How to Stay Fresh on a Long Haul Coaching Journey

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11 YRS Agile CoacH, 2YRS @

ABOUT YOU

COACH

BE A LIMPET

Sustainable pace?

DECREASE DEPENDENCY

Letting GO

GiVE UP YOUR SECRETS

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.” Shunryu Suzuki

BEGINNER’s MIND

STAY DETACHed

HOW TO ENGAGE?

ON ALL THE COMMS

INDIVIDUALS

TAKING NOTES

TEAMs

Infra

UX

Coach

Product

Solns

Solns

Solns

Product

Devs Devs

Devs

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Energized WORK

Team Lunches

• Once a month

• Mandatory Desert

BREAKING THE FELLOWSHIP

Quarterly TEAM ROTATION

NOW WE ROTATE TEAM LEAD TOO

CHANGE

CoachING IS ALL ABOUT CHANGE

CHANGE != COMFORT

Challenge vs Comfort

HIERARCHY OF PROGRAMMER NEEDS

ENVIRONMENT  TRUST  TEAM  VALUE  QUALITY  

INFLUENCE TECHNIQUES?

MOTIVATION 2.0

ENCOURAGE Reflection

AUTONOMY-> CHOICE + OWNERSHIP

RETROSPECTIVES

Infra

UX

Coach

Product

Solns

Solns Solns

Product

Devs Devs

Devs

RETRO FACILITATORS FOR OTHER TEAMS

RETROSPECTIVE FACILITATION

VISUALISING TYPES OF WORK

CONTINUOUS TIMELINE

QUADRANTS

SUPERPOWERS

SPEED BOATS

DIALOG SHEETS

FUTURESPECTIVE

Team Agreements

MASTERY-> LEARNING

LEARNING

•  Conference allowance (3days + £) •  Tech Academy – 12 weeks new starters •  Lighting Talks (every other Thu) •  Lunchtime Coding Dojo (Wed) •  Lunchtime Conference Club

Gold Cards

•  20% time for research

•  Try out interesting

technology

•  Pitch ideas to business

• Weekly catch ups over

beer and snacks

TECH ACADEMY

PURPOSE -> CONNECTED

CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT

STAKEHOLDERS SF NY LON HAM OSL STK PAR

SIT WITH BUSINESS

ORGANISATION

No Time!

SUPPORT

TOOLS?

MEMORY

CONSISTENCY

NOW VS FUTURE

EXAMPLES

RebOOTING RECRUITMENT

INTRODUCING TED

BEING TED

DEV INFRASTRUCTURE

2 DEVELoPERS DAYS PER TEAM EACH MONTH

CATCUP

GET OUT OF THE BUILDING

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