Alex Sloley and Sarah Skold are coming to us virtually from Sydney to talk about their work with the Agile Alliance Coaching Ethics Initiative Team.

Speakers:

Sarah Skold | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-skold/

Alex Sloley | https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexsloley/

Something that has become a burning issue for us, and one that we think belongs under the auspices of the Agile Alliance, is the lack of consistency in the discipline of agile coaching and the lack of any ethical framework or code of conduct for that profession.

In informal polls of the community there is evidence that there is general support for the idea of an ethical framework and a code of conduct for agile coaching, however none of the commercial bodies are seen as the right organizations to credibly lead such an initiative.

We propose to identify what can realistically be expected as ethical behaviors in agile coaching and formalizing these to publishing them under the auspices of the Agile Alliance.

In this session we will overview:

• The mission of this team
• The work we have done so far and the process we use
• Show you what we have publicly released
• Talk about where we are headed
• Ask for feedback

https://www.agilealliance.org/resources/initiatives/agile-coaching-ethics/

About our Speakers:

Sarah Skold is a Client Insights Manager at Macquarie Group, practicing human centered design in an agile workplace to discover, design and deliver exceptional client experiences for retail banking clients. She has 12 years of experience in HR and Learning & Development, during which she designed and facilitated self-awareness, management and leadership training. In her spare time Sarah volunteers as a primary school ethics teacher at her children's school. In this role she helps children develop skills in ethical reasoning, critical thinking and respectful discussion, with the goal of supporting children to make well-reasoned decisions, rather than act out of habit or peer pressure.

Alex Sloley is an Agile consultant, specializing in Agile training, Agile coaching, and software development best practices. Alex is a fifteen-year veteran of Microsoft where he acted as a Program Manager, Software Test Engineer, and Software Design Engineer in Test. At Microsoft, he shipped in over ten products, worked with Microsoft Research on multiple high-profile projects, and helped lead his organization into enterprise-level implementation of Scrum. As an Agile consultant, he has led Agile transformation efforts at a variety of clients, spanning industries and incorporating a diverse range of Agile practices.

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