With the 'Professional Agile Leadership Essentials (PAL-E)' course
The course provides a foundation for the role that leaders play in creating the conditions for a successful agile transformation.
We use a combination of instruction and team-based exercises to help participants learn how to form and support agile teams to achieve better results.
Why do you choose Gladwell Academy?
- 2 Top of the bill Professional Scrum Trainers (PST) are employed with Gladwell Academy
- Gladwell Academy is PTN Partner with Scrum.org
- Average rating of 8.5 on course review website Springest
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About the Professional Agile Leadership Essentials course
The Professional Agile Leadership EssentialsTM (PAL-E) is a 2-day hands-on course that uses a combination of instruction and hands-on exercises to help managers and other leaders who work directly with agile teams understand how to best support, guide, and coach their teams to improve their agile capabilities.
All participants completing the Professional Agile Leadership – Essentials course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Agile Leadership I (PAL I) certification assessment. PAL-E class participants who attempt the PAL I assessment within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85% will be granted a 2nd attempt at no additional cost.
Register directly online
Register via the Gladwell Academy website for the upcoming edition of the Professional Agile Leadership Essentials (PAL-E) course.
The PAL-E course includes:
- Workbook
- PAL-E exam and certificate
- Lunch (with physical courses)
- A qualified PST
During the program, we’ll go into the following topics:
- An overview of what “Agile” is and why organizations need it to thrive in a changing world.
- The means to identify the potential opportunities, challenges and impacts of Agile in terms of business value and why this is so important to the next generation organization.
- An understanding of techniques to support teams to sustain long-term agility including the role that leaders play, shifts in thinking, and the relationship between complexity and empiricism.
Audience
The Professional Agile Leadership Essentials course is designed for managers and those in leadership roles who are responsible for the introduction and establishment of Agile methods and techniques in an IT organization/division.
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Our trainers
Laurens Bonnema is an Agile Management Consultant and a mentor to leaders creating Agile organizations. He has a strong background in IT with experience in almost every role. As a Professional Scrum Trainer, he helps to improve the profession of software delivery. Laurens brings his experience in enterprise IT since 1999 and on Scrum Teams since 2006 to his teaching, and is a driving force in the Agile community.
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Why Gladwell Academy?

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Customers about the PAL-E course:
Very good mood, very interactive, and various supports (slides, vidéo, flip charts, post-its, etc.) Philippe Bietenholz
The content of the training was very good. The trainer level was high. Planning and location was great. What I mostly liked about the course were the exercises, the practical way of explaining. Dorina Bebja
The interaction and knowledge of Renate are outstanding. that was certainly a plus during the training. Martin Snijder