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

Engineering Culture by InfoQ

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 Why listen to this podcast: • The wide range of approaches which exist in agile coaching, while remaining aligned with common learning objectives • There 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 • Key competencies for effective coaching are about the ability to reach people on a human-to-human level • There shouldn’t be a distinction between the scrummaster and agile coach roles – scrummasters should be coaches • Even the most experienced and knowledgeable coaches can and do fall prey to human system dynamics and make mistakes More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2FxgwEf You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Check the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2FxgwEf