The Eight Hats of an Agile Coach
Back in 2012, I worked with a colleague to develop a new course for ScrumMasters (and other Agile change agents). Our goal was to figure out a way to support learners on a progressive educational journey from ScrumMaster to Agile Coach (CSP-SM). While the specific offering we developed did not...
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How to Play Fearless Journey
Fearless Journey is a game where the goal is for the players to discover a new transformational reality. The power of Fearless Journey is that it allows us to engage in deep thinking on how to completely alters our present condition and help us ignore the little problems that distract us. The objective...
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How to Influence People to Implement Changes
"That is nice a idea to try, but don't expect anyone outside your group to do it." "I would do it, but our company has already adopted X, so there is no use in trying." "There is just not enough time in this release to try something new. Let's do...
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Best Ways to Motivate Team Scrum Members
Stop doing things that demotivate people! Seriously...there are a lot of silly things that people are expected to endure in big companies that are severely demotivating. Almost all of Peopleware is spent identifying how common practices in software management demotivates people. If it is within your power to stop these...
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How to Run an Agile Coaching Dojo
An Agile coaching dojo is a safe place to improve three important skills for an Agile Coach - observing, listening and questioning. The goals of an Agile coaching dojo are to offer opportunities to practice listening without judgment, gather information more effectively and ask different kinds of questions to understand...
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Facilitator Kit For Agile Coaches
For just a small investment of $13.99, you can have your very own facilitation starter kit! It has post-its! It has Sharpies! It has stickers! It has everything you need for your next collaborative, engaging and productive conversation with the Team, your users and the customers. For just $13.99 you...
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