It’s finally here. What’s here, you might ask?
My new book.
Cool! What’s the title?
Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching
The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond
About the Book
The profession of Agile Coaching is, in a word, confusing. That’s because of a number of factors, including:
It gets conflated with Professional Coaching and it’s so much more than that;
There isn’t a standard or generally accepted model for what it is and isn’t;
Clients don’t understand it, so shared accountability is unbalanced with their coaches;
There is specialized nuance around the skills of coaching at the Team, Enterprise or Organizational, Technical, and Leadership levels.
This confusion has created a space where nearly anyone can claim to be an Agile Coach with little experience and narrow skills. Resulting largely in mediocrity and negative impacts for our clients, who by the way, are counting on and paying us for help.
Bob Galen has written Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching to help alleviate the confusion. The book centers on the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel as the competency and skill maturity model to baseline your agile coaching skills against. Its core goal is to “raise the bar” as to what true excellence looks like and to help you establish a personal development and growth plan.
Bob intentionally uses the term Badass to create a vision of professionalism, craft, passion, accountability, and expertise that you need to bring to bear in service of your clients if you represent yourself as an “agile coach”.
Being an Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coach isn’t easy, quick, or for the faint of heart. It takes lots of hard work and dedication. It also requires a map to point you in the right direction. Consider this book that maps to coaching badassery, personal growth, and client service.
Sample Chapter
If you’re “on the fence” about whether the book is right for you. I’d recommend reading the Introduction, as it explains the intent, overview, and major themes within the book.
Getting a copy?
If you’re mostly interested in e-copies, I’d recommend purchasing your copies from Leanpub. You get more version flexibility that way AND you’ll be able to receive future updates too.
Leanpub (PDF, EPUB, and MOBI) versions are available here.
Landing Page
Once you get your copy, you’ll want to check out the book’s Support & Repo Page for helpful information and ongoing shares & updates.