{"id":1813,"date":"2024-01-15T09:01:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T09:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leantree.co.uk\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2024-02-16T09:03:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:03:22","slug":"the-truth-about-agile-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leantree.co.uk\/the-truth-about-agile-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Agile Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"
When you google the term \u201cAgile Coach(ing)\u201d you will be bombarded with statements like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAgile Coaching is the process of helping individuals, teams, and organizations adopt and improve their agile practices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA project management professional.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHelps scale Agile in Organisations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Agile Coaching encompasses so much more than this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am a huge fan of Lyssa Adkins (she herself is a lean Agile practitioner, coach, trainer, mentor), in my second article I will use her Competency Framework to break down the role of the Agile Coach into more detail. But for now, this is what I think:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agile Coaching and the role of the Agile coach, helps guide the individual and organisation through change, complexity and uncertainty to ultimately become more customer-centric, efficient, productive and satisfied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notice how I didn\u2019t refer to any methodology, practice or tools? That\u2019s because the Agile Coach is dealing with the people first. And in my opinion, people are always going to be your greatest complexity. But that\u2019s just my opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Organisations are continuously looking for better ways to grow, improve, be more efficient, be more customer-focused. They are looking for more and better ways to win.<\/p>\n\n\n