Agile Marketing Leadership Certificate (ICP-LEA) [October 2024]
This highly interactive course combines hands-on exercises and lectures from experienced Agile marketing experts and ICAgile-accredited trainers in a curriculum tailored for marketers getting started with Agile.
Course Details
Live, online instruction takes place over eight 90-minute sessions. Courses typically run 3-4 times per year, and space in each is limited to 20 participants.
Session Times:
- Estimated time to Complete: 14 hours over 8 weeks
- Price: $1990
Session Times:
- Session 1: October 15th @ 11am - 12:30 EST
- Session 2: October 22nd @ 11am - 12:30 EST
- Session 3: October 29th @ 11am - 12:30 EST
- Session 4: November 5th @ 11am - 12:30 EST
- Session 5: November 12th @ 11am - 12:30 EST
- Session 6: November 19th @ 11am - 12:30 EST
- Session 7: November 26th @ 11am - 12:30 EST
- Session 8: December 3rd @ 11am - 12:30 EST
Please Note: In order to earn your ICP-LEA certification from ICAgile, you'll need to attend live at least seven (7) out of the eight (8) total instructor-led sessions and complete weekly assignments.
Topics Covered & Learning Outcomes
Topics Covered:
Learning Outcomes:
- Agile marketing origins and alignment with modern organizations
- Cultural impacts and drivers for successful Agile transformation
- Leadership embodiment of the Agile Marketing Manifesto
- Leading with a growth mindset, EQ, and mindfulness
- Building empowered teams, navigating change, and engaging stakeholders
- Strategic Agile marketing planning, prioritization, execution, and measurement
- Building and scaling cross-functional teams and pilots
- Real-world case study discussions and analysis
Learning Outcomes:
- Understanding the new organizational leadership capabilities needed today and why Agile is needed
- Assessing yourself as a leader and understanding when to apply adaptive leadership styles
- Using tools like mental models to help drive change
- Applying a systems thinking approach
- Telling compelling stories as a leader
- Understanding organizational transformation
- Leading vs managing change
Earn your ICP-LEA Certification
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is best suited for the ICP-LEA Leading with Agility certification course?
This certification course is perfect for you if you:
- Lead an Agile team
- Lead a department that is or will be adopting Agile
- Serve at an executive leadership level in an Agile organization
- Serve as a transformation team or office leader
Former participants include:
- Leaders and executives working in marketing, sales, operations, human resources, and transformation specialists
- Agile Leads, ScrumMasters, Marketing Owners, Product Owners, Managers, Directors, Project Managers, Transformation Leaders, Executives
What is the benefit of an ICP-LEA certification?
This certification is an industry-recognized credential earned by business leaders in a variety of disciplines. Earning this certification verifies your ability to serve as a leader within an Agile transformation and can help:
- Demonstrate your Agile leadership competencies
- Advance the goals of your team or organization
- Increase your salary or secure roles that require certification
- Prepare for additional advanced certifications
Are there any prerequisites for Agile Marketing Leadership?
There are no required prerequisites. However, having a foundational knowledge of Agile and marketing is helpful. Our one-hour, self-paced kickstarter, Introduction to Agile Marketing, included in the course will also help provide you with some introductory information.
Does this course count towards PMI® PDUs?
The Project Management Institute (PMI®) requires that those holding PMP®, PgMP®, and PMI-ACP® certifications earn a certain number of Professional Development Units (PDUs) over a 3-year cycle in under to maintain their certifications.
Per PMI’s requirements, graduates of certification course may be eligible to apply for up to 14 PDUs toward their continuing education requirements and learners who take our self-paced option may be eligible for up to 8 PDUs.
Per PMI’s requirements, graduates of certification course may be eligible to apply for up to 14 PDUs toward their continuing education requirements and learners who take our self-paced option may be eligible for up to 8 PDUs.
Does this course count towards ScrumAlliance® SEUs?
ScrumAlliance® requires that those holding certifications, such as CSP®-SM, CSP®-PO, CSP®, CAL II, A-CSM®, A-CSPO®, CSM®, CSPO®, CSD®, CAL-E, CAL-O, or CAL-T, earn a certain number of Scrum Education Units (SEUs) over a 2-year cycle in under to maintain their certifications. Per ScrumAlliance’s requirements, graduates of this course may be eligible to apply for up to 14 SEUs toward their continuing education requirements.
What might be good counterparts to this course?
If you are interested in leading Agile, our Agile Marketing Leadership course might be a great option to consider!
We have a special bundle option that will provide you with a significant discount when you register for both courses. For an overview of the differences in what these two courses offer, download this course comparison brochure.
We are also proud to support the Agile community with several complementary resources within our learning platform, The Ropes, including:
We have a special bundle option that will provide you with a significant discount when you register for both courses. For an overview of the differences in what these two courses offer, download this course comparison brochure.
We are also proud to support the Agile community with several complementary resources within our learning platform, The Ropes, including:
- Introduction to Agile Marketing
- Introduction to Business Agility
- Carabiner Micro-Learnings
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Meet Your Instructor
Cheryl has over 17 years of marketing and operations experience that spans six continents and includes roles in branding, product marketing, digital marketing, retail marketing, and communications. From marketing strategy to the nitty gritty of campaign development, she understands both the big picture and day-to-day details that marketing teams face.
Cheryl holds Bachelor’s degrees in Textile & Apparel Management and Multidisciplinary Studies from North Carolina State University, and earned her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She’s also a Certified ScrumMaster® and ICAgile Certified Professional.
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