Coaching Served 2 Ways for Agile Manchester

Coaching,Served 2 WaysSport coaching learning applied to agile

Dan Brown@KanbanDan

Coaching Served 2 Ways #AgileManc @KanbanDan

Who am I?

Dan Brown

@KanbanDan

I’m a Kanban Coach & Teacher

I’m a Licensed RFU Rugby Coach



What’s all this aboutI took the RFU Coaching Course

I expected to hear a lot about Rugby

Instead we learned about PrinciplesThe Coaching ProcessValuesComplexityDeveloping People & their skillsSkill Acquisition Loops, switches, penetrators, blitzes, drifts, scrummaging (OK some of it was about rugby)


“Knowing and understanding the principles … Is the cornerstone of successful coaching”


The principles are different

But the point is the same

The Principles are the foundation we build on

Does your coaching strategy align to the principles you are teaching?

E.g. “You can’t “Gantt chart your way to agile”It wouldn’t match the principles we are coaching

“Knowing and understanding the principles … Is the cornerstone of successful coaching”


The Coaching Process

RFU: Plan – Do – Review

Agile: Inspect and Adapt

Systems thinking: Plan – Do – Check – Act

Lean Startup : Build – Measure – Learn

Kanban: Validated Learning, Kaizen

Cynefin: Probe – Sense – Respond


Coaching styles

TellCoach makes decisions & tells team what to do

SellCoach decides, and persuades team that it’s the right thing to do

AskCoach outlines situation and invites suggestions

DelegateCoach sets the problem and lets the team decide how to solve it.

Prescriptive

Mentoring

Coaching

Non Directive

Safety

New to this

More experienced

Experts

Rugby Agile Situation


Plan

“Remember: Planning is essential, plans may change” – RFU coaching manual

Or as Eisenhower put it

“plans are useless, but planning is indispensable”

Align your plan to your long term goals

Be flexible – things will happen which require changes to plan or intended outcomes


Example Plan: “Attack from lineout Slice, 13 flat 12 deep”

Session Set up

Session focus area

Overview“Whole-part-whole”

approach

Detail of “part”

Values targeted

Skill focus

Reflections of how it went - Retrospective


Review

Always review your session with the team and fellow coaches.

Did it align to goals (personal and team)

What went well, what went not so well

What would you do differently

How does this affect plan for next session?


Values

TREDSTeamworkRespectEnjoymentDisciplineSportsmanship

“Values cannot be imposed and need to be agreed in order for people to abide by them”


Complexity

I was surprised when I realised Cynefin worked for Rugby too


Complexity

I was surprised when I realised Cynefin worked for Rugby too

In Rugby League, Coaching is mostly prescriptive“Do what I say or get off the park!”

In Rugby Union we coach players to make intuitive decisions instead

Why?


Coaching that Develops People - not just players

The 5CsCompetence SkillsConfidence Self WorthConnection Building bonds with othersCharacter Fairness, Sympathy, EmpathyCreativity Find your own solutions

Sky TV’s “School of Hard Knocks” is a great example


Skill Acquisition

3 stages of Skill Acquisition:Cognitive (understanding)Associative (practice)Autonomous (automatic)


Coaching Philosophy

Maintains clarity, direction and focus in the way you coach

Helps you align your behaviours with your values

Your philosophy will evolve with you

Dan’s coaching philosophy To Learn and Share. No-one knows everything.To be Open and Transparent.Challenge things, be prepared to be Disruptive.Coach Situationally – seek out the Context.Foster and encourage work to be a Fun and Happy place.Be Fair and encourage fairness in others.Be Helpful to everyone.Above all, make a Positive Difference


Update

I now have a new and all encompassing philosophy

“Simplify and Inspire in a Fun and Safe way. Always be Positive, Open and Transparent”


Philosophy Vs Principles

Agile, Kanban and Rugby each have their own principles

Principles are determined by others, and we either subscribe to them or not

Philosophy is personal to us

Philosophy is how we apply the principles


Meet Joe EhrmannJoe was a defensive tackle in the NFL in the 70s and 80s

Now he’s a coach, author and speaker


The big 4 questions

Joe thinks all coaches should have answers to these questions:

Why do you coach?

Why do you coach the way you do?

How does it feel to be coached by you?

What does success look like?


Psychology

This is Bill Beswick – I met him at an RFU coaching day

He’s the England Rugby team sports psychologist

He’s a world leader in his field

Let me tell you a little story…


CultureA successful team rarely relates to talent

The coach is responsible for creating the right environment

The right environment relies on the coach understanding the importance of continuous personal development and defined coaching philosophy

The vision must be clear and agreed

The coach should be able to facilitate, establish and demonstrate core values and leadership within the team


All Black Culture“No D*ckheads” – Wanau

The All Blacks select on character as well as talent

“Sweep the sheds” – Humility Before leaving the dressing room they literally sweep upNo-one is too big to sweep the floor

“Leave the jersey in a better place” - StewardshipThis responsibility creates a compelling sense of higher purpose

“Champions Do Extra” ethosfinding incremental ways to do more in the gym, on the field, for the team

“Keep a blue head” - PsychologyRed Head – panicked, off task, unproductive stateBlue Head – optimal, on task, productive state

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