Agile Coaching Skills
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Agile Coaching Skills
This course is part of Agile Coaching Essentials Specialization
Instructor: Scrum Alliance
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What you'll learn
Take key coaching skills from conceptual to practical in this scenario-based course.
Discover practical tools for coaching teams toward innovation and collaboration.
Become a valuable asset in any organization.
Skills you'll gain
- Agile Methodology
- Teaching
- Team Management
- Coaching
- Agile Project Management
- Team Leadership
- Organizational Change
- Organizational Strategy
- Mentorship
- Employee Coaching
- Business Strategies
- Agile Software Development
- Organizational Leadership
- Team Performance Management
- Business Communication
- Business Management
- Team Motivation
- Business
- Agile Product Development
- Discussion Facilitation
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- Earn a shareable career certificate
There are 10 modules in this course
With practical agile coaching skills, you can lead teams to perform at their best and contribute to thriving, collaborative work environments.
In this self-paced course, you'll explore six key skill areas: facilitating, teaching, mentoring, advising, leading, and coaching. Then, you'll learn how to apply each one to fit the needs of individuals, teams, and organizations. Through realistic scenarios, you'll see how to guide productive conversations, strengthen collaboration, and create the conditions for continuous improvement. Using these approaches, regardless of your experience with agile project management, you can enhance your ability to influence positive change and help teams deliver greater value. If you're already a seasoned coach, you'll gain fresh insights for refining your style and adapting more fluidly to complex situations. If you're new to agile coaching, you'll find a clear, structured path to building confidence and capability. If you want to help teams become more resilient, adaptable, and successful, this course will show you how.
What's included
1 video
1 video•Total 5 minutes
- Introduction Video•5 minutes
In this course, we'll examine essential skills that agile coaches use. We'll move beyond theory, offering practical guidance and real-world scenarios to help you develop and refine your coaching toolkit. Our first module, Facilitation Skills, will equip you with the tools and techniques to design and lead impactful sessions that foster collaboration, engagement, and shared ownership. You'll learn how to plan effectively, create a psychologically safe environment, improve active listening, and guide groups toward consensus and meaningful outcomes. Join us at the Alpine Summit Agile Coaching Retreat™, where you'll witness experienced coaches Maeve and Rae in action. Through their interactions and the challenges they navigate, you'll gain valuable insights and practical strategies to apply these facilitation skills effectively.
What's included
13 readings4 discussion prompts5 plugins
13 readings•Total 100 minutes
- Welcome to Facilitation Skills•5 minutes
- An Agile Coaching Retreat•5 minutes
- Prepare to Facilitate•10 minutes
- After the Session•10 minutes
- Coach to Coach•5 minutes
- Key Traits of a Top-Notch Facilitator•5 minutes
- Navigating Disagreement•5 minutes
- Understanding Perspectives•10 minutes
- Reaching Agreement•5 minutes
- Coach to Coach: Key Traits of a Top-Notch Facilitator•5 minutes
- Active Listening•15 minutes
- Key Techniques for Building Consensus•15 minutes
- Key Points: Key Techniques for Building Consensus•5 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 40 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
5 plugins•Total 25 minutes
- Video: How to Deliver Impactful Sessions•5 minutes
- Knowledge Check•5 minutes
- Knowledge Check•5 minutes
- Knowledge Check•5 minutes
- New Plugin Item•5 minutes
Welcome to Agile Coaching Skills: Teaching, where agile coaches and people who are interested in becoming agile coaches have gathered at an Agile Coaching Retreat™ to explore coaching topics, collaborate with peers, and leave with renewed perspectives. In the Marketplace retreat session, attendees form teams around topics that they are passionate about. The teams will craft a vision focusing on the value they want to deliver. Just like they would on any other scrum team, they’ll select a product owner and scrum master. The rest of the retreat will be divided into sprints, which will start with planning and continue with doing sprint work. In this module, watch as retreat attendees emerge from the Marketplace activity with the desire to explore teaching skills and collaborate to define, develop, and practice teaching skills.
What's included
9 readings5 discussion prompts3 plugins
9 readings•Total 82 minutes
- Welcome to Teaching Skills•5 minutes
- Who You'll Encounter•5 minutes
- Creating an Environment That Supports Continuous Learning•15 minutes
- Formal and Informal Learning•7 minutes
- Sharing Expertise Through Storytelling, Examples, Role-Play, and Gamification•10 minutes
- Sharing Expertise - Sprint Planning•10 minutes
- Implementing Classroom Management Strategies•15 minutes
- Classroom Management Strategies in Action•10 minutes
- Key Points•5 minutes
5 discussion prompts•Total 50 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
3 plugins•Total 12 minutes
- Video: Creating an Environment That Supports Continuous Learning•5 minutes
- Video: Sharing Expertise Through Storytelling, Examples, Role-Play, and Gamification•2 minutes
- Video: Design Learning That Incorporates a Variety of Teaching Methods•5 minutes
Benji came to the Agile Coaching Retreat™ to learn new skills, get ideas from other agile coaches, but most importantly to breathe and reset. But there’s just one thing he can’t stop thinking about—and that’s how the Clinical Trials Data Team is underperforming. This is not only affecting him but the hospital as a whole. The current processes aren’t working, and Benji is hoping to leave the retreat with fresh ideas. In this module, you’ll learn how to apply mentoring skills in your daily work while helping mentees recognize their own areas of weaknesses and growth opportunities to create a positive change for themselves and their teams. Will Benji be able to mentor the Clinical Trials Data coordinator to more effective and efficient ways of working?
What's included
10 readings2 discussion prompts6 plugins
10 readings•Total 80 minutes
- Welcome•5 minutes
- Who You'll Encounter•5 minutes
- Coaching vs. Advising: Determine the Best Approach•5 minutes
- The Problem Back Home•5 minutes
- Coaching vs. Advising•10 minutes
- A Successful Mentoring Relationship•10 minutes
- Benji Reflects on Rae's Advice•10 minutes
- Self-Discovery and Tools for Recognizing Openings for Growth•15 minutes
- How to Share Wisdom With a Mentee•10 minutes
- Key Points: How to Share Wisdom With a Mentee•5 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
6 plugins•Total 28 minutes
- Video: Benji Meets Rae at the Coaching Clinic•12 minutes
- Video: Video: Benji and Rae’s Conversation Continues•2 minutes
- Video: A Successful Mentoring Relationship•5 minutes
- Knowledge Check•5 minutes
- Video: How to Share Wisdom With a Mentee•2 minutes
- Video: Benji Thanks Rae•2 minutes
Welcome to Agile Coaching Skills: Advising! In this module, you’ll return to the Agile Coaching Retreat™ to deliver a workshop on the essential skill of advising. But a morning walk in the woods turns into an unexpected path of discovery as other attendees help you reflect on how to build trust and rapport with clients, ask powerful questions, use storytelling, deliver feedback constructively, and set healthy boundaries. Get ready to enhance your advising toolkit and gain the confidence to guide your clients on their agile journey!
What's included
7 readings4 discussion prompts
7 readings•Total 70 minutes
- Welcome to Advising Skills•5 minutes
- Who You'll Encounter•5 minutes
- A Personal Connection•15 minutes
- Staying Open While Setting Boundaries•10 minutes
- Staying Open While Setting Boundaries - Continued•15 minutes
- Reflecting Back•10 minutes
- Key Points - Reflecting Back•10 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 40 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
Welcome to Agile Coaching Skills: Leading, where you’ll join several attendees of the Agile Coaching Retreat™ as they meet for breakfast before the day’s events. These coaches and prospective coaches all have experience in the healthcare industry and are excited to collaborate about how they lead organizations through agile evolution. In this module, you’ll discover strategies for inspiring others, taking responsibility, creating a culture of transparency, and modeling agility as the colleagues share their stories.
What's included
8 readings5 discussion prompts
8 readings•Total 75 minutes
- Welcome•5 minutes
- Who You'll Encounter•5 minutes
- Inspiring Others•5 minutes
- Inspire By Taking Ownership•10 minutes
- Taking Responsibility•15 minutes
- Creating a Culture of Transparency•15 minutes
- Modeling Agility•15 minutes
- Key Points•5 minutes
5 discussion prompts•Total 50 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
Welcome to Coaching Skills where we join our facilitators, Rae and Maeve, and the rest of the attendees on the last day of the Agile Coaching Retreat™. Everyone has an interesting mix of backgrounds and experience with agile! They've spent the past few days exploring the core principles of agile coaching. Now, they're ready to put their learning into action. In this module, you'll discover how to create strong coaching agreements, explore how powerful questions can unlock insights and fuel self-discovery, identify the benefits of active listening in agile coaching, and learn techniques for giving and receiving constructive feedback in agile settings.
What's included
8 readings4 discussion prompts2 plugins
8 readings•Total 80 minutes
- Welcome to Coaching Skills•5 minutes
- Who You'll Encounter•5 minutes
- New Reading•15 minutes
- Unlocking Insights With Powerful Questions•15 minutes
- Active Listening for Agile Transformations•15 minutes
- How to Give and Receive Constructive Feedback•10 minutes
- Providing Feedback•10 minutes
- Key Points•5 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 40 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
2 plugins•Total 4 minutes
- Video: The Scenario - Missing Deadlines•2 minutes
- Video: The Scenario - Continued•2 minutes
What's included
8 readings3 discussion prompts6 plugins
8 readings•Total 52 minutes
- Welcome•5 minutes
- Who You'll Encounter•5 minutes
- Introduction•10 minutes
- Remembering Rae's Advice•5 minutes
- Lead With Empathy and Active Listening•10 minutes
- SMART Goals•7 minutes
- Closing the Meeting•5 minutes
- Moving Forward•5 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
6 plugins•Total 32 minutes
- Video: The Initial Meeting•2 minutes
- Knowledge Check•5 minutes
- Video: The Initial Mentoring Meeting•5 minutes
- Knowledge Check•5 minutes
- Video: Meeting with a Mentor•5 minutes
- Knowledge Check•10 minutes
What's included
1 assignment
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Agile Coaching Skills Assessment•30 minutes
What's included
1 video
1 video•Total 2 minutes
- Outro Video•2 minutes
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