Agile Certification for HR and L&D for Groups

EMBRACE AGILE. MAXIMIZE IMPACT.

Agile transformation is a top priority for many organizations across the globe. HR and training and development professionals on your team have an opportunity — and a responsibility — to enable employee growth with the Agile Certification for HR and L&D. View the brochure.

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  • 3 Half-Days
  • Certification Awarded
  • Delivery Options
  • English Language
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What Your Team Will Learn

Earning this certification demonstrates your team’s commitment to the developing Agile principles throughout your organization and designates their expertise as an Agile Certified Professional.

Training Industry’s Agile for HR and L&D certification is designed to revolutionize both learning and development (L&D) and HR practices, creating flexible and proactive systems of change that offer a competitive and adaptive approach. Upon completion, your team will be awarded the ICP-AHR certification from ICAgile and will receive a certificate and digital badge to validate their achievement and newfound expertise in Agile methodologies. They’ll leave with a set of tools to apply Agile concepts in your organization.

After earning this certification, your team will be able to:

  • Articulate the purpose and need for Agile processes to drive competitive business advantages.
  • Leverage a growth mindset and innovative, multicultural perspectives for improved business agility.
  • Shape HR and L&D initiatives that complement the changing role of leadership in Agile organizations.
  • Design employee journeys that promote engagement throughout the entire employee life cycle.
  • Develop Agile processes for common people management programs, including recruitment, onboarding, job role design, performance management and more.

Since launching this certification in 2020, hundreds of talent development professionals across diverse industries have earned their certification. The Agile for HR and L&D certification is appropriate for any HR or training and development professionals seeking to bring Agile methodologies into their HR and L&D practices. Whether your team currently works in an Agile organization, aspires to transform the business through Agile methods, or simply wants to expand their HR and L&D toolbox, this certification will equip them with a foundation of knowledge in Agile ways of work and a framework for creating innovative HR and L&D solutions according to employee and business needs.

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Agenda

Delivered in partnership with SoftEd, Training Industry’s Agile Certification for HR and L&D is completed online, over the course of three five-hours days. This multi-day live, virtual instructor-led (VILT) course utilizes communities of interest (COIs) to inspire cognitive and social learning through focused discussions, analysis and hands-on application using individual professional experiences. The ICP-AHR certification from ICAgile is granted upon the successful completion of this course.

PREWORK

Prework includes two short readings and a one-hour video which introduces your team to Agile concepts and methodologies, creating a foundation of understanding that they will rely on during and after the class.

DAY 1 - Understanding & Implementing Agile as a Mindset

DEFINING AGILE AND ITS RELEVANCE IN HR AND L&D

  • What is Agile?
  • When is Agile appropriate?
  • The Agile HR and L&D Manifesto.
  • Defining problems using the Cynefin framework.

FOSTERING AGILE TEAMS

  • The effects of structure on behavior.
  • Teams of teams and teaming.
  • Value stream alignment.
  • Shared consciousness.

AGILE MINDSET

  • Growth mindset and learned helplessness.
  • Fear system vs. seeking system.
  • HR and L&D fear systems and seeking systems.
  • Psychological safety.

DAY 2 - Leadership & Design Thinking in Agile

LEADERSHIP

  • Agile leadership vs. traditional leadership.
  • Servant and adaptive leadership.

DESIGN THINKING

  • What is design thinking?
  • “Products” within HR and L&D.
  • Applying the Agile Way of Working to HR and L&D efforts.
  • Journey mapping and personas.

CONDUCT A DESIGN WORKSHOP

  • Lean canvas.
  • Personas.
  • Journey mapping.

DAY 3 – Applying Agile Principles

CONDUCT A DESIGN WORKSHOP(CONTINUED)

  • User stories.
  • Experimentation and feedback.

AGILE CONSIDERATIONS IN HR AND L&D

  • Hiring: selecting for ability, social skills and drive.
  • Onboarding: best selves
  • Performance management: feedback and growth.
  • Pay and incentivization: transparency, fairness, job roles and titles.

CONCLUSIONS

  • Self-reflection exercise.
  • Next steps.

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE


List of Job Aids and Resources:

  • Agile tools templates (ex. Kan Ban board, persona template, user story card)
  • Employee journey mapping sheet
  • Technical vs adaptive tasks cheat sheet
  • Agile manifesto
  • Agile resource list with over 50 specifically curated articles, reports and presentations, categorized by topic

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Agile Certification for HR and L&D for Groups

ALIGN YOUR TEAM AROUND AGILE TRANSFORMATION.

The Agile Certification for HR and L&D is a perfect program for aligning your training development team to adopt Agile project management methodologies and culture for a competitive advantage. In this certification, your team will work as a group to learn and practice how to brainstorm, test and decide on the right L&D initiatives to meet your company’s current and future goals.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

You’ll start by working with our director of professional development to determine if this program is a good fit for your training team’s needs. Next, we’ll help you identify the right people from your training team to participate in the Agile Certification for HR and L&D, and to select a time and delivery modality that minimizes disruption and maximizes learning. You’ll then work with the course facilitator to share your team challenges and ensure they’re able to connect the Agile principles taught in the course to your specific context. Throughout, we’ll also offer recommendations and best practices for team alignment and reinforcement before, during and after training so that your team is prepared to apply Agile best practices and realize real business results.

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