In this long read, we continue to learn about Jason and his experience as an agile coach.
In this episode Jason and Sonja stumble on some useful tips for coaches when they stumble on a coaching cheat sheet left behind by one of the ancient coaches and they learn some great tips to use when coaching.
This is the second in a series of long articles about Jason, who is an agile coach.
In the last episode, Jason was coaching away happily when suddenly it all came crashing down.
In this episode we look at how he reacts and how his friend Sonja tries to help him through some agile coaching. Then we look at some tips on how Sonja could have more effectively coached Jason.
The great thing about agile coaching is that you are helping people to help themselves. So if you get some traction, then people usually enjoy the journey and start to build momentum. Then they help themselves (with your support) and you can clearly see the value of your effort.
But it is not always as straight forward as that.
Once upon a time an agile coach faced a setback …
This article, and some others called “Jason’s coaching journey”, are a long read.
The article is a mythical story of how an agile coach found himself on a journey that turned into a real struggle.
As we learn about Jason’s journey, we will also look at whether, if we were coaching him, we could help him get back on track.
James King 