As a Coach, I want to have more impact and be less annoying

Dear Agile enthusiasts, 🌟
We're happy to announce our last event of the season!
Note: This is a hybrid event!! You may attend online or come join in person our agile community 😊
📅 Date: Thursday, 19th June
🕖 Time: 19:00 EEST
📍 On-site Location: Agile Actors
🔗 Online Link: See event details

🎙️ Topic Title:
As a Coach, I want to have more impact and be less annoying

🎙️ Topic Description:
Recently, Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters who act as coaches have often been perceived as less than helpful. A common narrative is that we are wannabe Life Coaches, who only ask questions, refuse to reply to questions for input and try to forcefully coach people wherever and whenever we meet them. As a reaction, some go as far as to say coaching doesn’t work or coaching is not useful in an agile context.
The truth is, of course, that coaching fits every environment that is about empowerment, self-organization and innovation. And it shines at that. But there are a few things that we need to get right for it to work properly. The misunderstandings, myths and distortions that usually lead to coaching not working well or being perceived as a nuisance in agile spaces can be summarized under three bullet points:

• Lack of contracting and relationship design
• Unhelpful self-imposed limitations and false assumptions
• Mismatch in approach, style and timing

This talk will address the major issues that fall under each of these headlines and provide the necessary remedies for coaching to work well in agile environments. Whether you are an Agile Coach, a Scrum Master or looking into using coaching skills in any other role, this talk will help you have more impact, experience less friction and lead you to more happy teammates, stakeholders and clients.

🎙️ Learning Outcomes:
In this session, you learn the details of contracting for a coaching relationship in depth, why it decides the success of a coaching relationship before it has even started and what some of the things are that are often forgotten or ignored, harming the client and the coach. Refuting a common myth, the session will show how giving input and using facilitation techniques can be not only fine in a coaching relationship, but they can even be the secret sauce that makes your clients achieve their goals and require more of your services.
Moreover, this session will help you understand a few common scenarios in which a mismatch between the coaching approach often happens and give you a couple of easy tools to understand better how to decide what fits the case at hand and will therefore be appreciated by your client.

🎟️ How to join:
RSVP now to secure your spot for the limited physical attendance and come prepared for a lively discussion, knowledge-sharing, and community-building!

🍻 After-event networking:
For those who will physically attend the event, plan to stay for some networking snacks after the session.

See you there,
The Agile Coaching Practice Greece Team