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Professional coaching is about teaching skills that help people get unstuck and find a way forward in virtually any professional or personal situation. Since the early 2000s, professional coaching has been increasingly applied to help individuals, teams, and organisations move to Agile mindsets and methods. In Professional Coaching for Agilists, Damon Poole and Gillian Lee draw on their experience with thousands of Agile coaches and practitioners to show you how to use Agile in your own coaching to help your colleagues thrive. The authors' approach of ""learning by doing"" teaches by using realistic exercises, real-life examples, and well-honed practice conversations. This guide is methodology-independent and has been designed for Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, and anyone who works with those they coach. It teaches high-value skills, step by step -- from ""coaching by objective"" to managing mutually successful engagements. Focus coaching on creating aha moments that lead to real change Use specific coaching techniques to connect coaching objectives with powerful questions Help individuals uncover blind spots and assess reality more clearly Offer your expertise while maintaining your coaching mindset Help people improve performance by living their values, goals, and strengths Blend professional coaching with group facilitation so they both work better Use methodologies like Scrum and Kanban as professional coaching tools Become a great coach by making coaching a natural extension of who you are Samples Preview sample pages from Professional Coaching for Agilists

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Damon Poole has provided Agile coaching and training for thousands of people at companies such as EMC, Capital One, Oanda, Ford, and Fidelity. He speaks frequently at Agile Alliance, Agile New England, Kentucky Fried Agile, Atlassian Summit, Agile and Beyond, Agile Toronto, and others. As a coach of coaches at Eliassen, Damon led the Agile Delivery team which grew to hundreds of Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches in the field. He created Eliassen's Agile Transformation approach and the training content across all aspects of Agile, and led the effort to provide opportunities for the coaches to advance in their coaching journey. This background gave Damon the opportunity to learn from hundreds of Agile Coaches in an enormous variety of client environments and from the wider international Agile community. Damon is an International Coaching Federation Associate Certified Coach, International Coach Academy Certified Professional Coach, and is an ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching. Gillian Lee is a Delivery Coach who works with software development teams and leaders in growth stage organizations to maximize their delivery potential, most recently at Nulogy, Rangle.io, and Oanda. She also helps others develop their coaching and facilitation competencies through teaching workshops and mentoring. Gillian regularly speaks at local and international Agile meetups and conferences such as the Agile Alliance Conference; Agile and Beyond; Regional Scrum Gathering Canada; Toronto Agile Conference; and the AgileTO meetup, which she co-founded. Gillian is also a regular contributor to Agile Coach Camp Canada and Play4Agile Open Spaces. Gillian is an ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching.

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