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Agile Leader Online Course
Sohrab Salimi
Agile Academy CEO with over 10 years of experience in agile trainings- Embark on your personal Agile Leader journey
- Understand Agile Leadership and practice systematic ways and techniques to create high-performing agile teams
- Learn how to lead transforming an organization towards more agility
- Explore various practical examples and case studies from different sectors and industries
- On successful completion receive your Agile Leadership Level 1 Certificate by Agile Academy
Word class teams improve & learn with our online courses:
Following the Agile Leader self paced course was an outstanding experience. Full of concrete tools and techniques to improve leadership, the course is very well prepared and organized. I've already implemented many of the techniques learned in the course in PhotonPath and I must say that the results come quite quickly! Thanks Sohrab and the whole team!
About the Agile Leadership Online Course
Are you ready to make a career leap and take your leadership competencies to the next level? Our Agile Leadership Online Course is designed to help you unlock your full potential in the ever-evolving leadership landscape.
Our course offers a deep dive into the world of Agile Leadership through interactive and hands-on learning modules. Get inspired to rethink traditional leadership styles and frameworks and learn the tools and techniques that will empower you, your team, and your organization to thrive in today's uncertain and volatile business environment.
This course is ideal for anyone looking to understand what Agile Leadership is and who aims to become a driving force in the Agile space. Whether you're a top or middle manager, a team lead, or a coach interested in expanding your agile leadership awareness and practice, this course will equip you with the insights and skills you need.
Course Curriculum
Intro | Agile Leadership
- Download and Use Your Workbook
- How to Get the Most Out of This Course
- Success Requires Commitment
Context for Agile Leadership
- Intro | Context for Agile Leadership
- The Need for Innovation
- Case Study Tesla
- Case Study Apple
- The Innovation Stack
- Case Study Haier
- Case Study Amazon
- Context of Agile
- Defined vs. Empirical
- Drivers for Change
- History of Management
- Outro | Context for Agile Leadership
- Assignments | Context for Agile Leadership
Agile Leadership
- Intro | Agile Leadership
- Exercise | Decentralization of Decision Making
- Debrief | Decentralization of Decision Making
- Intro | Leadership Agility Exercise
- Exercise | Expert Leader
- Debrief | Expert Leader
- Exercise | Achiever Leader
- Debrief | Achiever Leader
- Exercise | Heroic Leadership
- Debrief | Heroic Leadership
- Exercise | Catalyst Leader
- Debrief | Catalyst Leader
- Leadership Agility Framework
- Leadership Agility Examples
- Intro | Leadership Principles Exercise
- Debrief | Amazon Leadership Principles
- Debrief | Google Great Managers
- Intro | Journey towards Agile Leadership
- Foundations of Good Decisions
- What is Mindset?
- Awareness, Choice & Change
- Do, Lead & Coach
- Intro | Tools & Techniques
- Catalyst Conversation
- Powerstyles
- Manager on a Page
- 1-on-1 Meetings
- Outro | Agile Leadership
- Assignments | Agile Leadership
Leading Agile Teams
- Intro | Leading Teams
- Definition of a Team
- Key Characteristics of an Agile Team
- Cross-functional Teams
- Developer Journey
- Self-managed Teams
- Tuckman Model
- Hackman Model for Team Effectiveness
- 5 Dysfunctions of Teams
- Example | 5 Dysfunctions of Teams
- Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose
- Outro | Leading Teams
- Case Study Nucor
- Case Study Southwest Airlines
- Assignments | Leading Agile Teams
Leading Agile Organizations
- Intro | Leading Organizations
- Intro to Understanding Culture
- Introduction to the Culture Map
- Introduction Amazon Culture Exercise
- Exercise | Amazon Culture
- Debrief | Amazon Culture Exercise
- Case Study Amazon
- Intro | Competing Values Framework (CVF)
- Explanation Competing Values Framework
- Introduction CVF Exercise
- Exercise | Competing Values Framework
- Debrief | CVF Exercise
- Mapping the Agile Manifesto in the CVF
- Intro | Journey towards Agility
- Which Levers to Pull for Changing An Organization?
- Organizational Structures
- Organizational Policies
- Organizational Metrics
- Other Levers to Changing Organizations
- Outro | Journey towards Agility
- Intro | Change & Transformation
- Kotter Change Model
- Drivers for Change
- Introduction of the V2MOM
- Example | Organizational V2MOM - Salesforce
- Example | Personal V2MOM - Sohrab
- Exercise | Create Your Own V2MOM
- Outro | Change & Transformation
- Case Study Netflix
- Outro | Leading Organizations
- Assignments | Leading Agile Organizations
Course Quiz
- Intro | Agile Leadership Quiz
Outro | Agile Leadership
Your Course Instructor
Sohrab Salimi
Agile Academy AG
Sohrab Salimi is a visionary voice in agile leadership and organizational transformation.
An entrepreneur by conviction, Sohrab has spent over 20 years helping leaders rethink how companies build products, empower teams, and adapt to a rapidly changing world. His mission: to turn agility into real business impact.
As the founder and CEO of Agile Academy he works with organizations across the globe—from startups to Fortune 500s—guiding them through strategic change with clarity and courage. Sohrab combines deep agile expertise, boardroom-level experience, and the mindset of a coach.
Through Agile Insights Conversations, his curated talks with global thought leaders, and his German translations of influential agile literature, he challenges conventional thinking and sparks new perspectives.
Sohrab lives in Cologne, where he balances life as a father of three with his passions: sport, music, and the pursuit of lifelong learning.
