BUS 90 — Agile Leadership: Catalyzing Product and Organizational Success
Quarter: Spring
Instructor(s): Bernie Maloney, Laura M. Powers
Date(s): Apr 5—Apr 6
Class Recording Available: No
Class Meeting Day: Saturday and Sunday
Grade Restriction: No letter grade
Class Meeting Time: 9:00 am—4:00 pm (PT)
Tuition: $595
Addtl. Materials Fee: $15 (non-refundable)
Refund Deadline: Mar 29
Unit(s): 1
Enrollment Limit: 30
Status: Registration opens Feb 24, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Spring
Day: Saturday and Sunday
Duration: 2 days
Time: 9:00 am—4:00 pm (PT)
Date(s): Apr 5—Apr 6
Unit(s): 1
Tuition: $595
Refund Deadline: Mar 29
Instructor(s): Bernie Maloney, Laura M. Powers
Grade Restriction: No letter grade
Enrollment Limit: 30
Recording Available: No
Status: Registration opens Feb 24, 8:30 am (PT)
Agile is more than a methodology; it’s a mindset that empowers organizations to adapt to changing customer needs, deliver value iteratively, and foster collaboration across teams. Yet, many organizations struggle to realize agility’s full potential. Why? Because achieving true agility requires more than new processes—it calls for new leadership.
This interactive, two-day course equips leaders with the skills and strategies to cultivate agility across their organizations. By focusing on leadership agility, participants will learn how to prioritize customer outcomes, improve responsiveness, and inspire innovation across their organization.
Through hands-on exercises and facilitated discussions, you’ll develop essential skills to:
- Lead cross-functional adaptive teams to collaborate effectively and deliver continuous value
- Align the entire organization—including HR, finance, procurement, and marketing—to support Agile practices
- Build, scale, and sustain adaptive teams while fostering a culture of resilience and innovation
BERNIE MALONEY
Agile Leadership Coach, Powered By Teams
Bernie Maloney has been coaching and teaching Agile since 2012. He is an intrapreneurial leader who has helped to grow businesses from break-even to beyond $100 million in revenue. He has more than 35 years of high tech experience with Bell Labs, HP, and TiVo, among others. He received an MS in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech. LAURA M. POWERS
CEO, Business Agility Institute
Laura M. Powers is the CEO of the Business Agility Institute, a research and advocacy organization for human-centric ways of working. She has held a number of engineering and leadership positions at Procter & Gamble, Hewlett Packard, Sales.com, and eBay, as well as at several startups. She received an MS in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech. Textbooks for this course:
There are no required textbooks; however, some fee-based online readings may be assigned.