The Agile Leader
- 3 Courses | 1h 50m 57s
- 18 Books | 55h 44m
- 6 Audiobooks | 37h 52m 18s
Learn how to meet leadership challenges with a focused and flexible mindset founded upon the principles of agility. Respond quickly with adaptive techniques and engage and empower others on their journey toward an agile mindset.
COURSES INCLUDED
Welcome to the Skillsoft Leadership Development Program
Whether you are an aspiring, new, or experienced leader who leads people or projects, we've designed this curriculum to meet you where you are in your own leadership journey.
1 video |
4m
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The Agile Leader
Even a small shift in direction can accelerate success. In this course, you will learn how to adopt a focused and flexible mindset; respond quickly with adaptive techniques; and empower others to reach the goal.
7 videos |
40m
Assessment
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PMI PDU
Leadership Insights on Leading with Agility
The agile leader is adaptive, can sense and seize opportunities, and is constantly on the lookout for change. Discover how agility can make you, your team, and your organization more innovative, more responsive, and more successful.
21 videos |
1h 5m
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Book
MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Agile Is Not EnoughIn this article from MIT Sloan Management Review, you'll learn that by addressing architectural rigidity, closing talent gaps, and adopting a product mindset, leaders can realize agile's power.
7m
By Steve Berez, Will Poindexter
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MIT Sloan Management Review Article on The Agile Leader: Perseverance and FlexibilityIn this collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review, you'll learn best practices in agility routines and management processes; how leaders compensate for potentially career-limiting traits; why managing agility is so critical; and the ways that creativity can be woven into our work lives.
51m
By MIT Sloan Management Review
Book
MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Agile Methodologies/MindsetIn this collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review, you'll learn how quickly and effectively your business responds to change, if your company has the right management practices in place to ensure sustainable success, and more.
56m
By MIT Sloan Management Review
Book
MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Agile Mindset & CultureThis collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review discusses how organizations can remain agile and culturally sensitive, how can traditional companies break the mold and adopt more effective management practices from other sectors, and more.
37m
By MIT Sloan Management Review
BOOK SUMMARY
The Agility Shift: Creating Agile and Effective Leaders, Teams, and OrganizationsThe Agility Shift provides leaders at all levels in an organization with the mindset, strategy, and practical tools to make them agile. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
10m
By Pamela Meyer
BOOK SUMMARY
Adaptive Capacity: How Organizations Can Thrive in a Changing WorldAdaptive Capacity teaches you the theory behind adaptation as it applies to organizations and the people in them. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
13m
By Juan Carlos Eichholz
Book
Leading Agile TeamsPresenting a practical and engaging guide to help your organization embrace a more agile mindset, this book will give you the knowledge and tools you need to create and sustain strong agile teams, and is written for the developers, project managers, product owners, and ScrumMasters, who do most of the legwork in getting agile up and running.
4h 16m
By Doug Rose
Book
The Agile Leader: A Playbook for LeadersUsing sports imagery in a modern fable, this inspirational and motivational book is full of insights and perspectives on conflicts, resistive culture and company politics that all leaders must know how to handle in order to be successful.
1h 44m
By Steve Gladis
Book
Leading the Transformation: Applying Agile and DevOps Principles at ScaleInstead of the traditional Agile and DevOps approaches that focus on improving the effectiveness of teams, this thorough book targets the coordination of work across teams in large organizations-an improvement that executives are uniquely positioned to make.
1h 46m
By Gary Gruver, Tommy Mouser
Book
Agile for Project ManagersComplete with a list of agile training providers, this book will help certified project managers make a smooth transition to agile project management and will provide newcomers with the basic knowledge needed to pass the PMI-ACP exam, the first time around.
3h 16m
By Denise Canty
Book
Integrating Agile Development in the Real WorldThis title will be removed from the Skillsoft library on May 24, 2024.
7h 5m
By Peter Schuh
Book
The Art of Agile Practice: A Composite Approach for Projects and OrganizationsTranscending beyond Agile as a software development method to cover the gamut of methods in an organization, this practical resource presents a consistent, integrated, and strategic approach to achieving "Agility" in your business.
11h 18m
By Bhuvan Unhelkar
Book
Agile Innovation: The Revolutionary Approach to Accelerate Success, Inspire Engagement, and Ignite CreativityOffering insights that are highlighted in 11 detailed case studies illustrating the world's best innovation practices at top companies, this authoritative guide combines the best of Agile with the world's leading methods of Innovation to present a crisp, articulate, and proven system for developing the breakthrough capabilities every organization must master to thrive today and tomorrow.
5h 49m
By Langdon Morris, Moses Ma, Po Chi Wu
Book
The Agile Organization: How to Build an Innovative, Sustainable and Resilient BusinessCombining case studies, self-assessment tools, guidelines, and practical checklists with theory, this book focuses on how to build both agility and resilience at individual, team, and organizational levels, and puts the process of developing agile strategy, structures, and processes into the big picture context.
6h 6m
By Linda Holbeche
Book
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful!Recently named as one of the world's five most-respected executive coaches by Forbes, Marshall Goldsmith shares his expertise and one-on-one coaching practices to help you overcome your unconscious annoying habits, and lead you to success.
4h 29m
By Mark Reiter, Marshall Goldsmith
Book
MIT Sloan Management Review Article on What Employees Want Most in Uncertain TimesWhen threats loom, managers must go beyond the tried-and-true techniques for supporting employees to address divergent concerns and build trust.
9m
By Jessica B.B. Diaz, Kristine W. Powers
Book
Adaptive Space: How GM and Other Companies are Positively Disrupting Themselves and Transforming into Agile OrganizationsHesitation is a killer in today's business landscape. With this groundbreaking book, you have everything you need to confront disruption with smart, confident actions and seize the valuable opportunities that come with change.
3h 55m
By Michael J. Arena
Book
Leading Continuous Change: Navigating Churn in the Real WorldOffering detailed advice, practical tools, and real-world examples for navigating change, this comprehensive guide presents a four-part model and four mindsets that allow leaders to deal with multiple changes simultaneously without drowning in the churn.
2h 57m
By Bill Pasmore
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AUDIOBOOKS INCLUDED
Audiobook
The Agility Shift: Creating Agile and Effective Leaders, Teams, and OrganizationsThis audio edition provides specific, actionable strategies and tactics for leaders at all levels of the organization to put into practice immediately to improve agility and achieve results.
6h 1m 15s
By Pamela Meyer
Audiobook
Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving WorldThis audio edition provides a powerful new framework for competing and winning in a world of constant turbulence and disruption.
4h 36m 50s
By John P. Kotter
Audiobook
Adaptive Space: How GM and Other Companies are Positively Disrupting Themselves and Transforming into Agile OrganizationsThis audio edition will show you how to position your company to succeed in world of change.
7h 26m 10s
By Michael J. Arena
Audiobook
Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the FutureThis audio edition will equip you for staying innovative and successful in the wake of major workplace disruption.
7h 55m 44s
By Alexandra Levit
Audiobook
Leading Continuous Change: Navigating Churn in the Real WorldThis audio edition presents a four-part model and four mindsets that allow leaders to deal with multiple changes simultaneously without drowning in the churn.
5h 47m 54s
By Bill Pasmore
Audiobook
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More SuccessfulThis audio edition shares Marshall Goldsmith's expertise and one-on-one coaching practices to help you overcome your unconscious annoying habits, and lead you to success. Read by the author.
6h 4m 25s
By Mark Reiter, Marshall Goldsmith
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SKILL BENCHMARKS INCLUDED
Leading Yourself
Landing that management role is quite an accomplishment and you should be proud of yourself. But it's just the beginning your leadership journey. Successfully maintaining and growing a leadership career means developing yourself as well as your team. It's a career-long path of learning and self-discovery. In this Leading Yourself Unit benchmark, you'll be able to assess your current learning and growth mindset, and get a glimpse of areas in which you can develop further self-awareness and self-improvement. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.
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