
Explore coaching that helps people get unstuck, stays neutral, partners with coachees who make their own choices across individuals, teams, and organizations, and remains thought-provoking.
Understand ethics of coaching, including confidentiality, trust, and autonomy. Apply ICF ethics to guide confidential, non-manipulative coaching that respects client boundaries.
Agile coaches help coachees see multiple options, such as Kanban, and make their own choices by sharing knowledge, inviting reflection, and visualizing work to experiment and pivot.
Ask what the client would like to accomplish during our time together, then guide the session to that goal, connect the dots, check progress, and build trust and safety.
Master the coaching landscape by listening as a mirror, paraphrasing, and asking timely, powerful questions that uncover insights, guide focus, and drive forward actions in coaching sessions.
Explore practical next steps and timing in coaching, inviting client accountability and avoiding overbearing project management, to foster learning, growth, and lasting change after each session.
Have you ever wondered what coaching is? Have you ever thought of improving your coaching skills? Are you curious about the skills involved in coaching conversations?
As Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters or Leaders, our main goal is to help people think things through and come up with new thoughts about whatever it is that they are trying to figure out so that they can move forward. Perhaps the person is stuck and/or can’t seem to move forward. Partnering with a coach can change your trajectory, increase your level of awareness and setting you on a path to greater fulfillment.
In this course, you will gain a deeper understanding of professional coaching. You will discover an extensive list of coaching skills that you may have not been aware of and how it could amplify your coaching impact. You will see a demonstration of a variety of coaching skills as well as a debrief. This course will get you started on your professional coaching journey.
At the end of this course, you will gain a deeper understanding of professional coaching. You will be able to:
Define what professional coaching is
Talk about the benefits of coaching
Apply the coaching mindset
Identify the skills needed for coaches