WU Executive Academy - Vienna University of Economics and Business
Online Certificate in Agile Leadership
Vienna, Austria
Certificate
DURATION
4 weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* 5 working days before the respective program start
Key Summary
About: This online certificate in Agile Leadership from WU Executive Academy is for experienced professionals and for leadership development practice. You’ll need 6.5 hours per week/part (~26 hours in total). On completion you receive a certificate of “Agile Leadership”. WU Vienna is ranked among Europe’s best and is triple accredited. The programme brings diverse students, alumni and faculty and links you to the WU Executive Club (a network of 5,000 executives from 100 nations).
Career Outcomes: Roles include Agile coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner and Change manager, across technology, consulting, product development and organisational change, supporting leadership and agile delivery.
Our online program "Agile Leadership" invites you to explore the field of agile organizations. This subject may fascinate you. Why? Because agility is not only a concept for organizations but a mindset for every individual. Agility is about fast adaptation to changing circumstances. It is about focusing on people and their needs, be it customers or organizational members. It is about creating space for innovation and creativity.
Online course
You will need about 6.5 hours per week/part (~26 hours in total)
Certificate
Upon successful completion of all tasks, you will obtain a certificate of “Agile Leadership” from WU Executive Academy with the course details.
Structure of the program
This online program allows you to learn, experience, and try out the new input at your own pace. The 1-month learning journey is divided into four parts, each with a 1-week duration. Each week you will be supplied with food for thought, be consumed and digested within that week at your own pace.
Every program part can be worked on individually and takes approximately 6.5 hours to work on. Through instructional videos and study materials as well as a selection of podcasts and TED talks, participants learn how to develop an agile mindset and how to make their teams fit for agile working methods.
Fostering co-creation by providing impetus and opportunities for interaction
The “Got it?” feature gives participants a chance to test what they have learned so far. Pieces of textual input known as “shifts” provide them with the valuable impetus for reflecting on their current ways of thinking and working, and help them deepen their insight and understanding. In “spotlight videos”, Kathrin Köster explains, among other things, what agility is and what it is not. Under the heading “Connected”, participants can raise job-related issues and ask colleagues, friends and family members for their input on them. So-called “anchors” give participants and teams that take part in the program as a group an opportunity to openly exchange views and opinions with one another.
Schedule
The online course is divided into 4 parts. Each part is approximately 1 week (6,5 hours) of workload. Within every week, you can work individually at your own pace on every task.
Topics
- Part 1: Why agility?
- Part 2: The agile mindset.
- Part 3: Designing for agile organizations.
- Part 4: Implementing agility.
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Knowledge about agile organizations also opens new opportunities for you:
- You have the skills to co-create a workplace that suits you best.
- You can make a difference in your team and realize your own ideas.
- You can have more fun at work.
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The online course is for leaders from all spheres of society with all levels of managerial experience who are self-responsible, curious, and open-minded, and who strive to shape the 21st century: corporations, NGOs, social businesses, governmental organizations.
The online course is also for individuals who want to gain insights into the field of agility.
