFT® Framework AgileSHIFT® principles AgileSHIFT® practices AgileSHIFT® roles AgileSHIFT® workflow Benefits of AXELOS.com Summary and Next Steps