L. Adkins and H. Dunsky on the State of Agile Coaching and the Competencies Coaches Need to Build

Published: Jan. 14, 2019, 8:32 a.m.

In this podcast recorded at the Agile 2018 conference Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Lyssa Adkins and Halim Dunsky about the current state of agile coaching, the competencies and skills that coaches need to develop and the journey that the Agile Coaching Institute has taken since they became part of Accenture \n \nWhy listen to this podcast:\n\u2022\tThe wide range of approaches which exist in agile coaching, while remaining aligned with common learning objectives\n\u2022\tThere is a marked difference between people who have put in the effort to build deep and wide coaching competency and those who have not done so, and organisation are becoming more discerning about who they engage in the coaching role\n\u2022\tKey competencies for effective coaching are about the ability to reach people on a human-to-human level\n\u2022\tThere shouldn\u2019t be a distinction between the scrummaster and agile coach roles \u2013 scrummasters should be coaches \n\u2022\tEven the most experienced and knowledgeable coaches can and do fall prey to human system dynamics and make mistakes\n\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2FxgwEf\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\n\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2FxgwEf