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How I found my purpose as an agilist (and how you can find yours)
"From where do you source the energy to get out of bed every day and go to work?" In the spirit of opening my heart first and showing...
Niall McShane
Nov 21, 20205 min read
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How to stop DOing agile and start BEing agile
I've had many discussions when advising on agile adoption with clients; a question always comes up "Do we emphasize changing mindset or...
Niall McShane
Nov 11, 20204 min read
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Psychological safety; how to get it and what to do if you haven't got it
Why should you care about psychological safety
How do you know when you have it
How to build it
How to maintain it
Niall McShane
Oct 23, 20201 min read
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7 dysfunctions of agile coaching conversations
At a recent Meetup I presented some of my observations on how, as agile coaches, we can become dysfunctional in how we coach. Often we...
Niall McShane
Oct 9, 20201 min read
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The agile expert vrs the agile coach; why we need both
Any organisation embarking on an agile transformation will require the right capability to pull it off. Over my career I’ve seen many...
Niall McShane
Oct 8, 20204 min read
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BEING vrs. DOING agile; a false argument
BEing versus DOing agile I remember back to 2006 when I was in the middle east in Qatar, Doha. I was playing the role of the learning...
Niall McShane
Sep 5, 20204 min read
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Things NOT to do if you want to “hold the space”
There’s “space” between coach & client; can you hold it? When coaching or facilitating we often talk about “holding the space”. What is...
Niall McShane
Aug 19, 20202 min read
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The Responsive Agile Coaching Model: 4 Moves to Success
“Agile coaching is enabling others to adopt agile ways of working.” I like this definition because the outcome is observable; people are...
Niall McShane
Aug 16, 202010 min read
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Why agile coaches should practice consulting
Consulting is a great practice for agile coaches Having worked as an agile coach collaborating with consultants and also having worked as...
Niall McShane
Aug 8, 20203 min read
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Expert v. Coach: The important difference and necessity of each
Experts provide advice and solutions to your problems Coaches support you to co-create solutions through dialogue and conversations I...
Niall McShane
Aug 1, 20204 min read
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Agile coaching through emotional resistance to change
Dealing with people and their emotions when they don’t want to change I’ve found a lot of agile coaches struggle to deal with what could...
Niall McShane
Jul 25, 20206 min read
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3 responses to every agile question
“To learn how to be responsive; what does that mean? The ability to both tell people the answers to questions about agile AND the ability...
Niall McShane
Jun 15, 20204 min read
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Are you an Agile Expert?
“To learn how to be responsive; what does that mean? The ability to both tell people the answers to questions about agile AND the ability...
Niall McShane
Jun 11, 20202 min read
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Do we still need the Agile coach?
“To learn how to be responsive; what does that mean? The ability to both tell people the answers to questions about agile AND the ability...
Niall McShane
Jun 9, 20202 min read
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