Avoiding Agile Coaching Mediocrity - aka: Becoming a Badass Agile Coach

I hate to break it to you, but literally everyone in agile contexts today seems to claim to be an agile coach. All it seems to take is one or two certification classes and reading Lyssa Adkins' book and suddenly you are an "agile coach". However, this dilutes the opportunities for truly skilled coaches, but more importantly, it harms our clients and our profession.

In this talk, seasoned (can I say Badass) agile coach Bob Galen will explore the characteristics of badass agile coaches. He'll share the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel as a core model and explain each of the competencies in detail. He'll explore the wide variety of stances and the mindset that you need to grow and refine as a coach.

He'll even invite you to take a competencies/skills self-assessment on Comparative Agility that will set the stage for your own learning journey.

In a nutshell, this session will set you up for an extraordinary journey towards mastery in your agile coaching. Why? Because the agile coaching world needs less mediocrity and more badassery...

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Bob Galen is an Agile Practitioner, Trainer & Coach based in Cary, NC. In this role he helps guide companies and teams in their pragmatic adoption and organizational shift towards agile methods of working. Bob has been doing that since the late 1990s, so he’s deeply experienced. He is the Director of Agile Practice at Zenergy Technologies, a leading business agility transformation company. Bob is also President and Head Coach at RGCG a boutique agile coaching firm.

Bob regularly speaks at international conferences and professional groups on topics related to agile software development, testing, scaling, and organizational leadership. He is a Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC), CAL I trainer, and an active member of the Agile & Scrum Alliances.

He’s published three agile-centric books: The Three Pillars of Agile Quality and Testing in 2015, Scrum Product Ownership, 3’rd Edition in 2019, and Agile Reflections in 2012. He’s also a prolific writer & blogger (at - www.rgalen.com ) and podcaster (at www.meta-cast.com )

Bob may be reached directly at: bob@rgalen.com or networking via: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bobgalen