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Advanced Certificate in Agile Business Practices and Management Module 3: Leading With Agility (ICP-LEA)

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  • This module is part of Advanced Certificate in Agile Business Practices and Management
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Fee
SGD3,270* (as low as SGD381 after maximum funding) Learn More
Duration

3 days

Level
Basic

Who Should Attend

Participants should have at least 2 years of working experience with interest in agile business practices and management.

Overview

To achieve organisational agility, leaders must be able to recognise and respond to the dynamic global challenges and opportunities while tapping into the intrinsic power of their employees to deliver industry leading solutions and services. 

In this 3-day module, learners would acquire the core skills for developing personal agility, relationship agility, and leading change and transformation.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the 3-day module, participants will be able to:

  • Appreciate why the traditional leadership and management approaches are no longer effective, what is agile leadership and why it is important;
  • Leverage on emotional intelligence and behavioural science to increase leadership self-awareness and gain insights into one’s competence as an effective leader;
  • Assess, design and develop an innovative and nurturing culture;
  • Understand in concrete terms what agile values are and why they are needed to develop organisational agility;
  • Effectively manage and lead change to contribute to successful transformation across team and organisational level;
  • Attain the ICAgile Certified Professional in Leading With Agility (ICP-LEA) certification upon passing the required assessment(s).

Topic/Structure

• New Organizational and Leadership Capabilities We Need Today

• Behaviours that Increase Agility

• Developing Self as Instrument

• Developing Self as Leader

• Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Behavioural Science

• Exercising Agility in Key Conversations

• Organisational Transformation and Agility

• Leading and Managing Change and Transformation

Assessment

Participants have to meet a minimum attendance rate of 75% and have to complete all assessment(s) required by the course. Only upon meeting the minimum attendance and passing the assessment will participants be issued a Certificate of Completion.

Participants who fail the assessment will be given a chance for re-assessment at a fee of SGD100.00 (excluding prevailing GST). Each participant is allowed 1 re-assessment. The re-assessment has to be taken within 7 calendar days from the end of the course date. It will be held on a weekday specified by SMU Academy and conducted during office hours. Please note that re-assessment fees are not supported by SSG Funding.

Participants who meet the minimum attendance rate but do not achieve a pass for the assessment will be issued a Certificate of Participation.

Participants are required to bring their laptop to access the course materials, class exercises and individual assessment(s).

In order to be awarded with Advanced Certificate in Agile Business Practices and Management, participants are required to complete all 5 modules within 2 years.

Calculate Programme Fee

Click here for more infomation about SkillsFuture Credits (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)
For PSEA - Available only for Singapore Citizen below 31 (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)

Total Program Fee: SGD0.00

Fee Table

COMPANY-SPONSORED

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

SELF-SPONSORED

SME

NON-SME

Singapore Citizen < 40 years old

Permanent Resident

LTVP+

$981

(After SSG Funding 70%)

$381

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$981

(After SSG Funding 70%)

Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old

$381

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

$381

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$381

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

International Participant

$3,270

(No Funding)

$3,270

(No Funding)

$3,270

(No Funding)

All prices include 9% GST

Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.

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Trainers

DANIEL THEYAGU
Training And Development Consultant
Lateral Solutions Consulting LLP
DANIEL THEYAGU
Training And Development Consultant
Lateral Solutions Consulting LLP
Daniel is an Agile Coach and Organisational Performance Consultant with extensive certifications. Since 1989, he has tailored training for over 1000 organisations spanning 100+ countries. His workshops focus on action learning, aiming for practical application in both professional and personal contexts. Daniel hosts radio talk shows, authored six books, and contributed over 300 articles to publications like Straits Times.
SANDRA DANIEL
Senior Managing Partner
Lateral Solutions Consulting LLP
SANDRA DANIEL
Senior Managing Partner
Lateral Solutions Consulting LLP
Sandra has spent thirty years transforming leadership and workplaces to be more adaptable and nimble. Through coaching, mentoring, consulting, and training, she engages with diverse clients, including government services, banking, manufacturing, education, health, insurance, and hospitality. As an accredited coach with ICF-PCC and ICAgile, Sandra empowers leaders and executives to achieve breakthroughs and thrive through mindset shifts and emotional agility. She creates a safe environment to address unconscious biases, limiting beliefs, and negative thought patterns. By fostering curiosity and self-awareness, she helps leaders explore new possibilities, accelerating their learning and facilitating impactful, sustainable performance improvements.

Testimonials

This course has really changed the way I think. Not only can I apply agility to my projects, but any uncertain situation that arises in life too.
Toh Jia Min
Senior Assistant Manager
National University Health System Pte. Ltd.

Additional Details

Programme Registration

Registrants are required to submit the following supporting documents via the registration system at the point of registration:

  1. Highest qualification certificate (scanned copy),
  2. Updated Curriculum Vitae,
  3. Any other supporting documents e.g. company's recommendation letter

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​Certified Professional Business Manager (CPBM)

This programme is part of Certified Professional Business Manager. Participants who successfully complete 6 courses/modules with a minimum of 15 training days, from a list of qualifying programmes (terms and conditions apply) within 5 years will receive the Certified Professional Business Manager (CPBM). For example:

Please click here for CPBM details and list of qualifying programmes.

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