Coaching Skills Workshop

Do you want to help people and teams grow to enable agility?

• You know that leadership is not about a job title; it is about taking responsibility for your world. It is about being of service and helping others grow.

• You have agile knowledge and experience. You teach and facilitate to help people and teams. Now you want to expand your coaching skills to amplify your impact.

If you are a Manager, a Scrum Master, an Agile Coach, or an Agile Team Member, coaching skills can help you become a more effective leader and help you grow effective leaders.

Excellent coaches work to evoke excellence in others. They enable people to inspire themselves to do fulfilling work, to reach more of their potential, and to make a difference. Coaches need to be intentional in their interactions with teams and individuals in order to be effective change agents.

Workshop Description

This workshop is an opportunity to continuously improve your coaching skills through experiential exercises, both learning new skills and refreshing your knowledge. Participants will coach each other on real-world situations, receiving and giving real-time feedback throughout the workshop. Through this experience, you will gain knowledge and skills that you can apply immediately to amplify your impact as a leader.

Learning Objectives

Participants in this workshop will be able to:

• Apply an agile coaching framework to help you improve your coaching skills and amplify your impact.

• Practice using 10 essential coaching skills.

• Describe the similarities and differences between coaching individuals and coaching teams.

• Explore coaching within the context of organizational culture.

• Discover techniques to spark impactful dialogue within your teams.

• Recognize common coaching mistakes and how to avoid them.

Audience

The Coaching Skills Workshop is for anyone who is a member of or who supports an agile team. This is an advanced level workshop focusing on coaching skills and assumes participants are experienced agile practitioners.

This is a high-touch, experiential workshop. Attendance is limited to 15 people, so reserve your spot now.

Bonus Offer: The first three people who sign up will get a coaching bonus package. This includes three 45-minute coaching sessions with Stephanie to help you continue your journey after the workshop (a $450 value). More details will be provided via email when you qualify.

Workshop Details

Coaching Foundations - Establish a solid foundation of what coaching is and what coaching is not. Introduce coaching principles and the context of agile culture.

Coaching Individuals - To coach people, we must understand people. Explore skills related to emotional intelligence using the Five Factor Model. Practice using elements of the agile coaching framework and essential coaching skills, including powerful questions, perspective, emotion, and many more.

Coaching Teams - A team is more than simply a collection of individuals. A team becomes a new entity, a living and breathing and constantly changing being. Discover characteristics of high performing teams. Practice applying the agile coaching framework and essential coaching skills to the team context. Experience using a set of team coaching tools.

Coaching in the Context of Organizational Culture - Explore culture models and assess your organization. Practice applying the agile coaching framework and coaching skills in the organizational context.

Conclusions and Next Steps - Taking care of yourself as a coach. Practical steps for taking your learning beyond the classroom.

FAQs

Is lunch provided?

Yes. Please email stephanie@agilesocks.com if you have any dietary restrictions.

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Stephanie Ockerman: stephanie@agilesocks.com

What's the refund policy?

Cancel more than 30 days before the workshop for a full refund.

Substitute another attendee anytime.

If you cancel less than 30 days before the workshop, we may be able to apply some or all of your registration fee to attend a workshop scheduled in another location.

Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable?

Yes. Just send an email in advance and provide the name and email address of the person you would like to transfer your ticket to.