If you are working in a company that adopts an agile value structure, it is important to understand that the people strategy and operation needs to change in a manner that not only compliments the new working model but helps all working within it excel. Performance management, recruitment, learning and development, compensation, benefits, and employee engagement all need to be adapted. But how? What are the specific skills required to successfully run an agile transformation from a people perspective?
Students who demonstrate understanding and application of the course materials will receive the ICAgile Agility in HR (ICP-AHR) certification.
Objectives
At the end of this course students will be able to:
Work within an agility focused structure
Understand the characteristics of the agile mindset and how to change traditional human resources processes to reflect agile values
Adapt the HR department and its work to create maximum value in an agile organization
Adopt a new way of recruiting, conducting performance assessments, and holding compensation discussions
Experience specific examples of what what works and what doesn’t work
Use agile techniques like Scrum and Kanban with the human resources department
Student Profile
Agile coaches, consultants, HR managers, HR Business Partners, HR professionals, line managers, operational & business managers, and consulting managers in both the private and public sectors.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites to attend this course.
Methodology
This training places great emphasis on practical examples. Students will experience set of tools that they can use when getting started on their own agile HR initiative. An agile HR project case study walks students through the process of setting goals, developing user stories, implementing sprint planning, and monitoring the sprint using Kanban.
Certification
Students who demonstrate understanding and application of the course materials will receive the ICAgile Agility in HR (ICP-AHR) certification. This certification is part of the Business Agility Learning Roadmap and is one of six certifications in the Operating with Agility track. Learn more about ICAgile.
Additionally, students will earn 14 credit hours for their attendance.
Accreditation
A certificate of attendance will be issued to students who attend the course for at least 75% of the duration.
Course Outline
Organization Design, Functions, and Professional Careers
Designing for the new way of working
Understanding current structures and their impact
Designing teams
Alignment and optimization for the value stream
Support for the development of Agile Leaders
Roles
Redefining roles and expectations
Facilitate skill development and growth
Incorporate the Agile mindset and core values into role definition
Professional Paths
Shortcomings of traditional career paths
Modern Value-Based Journey Maps (Career Mosaic)
Learning and Development
Learning Culture/Learning Organization
Growth mindset as a facilitator of learning cultures
Learner-centered and learner-driven
Create time to train
Learning modalities
Industry, peer, and team-based learning
Adaptive learning
Talent Acquisition
Recruitment
Innovative sources
The power of the practical interview
Candidate experience
Onboarding โ The welcome experience
Second impressions
Culture on Day 1
Enablement
Effective Developmentย
Performance
Learning fast and tolerating failure
Support for individual performance
Team goals and performance support
System-oriented performance evaluation
Enable continuous feedback
Property-driven culture
Intrinsic motivation
A culture driven by intrinsic motivation
Discover the motivators and demotivators
Nurture a self-motivated environment
Incentives are not just financial
Flexible incentives
Alternative methods of grouping and categorizing to help eliminate classification systems
Fair and meaningful pay
The Agile Mindset in HR
Application of agile practices to operations and initiatives
Enabling agility throughout the organization
Enable agility across the organization
Applying an agile mindset and practices to HR initiatives and operations