Certified Agile Leader^® 1 & 2 (CAL 1 & CAL 2)

Today’s leaders are confronted with a mix of dynamically shifting challenges and opportunities, often requiring new ways of thinking and working. It is essential for managers and leaders to gain the leadership skills needed to support organizational agility and effectiveness.

The Certified Agile Leader^® 1 course (CAL – 1) is an interactive leadership-focused learning experience to build skills and competencies to effectively guide and develop leaders to foster healthy organizations and improve business outcomes. We explore the intertwined relationships between organizational culture, strategy, structure/design, governance, and metrics, and how these concepts impact an organization.

In Certified Agile Leader^® 2, you’ll learn how to apply what you learned about Agile leadership in CAL 1 to organizational strategy, delivery, and your own professional growth.

Why choose Agile Velocity for leadership training?

Our Certified Agile Leadership Workshop is not your typical virtual lecture-based training session. This is a collaborative and interactive workshop, filled with real-world exercises focused on helping leaders build the foundational skills needed to be a more effective leader in turbulent times.

Learning Outcomes

Learn to lead Agile teams and organizations by embracing Agile leadership concepts and leveraging agility to drive sustainable improvement in any business. 

In CAL 1, you can expect to learn:

• What makes an Agile leader Agile
• Why Agile leadership matters and when it matters most
• How to lead change management and transformation
• Agile principles applied to any business context
• Frameworks and tools for growing as a leader
• Leadership models to grow as a leader
• Tools for fostering growth in your team members
• How to build high-performing, cross-functional teams
• How to increase the effectiveness and agility of teams and organizations
• Why and how organizational culture impacts team effectiveness

In CAL 1, you’ll shift the way you think about organizational culture and employees to recognize their full potential in your Agile enterprise.

CAL 2 is the next step in the leadership program.

In CAL 2, you’ll continue to make connections between the defining capabilities, behaviors, and practices of Agile leadership and how you can enable rapid adaptation, customer focus, and responsiveness to change across an organization.

In CAL 2, you’ll learn about:

• Organizational structure and design
  • The benefits and challenges of different organizational structures and designs
  • How these structures impact your organization’s performance and strategy
  • How to inspect organizational structure and make recommendations for its transformation
• Value and metrics
  • Learn about techniques you can leverage to deliver end-to-end value to customers
  • Inspect how your current organizational structure supports or obstructs value delivery
• Leadership competencies
  • Focus on your personal leadership development so you can empower people, improve team dynamics, and achieve organizational outcomes

Looking for CAL-E, CAL-T, or CAL-O?

Scrum Alliance refactored the leadership learning program. CAL Essentials, Teams, and Organizations have been restructured into the updated and enhanced CAL 1 and 2. Please visit the CAL FAQs to find out how this change may impact you if you hold any of the existing Scrum Alliance Certified Agile Leader certificates.

Who benefits from attending this workshop?

Regardless of role or title, we believe that everyone can learn and demonstrate leadership.

This workshop is intended for:

• Emerging leaders
• Seasoned leaders
• Team leaders
• Leadership teams
• Technology leaders
• Business leaders
• Learning and Development leaders
• Human Resource / People strategy leaders
• Change Agents
• Anyone who wants to improve their leadership skills and capabilities

What do class attendants receive?

	Upon completion of CAL – 1, attendees will be eligible to earn your Scrum Alliance Certified Agile Leadership 1 (CAL-1)  Certification.
	Upon completion of CAL – 2, attendees will be eligible to earn your Scrum Alliance Certified Agile Leadership 2 (CAL-2)  Certification.

Workshop Logistics

• Each workshop is typically 2-days but can accommodate based on the needs of your organization.
• We offer workshops virtual and in-person. 
• Corporate training classes consist of 10+ individuals.

For more information, contact training@agilevelocity.com.