Abstract:I've often asked my mentors and peers - what are the first things you look for or do when you start coaching a team? The answer is usually "It depends". While I tend to agree, I have found my own special sauce of “where to start when I have no idea where to start”.
Having coached teams in a wide range of industries, undergoing anything from basic capability uplift to enterprise-wide agile transformations, I’ve found the exercises and experiments that I will present here, to be my most helpful go-toolkit to use with a team when I first join them as an Agile Coach. They have helped me make connections, get me some quick wins, and given me time and data to convince more challenging audiences of the necessity of ongoing coaching in order to see its longer-term impacts.
Learning Outcomes:- A list of exercises to run with teams when practitioners are new to coaching or being challenged about the benefits they bring to the team.
