25 years of corporate life
A celebration of 25 years of corporate life This year marks one quarter of a century of my corporate working life. In this post, I explore the changes I have seen and forecast the direction we are heading with a sense of wry humour and mirth. This journey may echo your own career and experience….
Read MoreIt’s helping people realise what they can do to excel – an interview with David Lowe
David Lowe is an Agile Coach based in the UK and the co-creator and program lead for our ICAgile Accredited Agile Team Coach Cohort Program. In this interview, David shares why he is working on a doctorate about coaching and humour, how coaching helps people achieve their goals, and why it’s important to keep…
Read MoreUltimately it comes back to human change – An interview with Georg Fasching
Georg Fasching is an Enterprise Agile Coach based in Portugal and the program lead for our Enterprise Agile Coach Expert Cohort Program. In this interview, Georg discusses why change comes down to the human response, why large-scale complexity can’t be solved by simply rolling out a large scale delivery framework, and why he wants to…
Read MoreThought Leadership
The business world is abuzz with the different meanings of the word leader. Traditional meanings of the word meant those at the top of the hierarchy who set the vision and direction for the rest of us. As Agile ways of working spread across the working world and digital and knowledge work require decisions to…
Read MoreWithout coaching there is no agility – An Interview with Louria Lindauer
Hi Louria – for those of us who don’t know you yet please tell me who you are and what you do? My name is Louria Lindauer. I am an agile coach and I work with enterprises with organisational culture change, creating strategies. I also teach AWA’s Expert in Agile Coaching and Enterprise Agile Coach…
Read MoreComplexity informs everything I do – An Interview with Kevin Callahan
Hi Kevin – for those of us who don’t know you yet please tell me who you are and what you do? Hi I’m Kevin Callahan and I bring people together to solve complex problems that looks like a variety of different things. Sometimes I work individually one-on-one with leaders, helping to coach them to…
Read MoreWhat is a coaching culture? And what does one look like?
Cultivating a coaching culture in the workplace enables businesses to grow and develop their people, as well as make agile work more effectively. However, what does the term “coaching culture” mean? And, perhaps more importantly, how can managers incorporate it into their day-to-day work environment? A coaching culture puts coaching at the heart of personal and business…
Read MoreWhy an internal coaching capability is essential if your business is to succeed
A coach’s role is to bring out the best in others helping them to discover and harness their potential and equip them with tools and strategies to make agility to work. Organisational agility needs skilled agile coaches to establish cross-functional teams, agile leadership, and to transform organisational structures and culture. By developing an internal coaching…
Read More5 reasons to join the Expert in Agile Coaching Cohort Program
Led by AWA’s international expert program leads, David Lowe, Louria Lindauer and Rafa Ribeiro our ICAgile Accredited Expert in Agile Coaching cohort program is a one-of-a-kind learning experience designed to sharpen your agile coaching competencies alongside industry peers. ICAgile have set an incredibly high bar to pass this certification and we will share the “secret…
Read MoreHow to Become an Expert in Agile Coaching
It’s not enough to call yourself an agile coach anymore. In an increasingly competitive market, prospective clients and employers alike are looking for practitioners who offer that edge, who have invested in honing their craft and have the experience to back it up. Those that have stepped up and are recognised as experts have worked…
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