Building an Agile Mindset
and Being Agile in the Workplace
The New Way of Working: Think Agile, Be Agile, Do Agile
17 - 21 July 2023
Sandton Centre
Johannesburg South Africa

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R16, 999.00 Per Delegate
Course overview:
The world is changing and therefore we need to change the way we think, behave and work. Apart from internal personal changes, we also need to understand how the world around us has changed and how we can best deal with this on a philosophical level. We need to be more open, flexible and transparent in order to enhance decision making, increase collaboration and ultimately customer satisfaction. Change the way you think, and it will impact your actions and career success!
Working in agile ways are different to traditional ways of working and this course will clearly demonstrate the transition. It also shows participants how to operate in a team, applying agile behaviours in the workplace.
This training course will feature:
- The concept of agility
- The agility mindset and what it means
- Five different ways in which to be agile
- How to achieve organizational agility
- The essence of an agile leader
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Identify various agile workplace behaviours
- Examine the ways in which to be agile
- Enhance our own skills to become an agile leader
- Explain the benefits of being agile vs traditional approaches
- Develop an understanding around organizational agility
Targeted Audience:
- Individuals and leaders who seek different ways to meet current workplace challenges
- Employees who strive to more pro-active and achieve higher levels of communication, decision making and cross-functional collaboration
- Individuals and leaders who aim to increase their personal productivity by working smarter, faster and better
- Professionals responsible for strategy, marketing, business development, production, operations, HR, product development, customer management, process innovation, customer experience
- Project managers, professionals or team leaders wanting to gain a competitive advantage for the organisation through working more efficiently
Course Outline:
Day One: Agility as a Concept
- Definition of “agility”
- Definition of a “mindset”
- The difference between being agile and doing agile
- The history of doing agile
- The benefits of being agile
Day Two:
Personal Agility
- How agile are you
- What are your core beliefs?
- Characteristics of a fixed mindset
- Characteristics of a growth mindset
- Practical examples, case studies and role-play
Day Three:
Organisational Agility – Part I
- What is an agile organisation?
- What is holding organisations back
- What are the risks of being agile?
- The path to organizational agility
- Practical examples, case studies and brain storming
Day Four:
Organisational Agility – Part II
- Different ways in which to be agile
- Identifying opportunities for organizational growth
- How and why traditional projects fail
- Organisational barriers and how to overcome them
- How can agile behaviours be demonstrated
- Practical examples, case studies and brain storming
Day Five: Be an Agile Leader
- Raising self-awareness: analyze past behaviours
- What is holding you back
- How do you break through?
- Characteristics of an agile leader
- Personal development plan
- Being part of the agile movement
End of the workshop
IN HOUSE AND ONLINE TRAINING

While both In-House and Online training can present with cost-effectiveness and time-efficacy, there are some very specific differences between in-house courses and those based online.
The demand for additional courses by individuals or groups of people is increasing. Still, it depends entirely on the preferences of a person what type of training he or she wants to receive. Online courses and in-house training carry some similarities but they are considered to exhibit some very pivotal differences too. Despite that, both types of learning can be really beneficial for attendees.
For Registration and other Training arrangements,
contact us on the detail below.
SOUTH AFRICA : +27 11 057 6001
TANZANIA Cell: +255 769 688 544
WhatsApp +27 79 574 0389
info@bmktraining.co.za / www.bmktraining.com
