Coaching for Transformation: Sustaining Change
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Coaching for Transformation: Sustaining Change
This course is part of Agile Coaching Essentials Specialization
Instructor: Scrum Alliance
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What you'll learn
Applying change management principles to agile transformations.
Strategies for navigating complex, interconnected systems.
Approaches to redesigning structures and policies for agility.
Skills you'll gain
- Organizational Structure
- Organizational Change
- Leadership and Management
- Business Process Improvement
- Strategic Leadership
- Team Leadership
- Business Transformation
- Leadership
- Business Management
- Agile Project Management
- Coaching
- Culture Transformation
- Agile Methodology
- Agile Product Development
- Business Leadership
- Organizational Strategy
- Business Strategy
- Organizational Leadership
- Employee Coaching
- Agile Software Development
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There are 10 modules in this course
In this course, uncover coaching techniques that agile leaders use to anchor lasting transformation: Not just surface‑level shifts, but change that evolves with your organization's culture, structure, and values.
You'll explore how to apply change‑management thinking, systems awareness, cultural transformation, and strategic organizational design through scenarios drawn from real agile transformations. Using these methods, whether you're leading teams, influencing leadership, or guiding enterprise change, you'll gain the ability to spark cultural shifts, redesign structures, and coach leaders so that change becomes sustainable, not just a momentary improvement. If you're already experienced in agile practices, this course offers a broader lens for amplifying your impact on culture and systems. If you're newer to transformation coaching, this is your clear, structured path to mastering how to support long‑term agility. If you've ever hoped to help your organization transform deeply and endure through change, this course will show you how.
What's included
1 video
1 video•Total 4 minutes
- Introduction Video•4 minutes
Welcome to Empowering Transformations! Throughout this course, Empowering Transformations, you’ll help the team at Berry Road Bistro master the essential ingredients of change management. These include navigating complex systems, adapting structures and policies, and adding a dash of agility to its culture. In this first module, Understanding Change Management, you’ll begin your journey as Berry Road’s agile expert, helping them plan for a huge shift in their business and technology approach. You'll show them how to map the current and future states of the restaurant, navigate common obstacles, and define what success looks like for their regional restaurant chain. Let's get started!
What's included
2 discussion prompts19 plugins
2 discussion prompts•Total 25 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•15 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
19 plugins•Total 155 minutes
- New Plugin Item•1 minute
- Reading: The Role of Change Management•5 minutes
- Video: The Role of Change Management•2 minutes
- Knowledge Check•5 minutes
- Video: The Role of Change Management•2 minutes
- Reading: Agile and Change Explained•15 minutes
- Reading: Common Challenges in Change Management•15 minutes
- Reading: Three Pillars to Embrace and Navigate Change•10 minutes
- Knowledge Check•5 minutes
- Reading: Three Pillars to Embrace and Navigate Change•10 minutes
- Knowledge Check•5 minutes
- Reading: Three Pillars to Embrace and Navigate Change•15 minutes
- Knowledge Check•5 minutes
- Reading: Mapping the Current and Future States•15 minutes
- Reading: Defining and Measuring Success•10 minutes
- Knowledge Check•5 minutes
- Reading: Defining and Measuring Success•10 minutes
- Knowledge Check•5 minutes
- Reading: Defining and Measuring Success•15 minutes
Welcome to Holistic and Systemic Change where you’ll assist Berry Road Bistro, a chain restaurant focused on healthy eating, as it undergoes an agile change and shift towards a modernized technology and business approach. Empowering agile transformation requires holistic and systemic coaching, and the Berry Road organization is looking to you for coaching help. Every organization is different, so there is no one-size-fits-all recipe to follow. Put on your chef’s hat and get ready to cook—it’s time to make a transformation!
What's included
5 discussion prompts7 plugins
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
7 plugins•Total 75 minutes
- Reading: Who You'll Encounter•5 minutes
- Reading: How a Holistic Agile Approach Supports Complexity and Uncertainty•10 minutes
- Reading: Identify and Understand Stakeholder Perspectives•15 minutes
- Reading: Examining Structure, Mindsets, Practices, and Culture•10 minutes
- Reading: Shifting Practices and Behaviors•15 minutes
- Reading: Shifting Practices and Behaviors•15 minutes
- Reading: Shifting Practices and Behaviors•5 minutes
As you embark on an agile transformation, it’s imperative to keep culture in mind. Culture isn't just a feeling or a vibe; it's something you can actually see in action: the way people interact, the decisions they make, and the policies that are in place. In this module, you’ll continue your agile coaching experience with Berry Road Bistro. You’ll meet with several employees to identify the mindsets, structure, practices, and historical events that make up the organization’s culture. You’ll also learn how all these elements interact to shape the overall organizational environment and how you can transform the organization to be more agile.
What's included
4 discussion prompts6 plugins
4 discussion prompts•Total 40 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
6 plugins•Total 65 minutes
- Reading: Who You'll Encounter•5 minutes
- Reading: The Complexity of Culture•15 minutes
- Reading: The Impact of Agile Principles on Delivering Value•15 minutes
- Reading: Building an Innovation Culture•15 minutes
- Reading: Mapping an Organization's Culture•10 minutes
- Reading: Mapping an Organization's Culture•5 minutes
Welcome to Structure and Policies for Agility where you’ll work with Berry Road Bistro’s leadership team to help it through a business and technology modernization effort to remain competitive. The modernization effort goes beyond implementing a new point-of-sales system. It requires a holistic shift, requiring changes in departments such as HR and Finance as well as potential changes in how teams are structured. Berry Road Bistro is seeking guidance from you to help it understand agile ways of working to compete and succeed in the ever-changing restaurant industry.
What's included
3 discussion prompts6 plugins
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
6 plugins•Total 50 minutes
- Reading: Who You'll Encounter•5 minutes
- Reading: Structure Matters•10 minutes
- Reading: Mapping Value Streams•5 minutes
- Reading: Funding Value Streams•15 minutes
- Reading: Agile HR Practices•5 minutes
- Reading: Team Boundaries and Behavior•10 minutes
Welcome to Practices for Complexity! Berry Road Bistro continues its transformation, modernizing its point-of-sale (POS) system and business practices utilizing agile ways of working. Sound complex? Well, it is! That’s why in this module you’ll explore several practices for complexity. That includes inspecting and adapting your approach to crafting your own agile solutions, shifting your leadership style, and nurturing a vibrant sense of community. And you’ll do it all while cooking dinner for your friends!
What's included
4 discussion prompts6 plugins
4 discussion prompts•Total 40 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
6 plugins•Total 60 minutes
- Reading: Who You'll Encounter•5 minutes
- Reading: Sip and Simmer•15 minutes
- Reading: Find Your Own Recipe•15 minutes
- Reading: A Taste of Collaboration•10 minutes
- Reading: Gathering at the Table•10 minutes
- Reading: Gathering at the Table•5 minutes
Welcome to Coaching for Sustainability. You’ve already supported Berry Road Bistro in a range of ways as it aims to integrate its new point of sale system. Now, we’ll shift our focus to long-term sustainability so you can use agile strategies to ensure Berry Road Bistro thrives in its transformation. Our aim is to embed agile principles into Berry Road Bistro's operations, even after your time with the business ends. We'll work on fostering internal competence, empowering ownership, and establishing communities of practice for continuous improvement. By the end, you'll feel confident that Berry Road Bistro can adapt and innovate independently.
What's included
3 discussion prompts5 plugins
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
- New Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
5 plugins•Total 40 minutes
- Reading: Who You'll Encounter•5 minutes
- Reading: Foster Competence in Others•15 minutes
- Reading: Facilitate Client Ownership•10 minutes
- Reading: Empower the Client to Sustain Communities of Practice•5 minutes
- New Plugin Item•5 minutes
Welcome to the Case Study where you’ll test out the skills you learned at Berry Road Bistro and apply them to a new organization, a local craft brewery. Although this organization may be in a different industry, the skills you learned will be critical as you embark on your next adventure!
What's included
2 discussion prompts7 plugins
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
- Discussion Prompt•10 minutes
7 plugins•Total 54 minutes
- Reading: Who You'll Encounter•5 minutes
- Reading: Cooking Up Plans•10 minutes
- Knowledge Check•7 minutes
- Reading: Cooking Up Plans•10 minutes
- Reading: Recipe for Success•10 minutes
- Knowledge Check•7 minutes
- Reading: Recipe for Success•5 minutes
What's included
1 assignment
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Untitled•30 minutes
What's included
1 video
1 video•Total 2 minutes
- Outro Video•2 minutes
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