Agile Coaching Career Lab at Agile2021
Are you looking to develop your agile coaching skills and connect with a community of passionate professionals? If so, this is the place to be. Check out the schedule below and plan to attend any or all of the sessions that spark your curiosity. It’s time to grow your career as an agile coach.
Agenda
Brandon Raines, Angie Doyle, Michael de la Maza
The profession of agile coaching needs clarity on the true value of an agile coach and the associated measurable knowledge, expertise, and skills. Join in as Scrum Alliance Certified Agile Coaches discuss what it means to have agile coaching as a career. We’ll lean into the findings from the 2021 State of Agile Coaching Report.
Bob Galen
Join Bob Galen and other agile coaches for a live coaching demonstration. Then break out into groups of three where one person coaches, the other person is being coached, and an observer gives feedback on the session. The roles rotate, which creates a very interactive learning experience.
Vernon Stinebaker
Are you interested in becoming a Certified Agile Coach but not sure what’s next? Vernon Stinebaker provides an overview of the different paths to attaining the Certified Team Coach or Certified Enterprise Coach certifications.
Leader(s)
Come hear from passionate agilists about their journey to becoming an agile coach.
Joel Bancroft Connors
Talk/Workshop: Claim your Uniqueness - How to stand out from all those agile coaches
Jesse Fewell & Anu Smalley
With over 250,000 agile coaches working today, many executives are asking how to choose the right one. Even if you are more qualified than half of them, that is still a LOT of competition. Then if you got the job, your message is still clouded by all the other voices in the organization. When we all have similar certifications and use similar techniques, how do we stand out?
In this hands-on session, you will get both insights into and practice on claiming your unique and distinct brand as a change agent. From defying stereotypes to finding your niche, you will learn which approaches set you apart, so that you get hired, and get heard.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
* How to defy agile coach stereotypes
* How to choose a niche
* How to gain differentiating expertise
* How to articulate and broadcast your unique skill