#135 – Agile Coaching

Let’s admit it; many of us call ourselves Agile Coaches, but we don’t have the faintest idea about how to actually coach anyone. Rather, we’re glorified Scrum experts and agile sparring partners, which means that we’re really good at fixing agile issues, solving problems, and suggesting and implementing new ways of doing stuff so it’s aligned with our agile principles.

However, if we’re to really improve our organizations, we should invest much more of our time in becoming proficient in Professional Coaching, Change Management and other related disciplines than in being able to cite the Scrum Guide flawlessly. 

Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spayd’s Agile Coaching Competency Framework or Barry Overeem’s Six Stances of the Scrum Master are great places to start to identify which disciplines Scrum Master should have a high level of proficiency in.