Conference presentation on Agile Coaching for TriAgile 2017 in Raleigh, NC. March 30, 2017. We discuss four key Agile Coaching stances per the ICAgile standards. Facilitation, Teaching, Mentoring, and co-active professional coaching. Opinions are my own. What stance is your favorite?

1. Corners of Coaching
AgileBill Krebs
TriAgile Conference
March, 2017
Raleigh, North Carolina

2. About @AgileBill4d
Developer, Performance, Agile Coach
Experience: > IBM, Telecom, Finance, Healthcare ( > 20 years)
Certifications: 15 Certs (SAFe™, CSM/CSP, PMI-ACP + UNM, UW, UWE, BSU
First ICAgile Expert Coach, on review board (10)
Interests - Distributed Agile (10 years), VR, Music, Game Theory
https://www.linkedin.com/in/BillKrebs/ & http://www.meetup.com/agile3d

3. Abstract
What does it mean to be an Agile Coach? One view is based on the ICAgile
standards, and features combinations of teaching, facilitation, professional
coaching, and mentoring. But the trick is to know when to use each of these
stances. AgileBill Krebs was the first person to pass the ICAgile expert coaching
gate and serves on the panel to review other coaches. Join us for this interactive
session where we sharpen your coaching skills. Which stance are you?

4. Quick Reference
Four stances + … SWITCH !
Coaching Arc
Style - Sports Coach, or Zen Therapist?
Coaching Cycle - pomDwa
Tools
- Collaboration Frameworks
- K-Quads
- Assessments - AJI, AHR, etc
Teach Facil
Mentor Coach
Switch
Toolbox, lifecycles

5. Big Picture

6. Thank you Mentors!
Lyssa
KS Lee
Dr Haskell
Niki

7. A roadmap ( ICAgile, Agile Coaching Institute )

8. Team or Enterprise?
→
ICP
Facil Coach
Expert
Team
Master
Enterprise Transform
Expert
Enterprise
ICAgile path. Also of interest - ATD Competency Model™

9. The Model
Expertise, or Listener ?
One to many? Or one to one?
Teach Facil
Mentor Coach1 : 1
4 Coaching Stances
1 : N
SME Zen

10. Switch
Dance is a hop and a clap, flip it round
Now bring it on back, break it down
Now switch
Hey switch, turn it over and hit it
Turn around, now switch
Turn it over and hit it
Uh uh uh
Lyrics from song ‘Switch’ by Will Smith
The thing that trips up most Expert gate applicants
Chose which stance you’re in

11. Switching Stances
https://player.vimeo.com/video/67885603

12. Switch
Teach Facil
Mentor Coach
Switch

13. Teach

14. Teacher Stance
Relay our expertise
Not just lecture
Sharon Bowman
● Talking beats listening
● Moving beats sitting
● Pictures beat words

15. Bloom Boxes
HOTS ( Higher ) - Bloom’s Taxonomy
Create
Evaluate
Analyze
LOTS ( Lower )
Apply
Understand
Remember

16. Constructivist

17. Facilitate

18. Facilitator

19. Mentor

20. Mentor
You have expertise to deliver - Not neutral
Can be one on one
What’s your Style?
- Sports Coach blowing the whistle and yelling / motivating, setting the bar ?
- Zen therapist asking questions?

21. Coach

22. Co-Active Coaching
Also called ‘Professional Coaching’
Body of knowledge from the International Coach Federation
https://www.coachfederation.org/
( Also see Niki Kohari about Energy Leadership (Schneider) )
A Neutral stance. Leave your subject expertise at the door.
Guide the client on their journey to answer their own question.

23. Powerful Questions
What’s the sound of one hand clapping ? (Koan)
A question that makes you stop and think - see new angles
Open… NOT leading
Examples
- What breaks if you try it? Where will you be in 2 years?
- Have others tried this before? What does success look like?

24. The power of Questions
Leading Question
Perry Mason
Inquiry Question
Quiz Question
Socratic Question
Innocent Question (Columbo)
Powerful Question

25. Coaching Arc
10 minutes
1. Intro, and topic discovery
2. Exploration
Powerful Question or two
3. Landing and Action
( Watch the time )

26. Toolbox

27. Coaching Cycle
POMDWA model
What are the phases of an American football game? (or chess game)
What do you do in a coaching engagement?
● Pre
● Opening Moves
● Mid Game & Daily
○ Daily - a day in the life of a coach
● Wrap up
● After

28. Toolbox
Games
Tasty Cupcakes, Collaboration Framework / Innovation Games, LEGO(R)
Project Management Tools
LeanKit, Kanban, CA, VersionOne, Trello, …
Assessment
Agile Journey Index, Agility Health Radar, roll your own
Your coaching dashboard
Teamwork
K-Quads, MBTI, teambuilding, DISC

29. Thank you!
AgileBill Krebs
Text 919 244 - 1313 @agilebill4d
agilebill4d@gmail.com
agiledimensions .com
meetup.com / agile3d
https://www.linkedin.com/in/BillKrebs