1. Hiring (or Growing) the
Right Agile Coach
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Lyssa Adkins
@lyssaadkins
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Michael K. Spayd
@mspayd
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2. What’s the Problem?
“When I hire an agile
coach, I don’t know
what I’m getting.
Everyone calls
themselves a coach.”
I know agile like the
back of my hand, but I
run into some clients
who just don t seem to
get it. How can I help
them get it?
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“I have an agile
coach, but I’m not
sure what they’re
supposed to do. What
good are they?”
“My company doesn’t see
agile coaching as a serious
role but the situations
agile puts me in feel
serious. I don’t always
know how to deal with
them.”
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3. Lyssa & Michael
project & program manager
Project Mgmt Office director
Project Mgmt Professional
Six Sigma Green Belt
CST & CSC
Co-Active Coach
Cer%fied
Org & Relationship
Systems Coach
Organizational change coach
Process re-engineer
Cert. Prof. Facilitator
Masters in Psychology
Agile transformation coach
Certified Org & Relationship
Systems Coach
Coaching the Agile Enterprise
(in progress)

4. An Agile Coach is...
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5. Levels of Agile Coaching
Develops leaders,
focuses on
culture,
catalyzes change
Develops
teams, mentors
others, advises
managers
Facilitates practices
and collaboration
on one or a few
teams
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6. Agile Coaching Competency Framework
Agile-Lean
Practitioner
Teaching
Professional
Coaching
Mentoring
Facilitating
Transformation
Technical
Business
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7. Lyssa’s “truth in advertising” Profile
Agile-Lean
Practitioner
Teaching
Professional
Coaching
Mentoring
Facilitating
Transformation
Technical
Business
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8. ?
?
?
© 2013 Agile Coaching Institute
How might
you use this
?
?
?
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9. Application:
Developing
One’s Self as
an Agile Coach
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10. Paul Develops & Lands an Agile Coaching Role
Also on YouTube: http://bit.ly/12YAgbO
Paul Tevis - @ptevis
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11. Application:
Hiring and
Developing
Agile Coaches
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12. Angel Hires an Agile Coach
Also on YouTube: http://bit.ly/11KCj0m
Angel Diaz - @adiazmaroto
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13. Manager:
How much of each of these do you need
in your next coach?
Agile-Lean
Practitioner
Teaching
Professional
Coaching
Mentoring
Facilitating
Transformation
Technical
Business
© 2013 Agile Coaching Institute
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14. Coach:
How much of each of these do you
currently have?
Agile-Lean
Practitioner
Teaching
Professional
Coaching
Mentoring
Facilitating
Transformation
Technical
Business
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Agile Coaching Competency Framework is Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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15. Application:
Helping
Communities
of Agile
Coaches Grow
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16. From Angel Diaz, agile coach in Spain
Agilists get
together in User
Group meetings to
learn and explore
the Framework.
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17. Erin Helps Grow her Agile Coaching Community
Full 4 minute video on YouTube: http://bit.ly/13YoAjg
Erin Beierwaltes - @CoachatPlay
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18. Many Pathways....
to help you develop
agile coaching skill
within yourself or
your organization
TRaining
MentorinG
CERTIFICATION
self-development
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19. Agile Coaching Learning Objectives
Enterprise
Agile
Coach
~40 LOs in
these areas:
Agile
Coach
~40 LOs in
these areas:
Agile Team
Facilitator
~24 LOs in
these areas:
(LOs)
-
Enterprise Agile Coaching: Skills/Scope
Organizational Systems & Processes
Organizational Leadership & Culture
Org Change & Agile Transformation
Business & Enterprise Agility
-
Agile Coaching Roles & Mindsets
Coaching Skills and Conversations
Mentoring Agile Roles, Practices, etc
Teaching Agile Basics & Mindset Shifts
Agile Coach as Professional
Teams: Start up, Growth, Conflict, Health
- Mindset & Role of Agile Team Facil.
- Facilitation Tools & Techniques
- Facilitating the Agile Practices
For detail, see ICAgile.com. These learning objectives are Creative Commons and
meant to be used by everyone: individuals, other certification organizations and training companies.
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20. Where do I go next?
!
!
}Resources
at
!
! AgileCoachingInstitute.com
!
!
}ICAgile.com: see
details about the
Learning Objectives for self-study or
to find courses
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21. More videos !on YouTube
Search “Agile Coaching Framework” or go to the lyssaadkins Channel
Kevin Callahan
Angel Diaz
Alistair Sloley
Erin Beierwaltes
© 2013 Agile Coaching Institute
Paul Tevis
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22. “We develop great
agile coaches.”
!
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Coaching the Agile
Enterprise
Training
!
Coaching/Mentoring
!
Breakthrough Coaching
Learn more:
AgileCoachingInstitute.com