AFH 094: Professional Agile Coaching with Allison Pollard

Allison Pollard (@allison_pollard) joined Ryan Ripley (@ryanripley) to discuss professional agile coaching.

Allison Pollard – Agile Coach In this episode you’ll discover: What professional coaching mean
How to start the coaching journey
The power of self-organizing teams
How to avoid inhibiting self-organization when coaching others
Links from the show: Allison’s Website – http://www.allisonpollard.com/
Margaret Wheatley’s site – https://margaretwheatley.com/
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You’ll notice that I’m speaking there again this year. Attendees will have a chance to participate in my half-day sessions on advanced scrum topics called Coaching Workshop: Taking Your Scrum to the Next Level, as well as Rethinking Your Retrospectives.
I hope to see many Agile for Humans listeners in Las Vegas – June 3-8, for this great event. The post AFH 094: Professional Agile Coaching with Allison Pollard appeared first on Ryan Ripley.