What I wish I’d known when I started agile coaching
We asked the Agile Coaching community What is the ONE thing you wish you had known when you started agile coaching? Their answers are surprising and varied… For example, would you have guessed that our CEO and founder, Simon Powers told us “I’m not sure I would have started if I had known how hard…
Read More24 Powerful Coaching Questions
This year, Adventures with Agile shared 24 powerful coaching questions from the agile community as part of our digital advent calendar on LinkedIn and Instagram. We’ve compiled all the questions here for you in one easy reference video (below). We would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every coach who so kindly…
Read MoreHow to become the Agile Team Coach you never imagined you could be…
Our Agile Team Coach Cohort Program has been described as a life-changing journey. If you are passionate about coaching teams and want to feel more confident and knowledgeable in your role as an agile coach, then this program is ideally suited to you. Together with your cohort and our expert leaders, you will hone your coaching and…
Read MoreWhat is Systems Coaching?
This article explains what Systems Coaching is and what problems it solves. It does not explain how to do it. If you are interested in learning how to do Systems Coaching, I recommend joining us on one of the AWA Systems Coaching courses. This is highly relevant and useful for anyone who is in…
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 More5 Agile Coach Interview Questions
HOW TO INTERVIEW SOMEONE FOR AN AGILE COACH POSITION? The Agile Coach role is not new and seems to be on a roll. Despite the buzz, do people really know what it takes to actually be one? Are recruiters aware of what skills they should be looking for? How would you conduct an interview with…
Read MoreWhat I Learned From Attending Our Agile Team Coach Course
After attending our most recent Agile Team Coach course, James, our Marketing Coordinator, writes up a report on his experience.
Read MoreLessons from a Personal Journey in Becoming an Agile Coach with Shane Hastie
At the start of March, we welcomed Shane Hastie; Director of Agile Learning Programs at ICAgile, to the AWA Meetup. He shared his wisdom and experience in a journey to becoming an industry-recognised expert in Agile Coaching through a competency-based assessment (ICE-AC). Watch a recording of the event in this blog.
Read More3 Ways Professional Coaching Brings out the Best in Agile Teams
Interest in professional coaching within the agile community has been growing and it is now widely agreed that it is a core competency of an Agile Coach. It is a skill that you must be adept at in order to qualify as a certified professional in Agile Coaching with ICAgile. There are many reasons for this but I wanted to start you out with a few.
Read MoreSave Time and Money with the AWA Training Passes
An option that we have for you at AWA is to create fully customisable bundles of our full range of courses. This save you time by booking in bulk, and money as, by booking together, you can save a lot!
Read More7 Myths Standing in the Way of Organisational Agility
This month we have the honour and privilege to be welcoming Antoinette Coetzee – a talented and highly experienced international Agile Coach – to share her insights and wisdom at our next AWA NYC meetup. We will discover what the 7 Myths Standing in the Way of Organizational Agility are, and why even though there has been…
Read MoreWelcoming Shane Hastie from ICAgile to our Meetup with a Talk on Becoming an Agile Coach
We are proud to welcome Shane Hastie, the Director of Agile Learning Programs at ICAgile and InfoQ Culture Podcast host, to AWA on 7th March for an interactive session exploring agile coaching.
Read MoreHow Much Coaching is in Your Agile Coaching?
Found out what you’ll learn from attending our webinar ‘How Much Coaching is in Your Agile Coaching?’ on 25th February at 12:30 – 13:15 GMT.
Read MoreHow Agile Team Coach training will impact the way you work
Get a taste of the impact our Agile Team Coach course can have on the way you work, as reported by the course participants themselves.
Read More3 Reasons to do both Agile Team Coach and Facilitator Courses in the same week!
We have a fantastic opportunity for you in the New Year. For the first time ever, we are running our ICAgile-Certified Agile Team Facilitator (ICP-ATF) and Agile Team Coach (ICP-ACC) courses back-to-back in one week. Join us 14th-18th of January for our Agile Coach & Facilitator ‘Bootcamp’ and get two highly impactful, certified courses in a…
Read MoreAWA to Offer First Ever ICAgile Certified Training in Portugal
We’re excited to announce that we will run ICAgile Certified Agile Training in Portugal starting this September. The first class will be our 3 day Agile Team Coach course. Attendees at the class, which will take place in Lisbon, will be the first in Portugal to earn the ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC) designation,…
Read MoreWeaponised Agile?
“A man convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still” – Adapted from Samuel Butler’s Hudibras (1612-1680) and popularised again in Dale Carnegie’s book ‘How to win friends and influence people’ 1936. People over Process Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools, is a value which can be summed up as People over…
Read MoreCoaching Tired Teams
Last night AWA hosted Anna Obukhova in London at one of our free meetups. I don’t usually write about the meetups we host, mainly because we film nearly all of them and upload the videos to our YouTube Channel. Last night, however, we did not film the event but you can see our webinar with…
Read More4 Practical Tips for Coaching Tired Teams
Burnout and tiredness is an all too common reality for many people in today’s fast paced and high-pressured working environments. As coaches we ultimately want to help our coachees feel more energised and creative. However, traditional coaching techniques and methods could actually be doing more harm than good when used with tired or burnout people!…
Read MoreAgile Team Coach – A New Course by AWA
Agile and Lean processes work when there is a deep respect and consideration for people. Often the behaviours we experience and sometimes exhibit at work are not in alignment with our own goals and the goals of the organisation. This is what makes achieving agility so hard. The role of professional coaching is to help…
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