Professional Agile Leadership - Essentials

This event takes place online

This live virtual PAL-E class runs 07-08 September 2026 09:00-17.00 BST.

This class provides a foundation for the role that leaders play in creating the conditions for a successful agile transformation. Leaders and managers are critical enablers in helping their organizations be successful, yet the role of leaders and managers in an agile organization can be quite different from what they are used to. This class uses a combination of instruction and team-based exercises to help participants learn how to form and support agile teams to achieve better results, and how to lead the cultural and behavioral changes that organisations must make to reap the benefits of an agile product delivery approach.

Becoming an agile organisation is a profound transformation that requires senior leaders, middle managers, and agile team members to change the way that they organise their work, manage that work, and measure the results of the work. Agile teams cannot do this on their own; they need help from the entire organisation. The changes for all involved are profound, but so are the results when everyone's goals and ways of working are aligned.

After taking this class, you will understand where and how agility can help your organisation improve, by addressing challenges you can solve in no other way. You will also understand how agile teams work and what you, as a manager or leader, can do to help them to improve. You will also be able to quantify the benefits of improving the agility of your organisation through concrete measures.

This class can be delivered on-site, in a specific organization, to help its leaders understand their important role in transforming their organisation, or in a public class setting.

Overview

• An understanding of how agility can help you improve your organisation's performance
• An understanding of how you, as a manager or leader, can help your organisation achieve the benefits of agility
• An understanding of how culture and values influence your organisation's ability to reap the benefits of agility
• Practical skills for helping to guide and coach agile teams, and to help them remove impediments
• An understanding of how to measure the benefits and impacts of agility in your organisation

Prerequisites

It is recommended that participants will have a solid understanding of Scrum gained through experience working in Scrum team, or by completing a Professional Scrum class such as Scrum.org’s Professional Scrum Master (PSM).

For all of our live virtual classes, we use Zoom as our conference tool. Zoom is very secure. It uses end-to-end encryption and delegates can only access the conference via an admin controlled waiting room. Activities are carried out with Mural. No software is required to be pre-installed for these tools, though you may need to check that there are no security policies that block the use of these tools if you are joining us through a corporate network. We ask you to try to ensure a steady internet connection (for example by connecting through cable rather than with WiFi).

Certification and Assessment

All participants completing the Professional Agile Leadership - Essentials course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Agile Leadership (PAL I) assessment. PAL-E class participants who attempt the PAL I assessment within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85% will be granted a 2nd attempt at no additional cost.

What else is included?

• Course eBook
• Membership to the Red Tangerine Slack channel giving access to our alumni community
• Optional complimentary follow-up session where we discuss any concerns you may have regarding the assessment
• Further support with your real-world experiences, with an optional, complimentary follow up session
• Free re-sit of the class if you want a refresher in the future (subject to availability and viability, Scrum.org assessment not included)

About the Trainer

Glaudia is an agile and lean practitioner and mentor, working with and within teams in various capacities, from facilitating workshops to getting deeply involved ‘in the trenches’. Her expertise comes from her experience embracing a variety of roles across multiple disciplines, including Developer, Scrum Master, Product Manager, Business Analyst, Service Delivery Manager, Agile & Lean Coach and Learning Designer. She has guided numerous organizations on their journey toward greater business agility, supporting them in embracing continuous improvement and maintaining a focus on customer value. Glaudia is a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST), Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) and a Certified Facilitator of LEGO® Serious Play®.

Glaudia is also the co-author of the books Facilitating Professional Scrum Teams, Mastering Collaboration in a Product Team and Adopting Agile Across Borders.