Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to The Agile Coach!

    • Course Structure

  • 2

    Before Session 1 | About Your Agile Coaching (ACC) Certification/Setting the Stage/Agile Coaching

    • ICAgile Overview of Certification Video

    • Read - ICAgile ACC Information

    • What is Agile Coaching?

    • Levels of an Agile Coach: Read Pages 1 - 5

    • Developing Great Agile Coaches: Read

    • Levels of an Agile Coach: Reflect and Respond

    • Continuously Improving Your Coaching

  • 3

    Due before Session 2 | Mindset/Skills

    • Developing Great Agile Coaches: Observe and Reflect

    • Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman - Video

    • Powerful Question - Video

    • PQs - Journal & Share

    • Designing a Coaching Alliance - Watch

    • Levels of Listening - Video

    • Levels of Listening - Article

    • Optional: Daring Leadership Podcast

    • *Optional* Daring Leadership Podcast Part 2

    • Optional: Daring Leadership Assessment

  • 4

    Due before Session 3 | Coaching/Mentoring

    • Review the Agile Coaching Stances and the Mentoring & Coaching Arcs

    • Mentoring and Coaching - Activity

    • Mentoring and Coaching Questionnaire

    • The Overview of Coaching Arc - Read

    • Watch Demo: 15 min demo with a Real life mentoring session

    • Watch Demo: 15 min demo with a Real life coaching session

  • 5

    Due before Session 4 | Teaching

    • Training from the Back of the Room

    • Read - A Quick Guide to the 4Cs Map

    • 4Cs - Group Assignment

    • Watch an 8 minute teach

    • Learn About Teaching Styles

    • Watch - Six Trumps

  • 6

    Due before Session 5 | Coaching a Team

    • Using the Stages of Team Development - Read

    • Resolving Conflict by Working with Team Toxins - Read

    • Team Toxins - Observe and Journal

    • Agile Team Reset: the Modern Agile way! - Read

    • Getting a new Agile team up and running, Part 1: The kick-off workshop - Read

    • How to Kick off an Agile Project - Watch

  • 7

    Due before Session 6 | Bringing It All Together

    • Internal vs External Coaching - Read

    • Internal vs External Coaching - Review & Respond

  • 8

    Bonus Materials

    • Identifying System Boundaries - Watch

    • Exploring the Iceberg: Reading for Leading - Read

    • The Iceberg Model for Systems Thinkers - Watch

    • Managing Change with Edge - Read

    • Managing Change with Edge - Questionnaire

    • Choosing Strategies for Change - Read

    • ADKAR: A Framework for Successful Change - Watch

    • Enabling Change and Addressing Resistance - Reflect & Respond

    • Dysfunctional Standup - Watch

    • Team Maturity - Reflect & Share

    • Clean Language - Watch (advanced)

    • Tangled Spaghetti - Read (advanced)

    • Discussion: Coaching Contracts