Leadership · Scrum Alliance Certification

Certified Agile Leader® (CAL1)

Agile transformation succeeds or fails on leadership. CAL1 builds the leadership mindset, behaviors, and coaching skills needed to lead agile change — not just sponsor it.

Leaders & managers CAL1 certification Hands-on workshop
Overview

Lead the change, not just approve it

Plenty of leaders support agile in principle. Fewer know how to change their own behavior in ways that make it stick. CAL1 works on the leader, not the framework.

This is a Scrum Alliance certification course — one of the few built specifically to develop agile leadership capability rather than team-level process skill.

Shift your mindset

Examine the assumptions and habits that keep leaders in command-and-control patterns.

Coach, don't direct

Practice coaching conversations that build capability instead of dependency.

Build high-performing teams

Create the conditions for psychological safety, trust, and self-organization.

Sustain the change

Design the organizational conditions that let agility survive leadership turnover.

Who It's For

Built for leaders of agile change

CAL1 is for people whose job is to make agile work — not to do the sprinting.

Typical attendees

  • Executives sponsoring agile transformation
  • Managers and directors leading agile teams
  • Agile coaches and transformation leads
  • HR and people leaders supporting agile adoption
  • Leaders who completed CSM or CSPO and want to go further

What you'll leave with

  • A personal leadership model for agile change
  • Practical coaching techniques you can use immediately
  • Tools for building trust and psychological safety
  • A plan for the conditions your teams need
  • Certified Agile Leader (CAL1) credential
See Us In Action

Experience Our Training Style

Watch a preview of our dynamic, hands-on training approach. Our classes combine expert instruction with practical exercises to help you master agile methodologies and earn your certification.

Certification & Registration

Earn your CAL1

CAL1 is a Scrum Alliance certification. Complete the course and the follow-on requirements to earn the credential.

Interactive workshop

Live, facilitated sessions with exercises and peer discussion

Scrum Alliance

Certifying body for the Certified Agile Leader credential

Private option

Available for leadership teams — contact us to schedule

Upcoming CAL1 dates

See the current schedule, pricing, and registration details on Eventbrite.