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4 things you can (and should) take control of when working agile

Three Tensions Agile Coaches Learn to Navigate

Navigating tensions is like walking along a ridge; one wrong step can lead to a (very) bad outcome. Here are some tips to keep you safe.

How to manage your facilitation anxiety

Getting in flow as you facilitate relies on you to optimise your stress levels. Here's some techniques to prepare you to get in front of the room.

What are agile coaches accountable for..?

This post summarises what 40 agile coaches said at a recent Meetup when I asked them the above question.

Why agile coaches need to get back in front of real people

Consider the picture below that shows me on a solo bushwalk in Australia. It looks beautiful, amazing and wonderous but it ultimately fails to convey ...

You're an agile coach; you bump into the CEO in the lift. What do you ...

In your first conversation with a leader, here’s one thing an agile coach should probably not discuss. Agile. That’s right, don’t talk about it, no ...

From Agile to agility… time to stop talking about points and sprints

Is it time to drop all of the Agile language and get back to work?

Balancing the WHAT (is delivered) with the HOW (we deliver)

If you had a blank whiteboard to design an executive agility learning workshop..?

Three unlearning moments that changed my mind about agile

There are moments that completely change your perception on a topic. I want to share three I had in relation to my role as an agile coach One way to ...

GET THE RESPONSIVE AGILE COACHING BOOK!

In “Responsive Agile Coaching” – Niall McShane draws on over a decade of agile coaching experience to document a clear and well-researched model that lifts the lid on how agile coaching actually works. The book starts by defining what the role of agile coach has become in recent times before putting forward a field-tested and theoretically sound model for conducting agile coaching conversations.

GET THE RESPONSIVE AGILE COACHING BOOK!