basics of coaching from agile open space workshop

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Empowering Self-Organizing Teams: Basics of Coaching

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Why are we here? Empowering Self-Organizing Teams

• Leadership Skills. Who are you? How do you show up in the team? What influence do you have on other team members?

• Coaching Skills. How can you empower others? How can you help them learn and grow?

• Facilitation Skills. How can you read interpersonal dynamics and team behaviour? How can you intervene in the team to nurture creativity and collaboration?

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Introduction to Coaching

• What is coaching and what is not coaching?

• What are “typical” elements of a coaching conversation?


What are the similarities & differences between?

• Coaching and mentoring?• Coaching and therapy?• Coaching and teaching?• Coaching and parenting?• Coaching and conversation with a good friend?


A Five-Domain Coaching Model


Session 1: Current Reality and Desired Future

What’s the ideal

situation?

What’s the current situation?

RealityAssessment of reality (facts)

GoalEnvision the desired future

Obstacles Way Forward

Options


Session structure

• 5 min Introduction• 40 min Coaching Session• 10 min Team Retrospective (write on big post-it)• 5 min General Retrospective (with everybody)

• Form groups of 6-8 people• 1 coachee• 2 coaches• 3-5 observers (write notes, use timeouts)Agile Open Space www.agileopenspace.org

Session 2: What’s in the way?

What are (all) the different barriers?

What are the most limiting barriers? (prioritize)

Reality Goal

ObstaclesExplore gaps and

barriersWay Forward

Options


Session 3: Discover Hidden Potentials

Reality Goal

ObstaclesExplore gaps and

barriersWay Forward

Options

What are the personal barriers:

limiting beliefs, fear and patterns of behavior?


Co-Create Awareness

Fear

“I’m afraid that…”

Remind coachee that feeling fear doesn’t mean that something is dangerous.

Have you felt (this) fear before? What happened?How did you deal with it?How does it feel like to trust someone?To trust yourself?

Limiting beliefs

“He won’t, I can’t…”

Clarify assumptions, invite doubt and question beliefs. (one at a time)

How can you be sure?What are the facts?What are different interpretations of these facts?What are counter examples?

Patterns of behaviour

“I/we normally…”

Make coachee see (and feel) the consequences of his/her (habitual) behaviour.

What will be the consequences if you continue with this behaviour?For yourself?For Tom and Mary?Tomorrow?In 10 years?


Session 4: Create a Learning Plan

Reality Goal

Obstacles

Way ForwardIntegrate

practice and support

OptionsCreate learning experiments(kaizen)

What are appropriate learning steps?

How can coachee gain support

from practice and community?


Conclusions

• Wrap-up, comments, insights – in the “park”• Future events: Coaching Retreat, Boston, March 15th Coaching Skills, Seedbox, April 26th


basics of coaching from agile open space workshop

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