Becoming an Agile Coach w/ Tim Wise from LeadingAgile SoundNotes: an Agile Podcast

LeadingAgile SoundNotes: an Agile Podcast

Dave Prior, Agile Consultant & Certified Scrum Trainer

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Becoming an Agile Coach w/ Tim Wise

58 minutes Posted Sep 28, 2017 at 6:57 am.

Interview Begins

How Tim ended up working in Agile Coaching

What skills do you need to be an Agile Coach

What is the job of a coach at the team and enterprise level?

What you need to move from being a ScrumMaster (coaching one team) to being a coach of multiple teams

Is it better to work as a consultant, moving from team to team and seeing lots of ways of making Agile work (and not) or is it better to stick with one team and get them to a high performing state?

What areas Tim had to focus on to become effective at providing coaching for multiple teams

Mentoring, school or hard knocks, or surrounding yourself with brilliant people?

Be wary of “EXPERTS”

Moving past imposter syndrome

Knockaround Guys… 500 fights to consider yourself a legitimate tough guy

Will coaching camp or certification make you a good coach?

Always be the student

Understanding your own coaching shortcomings… and how they may somtimes be strengths

Practice the skills you need to take risks and be vulnerable

Avoiding the addiction to pontificating after the team fails

What does a coach do all day

How the day breaks down if you are doing team level coaching

Working with the Executives and using Social Engineering for good

Two additional skills to work on

Understanding your own capacity

How much selling is an Agile Coach required/expected to do

Building the desire for change

What does Tim with he had been told about coaching before he got started down the path

You never know when the seeds will germinate

Keeping it fresh for yourself

Getting in touch with Tim

Scrum Atlanta User Group events

Interview Ends Knockaround Guys

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Show notes

We received a question from someone who has been working as a Scrum Master for awhile and is considering moving into coaching. They just weren’t sure how to tel if it was the correct next step and had a lot of questions about what the job involved, what skills were needed, etc.

In this week’s podcast, Tim Wise and Dave Prior discuss the role of an Agile Coach, what it involves, the day to day work, what skills are needed and, if you are in that role, some important things to watch out for.

Show Notes

Links Mentioned In This Podcast

Agile Coaching Institute http://agilecoachinginstitute.com

Scrum Alliance Certified Team Coach https://www.scrumalliance.org/certifications/ctc-certification

Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coach https://www.scrumalliance.org/certifications/cec-certificatio

Scrum Atlanta User Group https://www.meetup.com/agile-38/

Contacting Tim

Email: tim@leadingagile.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwise/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/timswise

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