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Required vs. Invited

2022/09/06

A Coaching Power Tool By Mark Wavle
Agile Coach, UNITED STATES

Required vs. Invited power tools help customers identify desired conditions, find areas they can choose from, and explore new areas of possible next steps. As coaches, we must empathize with the client’s perception of the circumstance and, rather than analyzing or correcting that perception, make space for them and their reality. When we take this attitude, we prioritize our client’s connection over all other considerations. Our clients notice this and instinctively understand that we value their autonomy. This understanding allows us to provide invites for them to consider switching from Requirement to Invitation.

The 3C’s – Connection, Curiosity, and Creativity

2022/09/01

A Coaching Model By Mark Wavle
Agile Coach, UNITED STATES

There have been many times in my career that people have shown genuine interest in me and supported me as I progressed. I can’t imagine my future at every intersection, but these key people help me see what comes after. Alongside me on my stroll were managers, colleagues, seniors, salespeople, and leaders. Whether they’re trying to change their careers or ride out adversity, many people want clarity, confidence, direction, or support. Through one-on-one career coaching, I try to be there for others as they navigate their professional lives using my potent 3C model of Connection, Curiosity, and Creativity.

Loss and Mourning in Career Coaching

2022/08/30

A Research Paper By Mark Wavle
Career and Agile Coach, UNITED STATES

In essence, I’m looking at how grief counseling and career coaching interact and how this might help our clients. We may find that our clients are unable to advance in areas where they haven’t addressed a related loss, as I discovered with my coaching client. As we work with clients to determine their next steps, some of the obstacles our clients face can be the result of pent-up grief and loss. Mourning allows for the possibility of reframing, which provides our clients with the development and motion they want.

MORE – Mission, Expectation, Option, & Relevance

2022/07/07

A Coaching Model By Ying Shing Wai
Agile Coach, HONG KONG

Middle-level managers are the people I’ve interacted with the most while working on numerous projects, whether as a vendor or in collaboration with various departments. Every time they made a decision, you could count on one of three things: pressure from peers, pressure from top management, or the viability of working-level operations. The goal of the MORE coaching model is to help clients reorganize situations and determine how to improve performance in complex situations. This model aims to connect “Mission” and “Expectation” through “Option” and “Relevance.” As well, when each part is explored, original and creative solutions may emerge to carry out the task as planned.

Adding Coaching to an Agile Consulting Practice

2022/07/06

A Coaching Case Study By Lynn Winterboer
Agile Coach, UNITED STATES

Since I’ve been an “Agile Coach” for ten years, several other ICA students have questioned me about the definition of the term. This “Adding Coaching to an Agile Consulting Practice” case study uses two real-world examples of employees who were apprehensive about their new job to show how I integrated coaching into my agile consulting practice. I am incredibly appreciative of my company’s support in allowing me to enroll in the ICA Vocational Coach Training program, and I am looking forward to changing more of my interactions from “consulting” to “coaching” so I may assist more people in determining what is best for them.

Evoking Awareness in Agile Transformation Through Professional Coaching

2022/07/05

A Research Paper By Ying Shing Wai
Agile Coach, HONG KONG

In this research paper, we concentrate on the “What” and “How” of arousing consciousness during a professional coaching session for an agile transformation. The most lasting approach is to alter the mindset using Agile transformation and principles rather than implementing various Agile ways of working into procedures. This research paper also has discussed every aspect of creating, examining, and spreading consciousness. The client’s willingness, however, is not. Four personality types—Seekers, Pleasers, Introspectors, and Aware—have distinctive behaviors that would influence the efficiency of expert coaching and the outcomes of the Agile Transformation, as indicated in the earlier studies. Another crucial subject is how to assist various types of people. It might be the next area of study.

Obligation vs. Opportunity

2022/07/04

A Coaching Power Tool By Lynn Winterboer
Agile Coach, UNITED STATES

When I first started my ICA journey, the phrase “Obligation vs. Opportunity” came to mind when I considered the experience many professionals go through when transitioning their organizations to an Agile way of working. Sometimes, the people undergoing the shift are forcing it on themselves; they want to go from a traditional method of delivering value to an Agile approach and perceive it right away as a chance to boost their relevance, pleasure, and professional satisfaction. To thrive in a rapidly changing and frequently unexpected world, organizational leaders frequently make the decision to be “agile,” motivating this transformation from the top-down as an organizational necessity.

Agile Team

2022/07/01

A Coaching Model By Lynn Winterboer
Agile Coach, UNITED STATES

In a collaborative and creative process called coaching, the coach and client work together to help the client reach their highest potential, both personally and professionally. This agile team coaching model provides a framework for the [team name] team to work with its agile coach to effectively fulfill the obligations of [team charter] by working together as an agile team. It is intended to facilitate the creation/development of personal, professional, or business goals and to develop and carry out a strategy/plan for achieving those goals.

Autonomy vs. Authority

2022/06/30

A Coaching Power Tool By Ying Shing Wai
Agile Coach, HONG KONG

Although the coaching might take place whenever the client has stress or anxiety, the client needs to proactively request the service and might not be aware. These can help identify opportunities and establish a highly structured approach to organizing coaching sessions for coaches, coachees, and leaders. We can focus more on examining content from the Autonomy vs. Authority space before it happens. Then, depending on how things turn out, we might focus on learning about autonomy and authority and see what we’ve learned. Next, we can investigate the reaction to the modified situation.

Coaching Application Within the Agile Coaching Context

2022/03/03

A Research Paper By Edwin Hanegraaf
Agile Coach, NETHERLANDS

The main purpose of this interview was to investigate the impact of professional coaching on the field of agile coaching. By interviewing Cherie, who is a topic expert in both fields, it is assumed that she has done extensive research in her pursuit of accreditations. To achieve these accreditations in both domains, a lot of hard work and more field experience are required. As a result, after learning about Cherie and her narrative, the interview focuses on the competencies and their relationships between the two domains, as well as their influence in the agile world.

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