Building an Agile Mindset and Being Agile in the Workplace

Training course overview

The only constant is change and we often feel under pressure to keep up in this disruptive workplace where cost-cutting and scarcity of resources are the new norm.  We are challenged on a personal level, as well as in our careers, to manage conflicting priorities and maintain a work-life balance. It is not always easy to stay motivated during setbacks, negative feedback and delayed projects. The competitor landscape is intense with internal stakeholders and customers demanding higher quality and quicker turn-around times.

This popular Coventry Academy Training Course will support you to develop a change in mindset and attitude to manage your tasks proactively, meet deadlines and team objectives. You will be inspired and motivated to build positive relationships and to make continuous effort to learn and improve your skills for career satisfaction, active engagement and sustainable success!

What are the goals?

By the end of this Coventry Academy Training Course, you will be able to:

• Understand the agile mindset and how it is used to grow
• Apply agile behaviours in your everyday tasks
• Identify your own weaknesses and to use feedback for personal transformation
• Effectively utilize the tools to inform and influence organizational agility
• Identify key stakeholders and how to build relationships that support agility
• Motivate and engage employees to face challenges with positivity and dedication

Who is this training course for?

This Coventry Academy Training Course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Professionals who wants to improve cross-functional collaboration
• Department heads, supervisors and managers leading others
• Professionals who have an interest in a leadership position
• Anyone who wants to achieve personal growth and learn new skills
• Decision makers who manage challenging tasks and strict deadlines
• Professionals who want to gain a competitive advantage in their career or industry

Course Outline

Amongst a wide range of valuable topics, the following will be prioritised:

• Understanding the definition of agility as a mindset
• The benefits, impact and importance of being and doing agile
• The path to understanding and adopting agile behaviours
• The Agile Organisation, the benefits and risks
• The 3-step process to organisational agility
• Barriers to organisational agility and how to overcome them
• Raising self-awareness as a first step to combat a fixed mindset
• Agile leaders and their characteristics
• A personal development plan to lead agile by setting an example
• How to become part of the agile movement

The certificate

• Coventry Academy Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course