Agile Coach Competencies
When thinking about how I could further improve my skills and knowledge as an Agile Coach, I came to the question of ‘How does an Agile Coach differ from a Scrum Master?’ Both provide coaching and work in agile, hence…
Coaching questions for a kanban team
Kanban is easy to set up, maintaining and improving is harder! When I visit a kanban team, I use these questions to check they know what they are doing. They are helpful since they are not tool focused, rather verifies…
Organisational change in change resistant organisations
In organisations that are resistant to change, I introduce change incrementally and iteratively. I use a Plan Do Check Act approach to rollout changes step by step. This blog describes that approach and what I think about as I attempt…
Catch 22 – The egoless, present and curious leader
Every successful implementation of Lean or Agile I have seen has an ingredient that is almost a contradiction. A leader who has low ego (not interested in putting himself first) is present (he/she has active conversations with teams and other…
Flexible Agile Coaches have a greater impact
A.k.a. How separating implementation from outcome can lead to better resultsFlexible Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters and Change Agents have a greater impact. Flexibility in how their goals are achieved; allows them to deliver more changes and more effective changes. Overall this…
What is it, to be an Agile Coach?
I am ...a teacher - providing people with new knowledge.a trainer - running people through exercises and giving them feedback, so they can improve their skills.a networker - connecting people so that they can help each other.a mentor - encouraging…
Coaching Scrum Masters
In my coaching work, I find that any effort I put into coaching Scrum Masters pays itself back many times over. The Scrum Master is able to take their improved knowledge and apply it to their team which has a…