What it takes to be an Effective Agile Coach with Lyssa Adkins

In an insightful interview with Lyssa Adkins, she describes herself as a leader of leaders. She works on her own leadership abilities as a first step.

She is a coach, facilitator, teacher and inspirer. Many of us know her as an author of Coaching Agile Teams which, as a top ranking Agile book for more than a dozen years.

In this interview, she shares her views and experiences on:

1. How can a leader evolve his/her leadership style as the team grows
2. Silliest myth about Agile coaching
3. Her idea of staying actively engaged without dominating team
4. Tips on becoming an effective Agile Coach in today’s world
5. Things to be avoided to become and effective Agile Coach

Interviewee: Lyssa Adkins (Author, Coaching Agile Teams)

Lyssa Adkins is a coach, facilitator, teacher and inspirer. She is the author of Coaching Agile Teams which, as a top ranking Agile book for more than a dozen years.

Her Agile community focus is amplifying women’s voices, which is why she is a founder of the TENWOMENSTRONG #WomeninAgile programs.

In 2010, she co-founded the Agile Coaching Institute which has developed over 10,000 people in the knowledge, skills and being-ness needed to yield genuinely competent agile coaching. Since 2011, she has been a member of the ICAgile working committee that defines the learning objectives for Agile Facilitation and Coaching and she assesses candidates for the ICAgile-Expert in Agile Coaching competence-based certification. She has also served the Scrum Alliance as an application reviewer for the Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) designation. ​​

Interviewer: Noopur Pathak (Chief Media Editor, INNOVATION ROOTS)

Key Characteristics of a Coach with Jeff Lopez-Stuit

A coach has a huge influence on sporting success by inspiring people to innovate. In our discussion with Jeff Lopez-Stuit, we have discussed the key characteristics of a coach, and as a leader how a coach measures success.

Jeff has highlighted the significance of having something you stand for and which is greater than yourself, as a starting point of a coaching journey. He also suggested to let people have self-created problems in order to encourage creative thinking in an organisation and shared insights on challenges leaders facing today.

Interviewee : Jeff Lopez-Stuit

Jeff is one of the few Certified Enterprise Coaches (CEC). He is a global coach and help people and organisation improve their ability to improve. He guides organizations to exploit the fundamentals of Agile to leave behind the inadequate structures of the past and establish an environment that enables continuous delivery of the highest value for all.

Interviewer: Noopur Pathak (Chief Media Editor, INNOVATION ROOTS)