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Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Change Agent…Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them!
Almudena Rodriguez Pardo takes a closer look at the challenges regarding the ‘Agile coach’ responsibilities and some guidelines on what we should consider when getting ‘fantastic creatures’ on board!
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Pivoting a Company towards GitOps and Continuous Delivery
Howard Deiner discusses why and how a coach must act holistically, taking into account that customs, culture, philosophy, and practices compete in pivoting an organization into modern Agile.
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The Evolution of the Agile Coach
Erin McManus and Fiona Siseman discuss Agile coaching at Spotify, its evolution, struggles and pitfalls, and how coaches are set up for present and future success.
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Data-Based Coaching Brings Humanness to Agile Teams
Bazil Arden discusses how ‘data-based coaching’ helps to surface and tackle cognitive biases, focus on the wider system and counter political forces, enhancing psychological safety.
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The PO Skillset
Geoff Watts shares from his experience encountering Product Owners in his 15 years as coach and trainer in business.
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Neuroscience: The Secret to Becoming a Better Agile Coach
Philiy Lander discusses the brain, what it does, how the brain changes (neuroplasticity), how stress affects the brain, how to keep the brain engaged and how to be a better Agile coach.
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Grokking Leadership via Mentoring
Ivana Mcconnell talks about what good mentorship is and why it's important.
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Data-Driven Coaching - Safely Turning Team Data into Coaching Insights
Troy Magennis shows how to expose data to teams in order for them to retrospect productively, determine if a process experiment is panning out as expected, and to explore process change opportunities.
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The Story of Mentorship, and Why It Matters
John Contad teaches three approaches to mentorship he found working in DevOps, and how to use stories to improve mentorship.
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Coaching Nightmares: Insights We Can Learn from Gordon Ramsay
Renee Troughton and Craig Smith draw insights from Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares escapades, introducing a number of models and techniques that are indispensable to the coaching toolkit.
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Leadership in Scaling Agile and Organizational Change
Simon Powers is mapping the values, principles, tools and frameworks available to Agile leadership, uncovering the true purpose of Agile and the ultimate role of the Agile coach.
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The Art of Learning and Mentoring
Jutta Eckstein discusses how pedagogical patterns and corresponding tools can help individuals improve themselves, making them better mentors and therefore help their teams improve continuously.