Often referred to as the “Zen Master” for his unorthodox coaching style, professional basketball coach Phil Jackson won more professional sports championships than any other coach in history. Jackson led the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers to a total of eleven NBA championships, but rather than studying and following the strategies of other coaches, Jackson developed a set of coaching principles aligned with his personal beliefs. Dion Stewart believes that agile coaches can learn a lot from Jackson’s focus on selfless teamwork, mindfulness, compassion, and ritual rather than simply coaching by ensuring teams are adhering to an agile process. Dion explores how coaches can help software teams build trust, create team unity, find freedom by minimizing process, and enhance performance by creating the best possible conditions for success and then letting go. Learn how Dion coaches teams and individuals to improved levels of performance, and discover how you, as a coach, and your software teams can improve by applying Phil Jackson’s coaching principles.

1. AW16
Session
6/8/16 4:15 PM
Apply Phil Jackson's Coaching Principles
to Build Better Agile Teams
Presented by:
Dion Stewart
DevJam
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2. Dion Stewart
DevJam
With more than twenty-five years of experience, Dion Stewart coaches, teaches,
writes, and develops software at DevJam. He works with individual teams
adopting agile practices as well as large organizations doing multi-team product
discovery and delivery for complex products and platforms. At times, Dion works
with leadership groups helping them with strategy, planning, and delivery of
product portfolios. At other times, he is pairing with developers on test-driven
development and continuous delivery. Prior to becoming a full-time coach, Dion
worked as an application architect and Smalltalk developer, practicing test-driven
development, pair programming, and other agile practices before the term Agile
was coined. For more information, visit DevJam.

3. APPLY
PHIL JACKSON’S
COACHING PRINCIPLES
TO BUILD
BETTER AGILE TEAMS
Dion Stewart | @DionAngelo | dion.stewart@devjam.com
PRINCIPLE #1
LEAD FROM THE INSIDE OUT

4. PRINCIPLE #2
BENCH THE EGO
5 STAGES OF TRIBES
1. Despair & Hostility
2. Apathy
3. Focus on Individual Achievement
4. Focus on Group Achievement
5. Transcendence
Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization
- Dave Logan, John King, Halee Fischer-Wright

5. PRINCIPLE #3
LET EACH PLAYER
DISCOVER HIS OWN DESTINY
CREWS vs ROLES vs SKILLS

6. PRINCIPLE #4
THE ROAD TO FREEDOM IS A
BEAUTIFUL SYSTEM
SIMPLICITY?
THE BASKETBALL
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
PLAYS
-VONN READ

7. TRIANGLE OFFENSE
Imagine Any
Agile Scaling Framework
Infographic Here

8. PRINCIPLE #5
TURN THE MUNDANE
INTO THE SACRED
PRINCIPLE #6
ONE BREATH = ONE MIND

9. Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading
-Marin Linsky, Ronald A. Heifetz
PRINCIPLE #7
THE KEY TO SUCCESS
IS COMPASSION

10. PRINCIPLE #8
KEEPYOUR EYE ON THE SPIRIT,
NOT ON THE SCOREBOARD
PRINCIPLE #9
SOMETIMESYOU HAVE TO
PULL OUT THE BIG STICK

11. PRINCIPLE #10
WHEN IN DOUBT, DO NOTHING
WHAT QUESTIONS
DOYOU HAVE?

12. PRINCIPLE #11
FORGET THE RING
THANKYOU!
Dion Stewart | @DionAngelo | dion.stewart@devjam.com