Transform Your Organization Through Proven Leadership Development and Business Agility Training


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Build Organizational Resilience and Business Agility Through Strategic Leadership Training

New technologies, AI innovations, market shifts, and competitive moves that used to take years now happen in weeks and months! These accelerated changes lower barriers to entry, enabling new competitors to disrupt your market faster than your organization can respond.

You tried different agile approaches like Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe with your teams, but the problem isn’t at the team or individual level. It’s when you try to change one part of your organization, other systems resist or create conflicts. You try to move faster, but your culture still rewards careful, risk-averse decisions. You try to be more innovative and introduce AI, but your performance systems only measure predictable delivery rather than learning and experimentation. You need to pivot quickly, but your funding operates on yearly cycles that can’t adjust mid-course.

The result: Transformations that do not deliver meaningful changes in business outcomes and keep your organization at risk of losing market share.

Our 2-day Building High-Performing Organizations workshop equips leaders with the practical tools and proven strategies to evaluate and align six organizational dimensions across culture, leadership approach, structure, people development, governance and funding, and agile ways of working. You’ll leave with a holistic approach to increase your company’s resilience, business agility, and competitive advantage.

The 6 Enablers of Business Agility: Your Organizational Excellence Blueprint

This leadership development workshop builds upon the 6 Enablers of Business Agility framework, adapting and extending these principles specifically for product development organizations. The six enablers are:

  1. Leadership & Management Evolution: Transform from command-and-control to supportive leadership that empowers teams to make decisions and execute rapidly.
  2. Organizational Culture Transformation: Shift from risk-averse, individual-focused cultures to learning-oriented, team-based cultures with psychological safety.
  3. Organizational Structure Redesign: Reorganize from functional silos to cross-functional teams built around customer value streams.
  4. People & Engagement Optimization: Create engaging workplaces that provide autonomy, purpose, and growth opportunities.
  5. Governance & Funding Adaptation: Replace big upfront planning with adaptive governance that enables small experiments and fast learning.
  6. Ways of Working Implementation: Implement agile practices (Scrum, Kanban) at scale alongside the foundational enablers above.

Why This Organizational Leadership Training Works

Unlike abstract leadership theories or traditional seminars, this intensive program delivers practical techniques you can apply immediately. Taking a holistic approach to all six enablers simultaneously allows you to identify patterns, connections, and interdependencies that go beyond typical agile transformations focused solely on Scrum or Kanban.

Whether you’re navigating a digital transformation, leveraging AI in your processes, scaling across multiple teams, or building new organizational capabilities, you’ll gain a comprehensive framework to accelerate your organization’s response to competitive threats and market disruptions.

Leadership Capabilities You’ll Master

Develop the strategic thinking and practical skills needed to transform organizational performance in today’s competitive environment.

  • Organizational Health Evaluation: Learn to systematically assess culture, structure, governance, and change readiness using proven diagnostic methods
  • Leadership Style Adaptation: Understand the need to shift from traditional management to adaptive leadership approaches for complex environments
  • Culture Transformation Expertise: Gain competency in applying the Competing Values Framework to drive systematic culture change
  • Talent Engagement Mastery: Develop skills to apply SCARF and motivation models that unlock team potential
  • Organizational Architecture: Build expertise in designing empowered structures using organizational topologies and scaling frameworks
  • Value Stream Thinking: Master the ability to design organizational flows around customer value delivery
  • Strategic Alignment Competency: Develop skills to implement OKRs and governance systems that enable faster execution
  • Sustainable Transformation Skills: Learn to lead change that sticks in product organizations

Complete Toolkit and Resources Included

Walk away with comprehensive assessment, diagnostic, design, implementation, and tracking tools all designed for immediate use in your organization.

  • Business Agility Canvas for organizational assessment and planning
  • Leadership Agility Assessment with development recommendations
  • Culture Assessment Toolkit using Competing Values Framework
  • Building High Performing Team Canvas for team evaluation
  • Organizational Design Map for structure visualization and planning
  • Value Stream Mapping Toolkit with facilitation guides
  • Change Leadership Template for transformation planning
  • OKR Implementation Guide with product company examples
  • 90-Day Action Plan template with milestones and accountability
  • Performance Dashboard framework for tracking organizational progress

Part of a Comprehensive Leadership Development Pathway

Building Organizational Excellence Across All Levels

The Building High-Performing Organizations workshop is part of our integrated 3-part leadership development program that builds competitive capabilities across your entire organization:

  • Building High-Performing Teams – Design and lead exceptional teams within high-performing organizational structures
  • Developing Future Leaders – Develop individual leadership capabilities that support team and organizational leadership
  • Building High-Performing Organizations – Transform organizational systems for resilience, agility, and competitive advantage

Integrated Approach: This integrated approach accelerates transformation by addressing leadership development at three critical levels: individual capability, team performance, and organizational systems. Organizations benefit from a comprehensive approach rather than isolated training initiatives.

Who Benefits from This Organizational Leadership Training

Solve Your Most Challenging Organizational Issues

This leadership development workshop addresses critical challenges facing product development organizations:

  • Product decisions requiring 6+ approval layers while AI-enabled competitors ship features weekly
  • Silos between engineering, product, and design creating 2-3 week handoff delays
  • Cultural resistance undermining AI and agile transformation initiatives after 12+ months of investment
  • Promising ideas identified but unable to get funding because budgets are locked into annual cycles
  • Scaling bottlenecks where adding teams actually slows delivery
  • AI and automation opportunities sitting in backlogs while competitors gain market advantage
  • High-performing individuals leaving due to organizational frustration rather than compensation
  • Key decisions stalled waiting for the right stakeholders who are always in back-to-back meetings

Ideal Participants for Organizational Leadership Development

  • Senior Leaders & Executives in scaling startups or established product companies
  • Chief Technology Officers & Engineering VPs & Directors responsible for scaling product development capabilities across multiple teams
  • Chief Product Officers & Heads of Product managing cross-functional product organizations with multiple product lines
  • Chief Digital Officers leading digital transformation initiatives in established companies transitioning to product operating models
  • Agile Transformation Leaders in product organizations struggling with scaling beyond team-level agile implementation
  • General Managers & Division Leaders preparing for VP or C-level responsibilities in product-driven organizations

2-Day Organizational Leadership Transformation Journey

This 2-day experience blends interactive exercises, real-world simulations, facilitated discussions, and practical application. You’ll leave with concrete tools and a personalized action plan ready to implement immediately.

Detailed 2-Day Agenda

Day 1: Diagnose & Design

Morning: Understanding the Organizational Landscape

  • Evolving Management Paradigms: How Top Companies Are Redefining Leadership
  • The 6 Enablers of Business Agility: Your Comprehensive Framework for Organizational Transformation
  • The SCARF Model: Designing Management Practices That Unlock Individual Potential
  • The DNA of High-Performing Organizations: Organizational Patterns That Create Competitive Advantage
  • Cultural Mapping: Using the Competing Values Framework to Map Your Organization’s Current Culture

Afternoon: Identifying Leverage Points for Change

  • Revealing Hidden Inefficiencies: Value Stream Mapping in Action
  • The Power of Alignment: Optimizing Your Organizational Topology
  • Navigating Complexity: Using the Cynefin Framework for Strategic Decisions

Day 2: Develop & Deploy

Morning: Building Your Transformation Toolkit

  • Scaling and Descaling: Choosing the Right Framework for Your Context
  • Team Excellence Blueprint: Designing High-Performing Teams Using the High-Performing Team Canvas
  • Innovation Portfolio Balance: Applying the Explore vs Exploit Model for Strategic Resource Allocation
  • Metrics That Drive Behavior: Measuring What Matters for Organizational Performance

Afternoon: Creating Your Change Roadmap

Sustaining Momentum: Embedding New Practices in Your Organization’s DNA

Change Leadership Models: Applying Kotter and Satir Frameworks to Drive Organizational Transformation

Transformation Strategy & Planning: Using the Business Agility Canvas and Crafting Your 90-Day Action Plan

Building a Coalition for Change: Overcoming Resistance and Creating Buy-in

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Complete Organizational Leadership Transformation Package

Designed to deliver exceptional value with everything needed to transform your leadership approach and build organizational resilience.

Your Investment Includes:

Immersive Learning Experience

  • Hands-on framework application to your specific organizational challenges
  • Expert-led facilitation from experienced organizational transformation coaches
  • Personalized development with limited class size ensuring individual attention
  • Real-world practice using actual scenarios before implementation

Comprehensive Resource Toolkit

  • Assessment tools for evaluating your organization across all six enablers
  • Implementation templates ready for immediate use
  • Digital resource library with online access to guides and assessments

Ongoing Support and Development

  • Personalized 30/60/90 day implementation roadmap
  • Optional post-workshop 1:1 coaching support

Professional Advancement

14 Professional Development Units (PDUs) for PMI credential maintenance

Our Confidence Guarantee

100% Satisfaction Guarantee

We’re confident in this workshop’s value. If at any point during the first day you feel this training isn’t delivering exceptional value, simply let us know for a complete refund with no questions asked.

100% Satisfaction Guarantee Includes:

Flexible Scheduling Policy

  • Need to cancel? Notify us before the workshop for a full refund
  • Need to reschedule? Transfer your registration to any future workshop date at no additional cost
  • Workshop canceled? Receive 100% refund immediately plus priority registration for the next available date

Results You Can Measure

The true value shows in tangible organizational improvements:

  • Improved cross-departmental coordination and collaboration
  • Higher engagement scores and lower turnover
  • Faster organization-wide decision-making and execution
  • Greater organizational innovation and delivery capacity

Meet Your Expert Workshop Leader

Fadi Stephan – Technology Executive & Transformation Leader

Fadi brings real-world expertise and proven strategies to this intensive leadership development workshop. As a seasoned technology executive with over 20 years of experience building high-performing teams and reshaping organizations, he provides practical frameworks proven across diverse business environments.

Why Learn From Fadi:

Proven Business Results

Built and led product development teams that have achieved consistent year-over-year growth. He established the structures, culture, and governance systems to support sustainable scaling.

Cross-Industry Change Leadership

Successfully guided agile adoptions and product operating model transitions across startups to Fortune 500 companies in financial services, hospitality, government, and technology sectors.

Systems Thinking & Design Background

Dual graduate degrees in Computer Science and Management of Information Systems, combined with extensive background in topology design, value stream optimization, and scaling frameworks, bridging technical excellence with business strategy.

Elite Training & Scaling Credentials

Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) since 2014, one of only 200 professionals worldwide with this prestigious designation. Expertise in scaling agile adoptions beyond team level to enterprise-wide change using proven frameworks.

Enterprise Change Specialist

Guided numerous companies through comprehensive change involving culture evolution, leadership development, structure redesign, and governance optimization. Expert in helping enterprises shift from traditional hierarchies to agile, adaptive models while understanding the human dynamics that make or break change initiatives.

Internationally Recognized Thought Leader

Frequent speaker at global conferences on agile leadership, product development, and business agility, bringing the latest insights on modern business practices directly to workshop participants

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How can I find out more information?

Did we miss anything? Not sure if this workshop is for you? Want us to send you an invoice? Feel free to reach out with any additional questions you might have. We are happy to help out!

Who is this organizational leadership workshop best suited for?

This leadership training is ideal for senior leaders and executives in product development organizations seeking systematic organizational transformation. Whether managing established product companies facing scaling challenges or building new organizational capabilities, you’ll gain practical frameworks to enhance organizational agility, culture, and results.

Is this workshop available virtually or only in-person?

We offer both virtual and in-person delivery options. Virtual sessions maintain the same interactive, hands-on approach using collaborative online tools and breakout sessions. Many organizations prefer virtual delivery for broader participation across distributed teams, while others choose in-person for deeper team collaboration during exercises.

How does this compare to hiring organizational transformation consultants?

This workshop builds your internal capability to lead transformation rather than outsourcing it. You’ll master the frameworks and tools to diagnose, design, and implement changes yourself, creating sustainable internal expertise. Consultants can provide temporary support, but this approach develops lasting organizational transformation competency within your leadership team.

Can the workshop be customized for our organization’s specific challenges?

Absolutely. For private workshops, we conduct pre-workshop organizational assessments to understand your specific transformation challenges and customize case studies accordingly. This ensures content directly addresses your product organization’s unique needs.

How soon can we implement what we learn?

The workshop is designed for immediate application. Each module includes practical frameworks that can be implemented immediately, and you’ll leave ready to start transforming your organization using proven methodologies adapted for product development environments.

Do I need prior organizational transformation experience?

No prior experience required. While seasoned executives gain new perspectives and advanced frameworks, the workshop equally benefits emerging leaders preparing for enterprise leadership roles. Content is designed to meet you where you are in your organizational leadership journey.

How is this different from previous organizational change initiatives?

This workshop goes beyond traditional change management to address fundamental elements of high-performing product organizations: leadership evolution, cultural transformation, team structure optimization, governance systems, and systematic change capability. Rather than isolated team-level initiatives, you’ll learn comprehensive organizational development creating lasting transformation.

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Additional Resources & References

This workshop builds upon and delivers practical application and integration of established frameworks and research. For participants who want to explore the foundational concepts in greater depth, these resources provide valuable background:

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Research & Models

Organizational Design

Ready to Transform Your Organization Through Strategic Leadership Training

Spaces are limited to 16 participants per session to ensure personalized instruction on. Discounts available for early bird registration and group registration.

Do you have questions about how this workshop can improve your strategic leadership skills and help you build resilient organizations? Reach out with any questions or to schedule a 15-minute consultation.

Private Corporate Classes

Can’t find a class that fits your schedule? Request a private class for your team of 6+ participants at a date and time that works for your team. Private classes are available virtually or in-person. Special discounts apply for larger groups.