This presentation shares some of my experiences about how using a coaching approach instead of command and control style can create agile mindset and better use of team's collective intelligence and talent.

1. THE ADVENTURES OF AN
AGILE PRACTITIONER
IN THE
NON-AGILE WORLD
Zornitsa Nikolova

2. #About the Author Agile enthusiast ProductOwner
manager business & agile coach
15 years in IT trainer facilitator
design thinker
mother traveler experimenter
newbie-blogger reader
future writer optimist

3. #Disclaimer
All characters in the story (except
the protagonist) are {mostly}
fictitious and any resemblance to
real persons is coincidental.
However, all the insights are based
on real experiences, and represent
the personal opinion of the author.

4. #The non-Agile
World
Agile training and formal
processes
Mindset, Beliefs, and Behaviors

5. #The Coaching
Potion
Values
Goals
Resources
Discovery

6. #Quest 1:
Build Trust
Team Coaching Sessions
Reward:
Engagement, Team
Dynamics

7. #Quest 2:
Discover Values
Genuine Curiosity
Reward:
Awareness & Motivation

8. #Quest 3:
Unleash Potential
Find Strengths and Passions.
Put Them to Work.
Reward:
Motivation, Proactiveness

9. #Quest 4:
Grow the Agile
Seeds
Communication
Trust
Focus on Goals
Reward:
High-Performing Team
Team Bonding

10. #The Coaching-
Immune Zone
No Coaching Island
NO Skills
NO Fit
NO Direction
Spells:
listening and adapting,
mentoring, directing, teaching

11. #Epilogue
Potion 2.0

12. #THANK YOU!
Any feedback that I get is a
magical ingredient to make my
coaching potion even stronger.
Therefore, get back to me with
your comments and feedback at:
zornitsa.nikolova@leanify.com
@zorrreto
http://leanify.com
THE END