Agile Coaching – More Is Not Better

Developing your Agile Coaching skill is NOT about MORE As you progress in your career, you might be tempted to accumulate MORE – more knowledge, more processes, rules, and templates. Why not sign up for one more newsletter, or substack, or Discord, or podcast, or blog. Why not read one more book? Why not go to another Agile Coaching camp, or conference? It makes sense on the surface. If something has the potential to help me, why not get more of that? But then you never really develop the instinct to solve specifically for each customer. You’re busy trying to remember and apply all of the rules, processes, and best practices you’ve collected. Agile Coaching in The Age Of Overwhelm It feels like we’re busy enough – Agile Coaching usually involves helping multiple teams at once. We may feel “on the hook” for financiall results, budgets, team happiness, individual well-being, and corporate practices and standards. That’s a lot. The last thing you need is more information – especially if it all seems to contradict one another. You’re going to feel overwhelmed pretty soon, and in 2025, we don’t need help with that. We already feel like Agile is on borrowed time. Our reputation is at stake and we’re trying harder and harder to prove ourselves worthy. That’s not a great way to feel. Just One More So we keep searching for that magic hack. We keep digital clips and link lists of our favourite articles. Stuff we promise ourselves to remember to try. Here’s what I want you to remember. There is no magic salve. There’s no one thing you must do in order to be great. In fact, you can’t chase greatness as though it were a destination. You will approach greatness through humble practice. Humble meaning – be curious, be open to learning, but don’t crowd yourself with someone else’s rules or virtues. You have to earn them. The hard way. What To Do Instead Rather than obsessing about how well you conform to other people’s prescriptions of “good” Agile Coaching, set your own standards. We do that by learning to trust the process. Try, fail, repeat. If you believe that you don’t have enough info to get started, you’re suffering from “but first” syndrome – the belief that there’s a low-water mark of things you need to know or have before you begin. In the beginning you know nothing. The paradox is, the more you know, the more you realize you still know nothing. You will always be stretching and reaching. Don’t let the sense of inadequacy thwart you. The only way to get great is to endeavour. Do the work. Your Agile Coaching will automatically get better as you work. If you like this topic, you might also like… Badass Unscripted – Too Much of The Wrong Thing Badass Unscripted – Uncommon Agile Leadership Without Certification Episode 209 – Knowledge Focus On Go **CHECK OUT ALL MY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES HERE:** https://learning.fusechamber.com **ELEVATE YOUR PROFESSIONAL STORYTELLING – Now Live!** The most coveted communications skill – now at your fingertips! https://learning.fusechamber.com/storytelling **JOIN THE FORGE*** New cohort for Fall 2024! Email for more information: [email protected] **BREAK FREE OF CORPORATE AGILE!!*** Download my FREE Guide and learn how to shift from roles and process and use your agile skills in new and exciting ways! https://learning.fusechamber.com/future-of-agile-signup We’re also on YouTube! Follow the podcast, enjoy some panel/guest commentary, and get some quick tips and guidance from me: https://www.youtube.com/c/BadassAgile ****** Follow The LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/badass-agile ****** Our mission is to create an elite tribe of leaders who focus on who they need to become in order to lead and inspire, and to be the best agile podcast and resource for effective mindset and leadership game. Contact us ([email protected]) for elite-level performance and agile coaching, speaking engagements, team-level and executive mindset/agile training, and licensing options for modern, high-impact, bite-sized learning and educational content.