Certified Agile Leader® 1

Many organizations invest in Agile, yet decision-making remains fragmented and progress slows in subtle ways.

This course focuses on how leadership decisions shape system behavior—not just how teams apply practices.

What This Work Addresses

This course is designed for leaders navigating that gap.

Not just how teams work—but how leadership decisions, structures, and interactions shape outcomes across the organization.

You will explore how:

• priorities are set and shifted
• work moves (or stalls) across teams
• leadership behaviors influence system performance
• culture emerges from repeated decisions, not stated values

What Participants Gain

This course moves beyond applying Agile practices.

It is an opportunity to examine how your organization behaves as a system—and how your role as a leader influences that behavior.

Participants leave with the ability to:

• recognize patterns that slow or fragment progress
• engage more effectively with complexity and uncertainty
• navigate conversations across teams, functions, and leadership layers
• design changes that reflect how the system actually works

The work is grounded in real organizational situations—not abstract frameworks.

Systems Thinking

Systems thinking is used throughout the workshop as a way to make sense of real challenges participants bring with them.

Rather than analyzing isolated problems, you will work through:

• interactions between teams and functions
• unintended consequences of well-meaning decisions
• structural constraints shaping behavior

The goal is not to apply a tool—but to see more clearly.

For teams or groups joining together

Leaders often experience these challenges in isolation.

This workshop creates a shared space to examine them collectively—across industries, roles, and contexts.

When leadership teams attend together, the work extends beyond the workshop into how decisions are made day-to-day.

What We Will Work Through

• examining where work slows, fragments, or creates unintended consequences
• exploring how leadership decisions influence system behavior
• working through real organizational challenges participants bring
• understanding how culture forms through repeated interactions
• designing changes that reflect how the system actually operates
• navigating coordination across teams in complex environments

How Sessions are Scheduled (Waitlist)

Individual registration opens as a cohort begins to form with sufficient participant interest.

If registration is not currently available—or if these dates do not align—you can join the waitlist and will be contacted when a suitable session becomes available.

If you are joining as a group (3+ participants), sessions can be scheduled directly based on your availability.

Certification

This course is aligned with the Certified Agile Leader® 1 (CAL 1) certification from Scrum Alliance.

Certification is included upon completion. The emphasis, however, is on developing leadership capability in real organizational contexts.

The Online Experience FAQ

Answers to some of the commonly asked questions from our students

• We host our virtual training on Zoom
• We take breaks almost hourly, with a longer lunch break
• Certification fees are included
• A color pdf of the workbook will be provided

Course Instructor

Dhaval Panchal is an active Organization Design Consultant, Founder of Evolve Agility Inc.

Dhaval spends the majority of his time in the field, leading transformations in high-stakes domains including Oil & Gas, Banking, Insurance, and Emerging Technologies (R&D). 

He focuses his teaching on leaders navigating real organizational change to ensure every learner benefits from the most current, field-validated strategies moving the needle from governance to product development and project delivery.

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