Personal Thoughts
Robert Galen
We've Moved
We've Moved
Walking Their Talk, Sustainability, Inspiration
Robert Galen
Sustainability

I saw this wonderfully courageous and informative post by Sabine Canditt the other day where she wrote about Sustainable Scrum. 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sustainable-scrum-responsible-choice-sabine-canditt-x0gef

After just completing a The Week program facilitated by the amazing Ann-Marie Kong, it touched my heart.

That said, I wanted to highlight one comment reaction/interaction between Sabine and Erich Bühler 

Erich said—

Thank you for bringing this approach into the world! Scrum does provide an iterative approach for teams to create value, but its scope is limited to the product level and struggles with dynamics across the whole organization for several reasons.
Without updating the underlying business and financial model at a strategic level, Scrum alone cannot transform organization-wide sustainability.

Sustainability
Short-takes, Inspiration
Robert Galen
Sandy’s Take
Sandy’s Take
Short-takes, Personal Thoughts
Robert Galen
The Human Aspects of Agile Coaching
The Human Aspects of Agile Coaching
Coaching, ACGW, Personal Thoughts
Robert Galen
Keys to Building your Coaching Relationships

I talk a lot about the first step in coaching any client (individual, system, team, etc.) is to build a relationship, gain empathy and understanding, and then gain an idea of where/how to help initially. So, do NOT start to coach until you’ve done some relationship-building. 

But what does a coaching relationship, or a professional relationship in general, look like? What are aspects of that? Here are a few things that come to my mind—

  • Making + taking the time.

  • Explaining what you do—what is Agile Coaching.

  • Building some empathy; walking in their shoes; understanding where they are coming from.

  • Meeting them where they are.

  • Listening; reflective listening; building metaphors together.

  • Connecting with their language, not yours.

Keys to Building your Coaching Relationships

Rush

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Neil Peart’s – 10 Rules for Success

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Ok, ok, I have a confession to make. I am a Rush fan. They’re probably in my Top 10, perhaps Top 5 of all-time bands. Probably the best 3-piece band on my list. 

Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and Neal Peart played for over 35 years and have left a treasure trove of songs for our listening pleasure.

Neil was the drummer, and we lost him to cancer a few years ago. With that loss, the band is no longer playing.

I happened across this Youtube video that shared these 10 Rules of Success from Neil Peart. I’m not going to embellish them in any way, as I think they stand alone as helpful advice in general, but even more valuable to any Agile Coaches in my network. Here are the rules—

  1. Earn your audience

  2. Be restless

  3. Get out of your comfort zone

  4. Learn from others

  5. Create what you like

  6. Infect people with your fire

  7. Don’t read reviews

  8. Create for your ideal audience

  9. Find your inspiration

  10. Never stop experimenting

Please share your thoughts and reactions to how these might relate to your role as a Scrum Master, organizational change agent, leader, or Agile Coach.

I can’t wait to see the replies…

Stay agile my friends,

Bob.