Agile in HR

This course provides HR professionals with advanced knowledge and practical skills to drive agile transformations in their organizations.

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Course Format and Delivery

Delivery Method: LiveOnline 
Schedule: 3 sessions of 5 hours
Cost: $1,250 USD

All sessions are delivered live by an expert instructor in a fully interactive online environment.

*20% off for group bookings when booking 3 or more attendees from the same organization on the same course dates in the same transaction.

 

About this course

Agile Transformation is now a top priority for most organizations. This has enormous implications for the HR function which is central to the transition and on-going enablement of agile cultures.

This fast-track course is designed to bring HR professionals up-to-speed with the essential knowledge and frameworks required​ to confidently contribute to agile transformations at the enterprise level. This course goes way beyond basics and immerses participants in the theory that underpins agile organizations.​

Participants will leave understanding not just what practices are being adopted by agile organizations, but how and why such practices emerge. This knowledge will greatly benefit the​ participant by providing the necessary depth to formulate the most appropriate approach to Agile in HR for their organizations and unique circumstances. Each participant will also take part in a full day employee experience design exercise that will explicitly link the theory with practical initiatives to accelerate agility.​


 

What you will earn

 

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The ICAgile Certified Professional – Agility in HR (ICP-AHR) certification is granted on the successful completion of this course.

 

 

What you will learn

  • The differences between rigid and agile organizations.
  • The imperative for agility.
  • Why the locus of performance is changing from the individual to the team.
  • What is required to enable agility in organizations from a mindset and cultural perspective.
  • The changing role of leadership in agile organizations.
  • The changing role of HR in agile organizations.
  • How to design employee journeys that accelerate the adoption of Agile in HR mindsets and initiatives.

What you will need

None. It could be beneficial for participants to have an understanding of agility, such as what is covered in our Business Agility Accelerator, Introduction to Agile or Agile Fundamentals courses.

 

This course is great for

  • HR professionals looking to lead and/or contribute significantly to agile transformations.​
  • People and capability managers wanting to understand New Ways of Working (NWoW).​
  • Agile consultants, coaches, product managers and senior personnel involved with agile transformation.​

Topics Covered

  • What is Agile? When and how should it be adopted?​
  • The evolution of self-organizing teams from “teams of teams” to “teaming”.​
  • What is value? How can we optimize the delivery of value using value stream alignment?​
  • Using the Cynefin framework to inform the approach to talent management.​
  • Collective intelligence: sharing knowledge effectively for empowered execution.​
  • Agile culture: the growth mindset and continuous learning.​
  • Psychological safety and its impact on team performance.​
  • Adaptive and Servant leadership and the role of leaders in agile environments.​
  • Employee engagement and experience using employee journey mapping.​
  • T-Shaped skills: The attributes of desirable workers.​
  • Organizational vs personal identity socialization.​
  • Techniques in recruitment, onboarding, job role design, rewards, performance development, learning and development.​

Facilitated By

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Chris Knotts
Facilitator

Chris Knotts, is an enterprise learning leader and hands-on instructor who teaches AI, data, and technical agility to real-world teams. He delivers high-impact training for engineers, product teams, and business leaders—helping them understand emerging technology and immediately apply it in their daily workflows.

With two decades of experience across software engineering, DevOps, data platforms, and AI enablement, Chris is known for breaking down complex concepts with clarity, humor, and practical relevance. He teaches both technical practitioners and leadership cohorts, bridging the gap between strategy and execution, vision and application.

Beyond delivery, Chris designs the programs he teaches - often in collaboration with customers - creating role-based learning pathways, AI literacy training, strategy workshops, and real-world labs and exercises. His specialty is helping organizations adopt AI responsibly and quickly, speed up skills development, and build internal capability rather than rely on slideware.

Chris has led training and enablement portfolios for many Fortune organizations and government agencies, including Apple, Cisco, the US Marines, Fidelity Investments, the Department of Homeland Security, the American Bureau of Shipping, H&R Block, and many others. His training programs encompass AI, data engineering, DevOps, and enterprise agility. Today he continues to facilitate workshops, teach private enterprise cohorts, and advise L&D teams on scaling up modern capability-building programs.

 

Learn more about Chris

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Questions about this ICAgile Accredited Course?

Phone: 1-800-373-7028
Email: info-us@softed.com

We'd love to have the opportunity to discuss how we can assist your business.