What a joy to see the Co-Active Coaching book alongside a bevy of agile books at the 2009 Agile Development Practices conference bookstore. It sat there, nestled right next to the latest agile wisdom from Mike’s Cohn’s new book, Succeeding with Agile. And…the Co-Active Coaching book sold out. I didn’t wear a sign saying “Co-Active Coaching Rocks!” or anything like that. I just mentioned the book once, in my half-day tutorial called Becoming an Agile Coach (this is a shorter version of the Coaching Agile Teams class). I take this as an indication that agile coaches are eager to expand their skills and get into the hard bits with teams — the being human stuff that often restricts a team’s value delivery. Another indication of this trend was the many times I noticed people peeking at Rachel Davies’ and Liz Sedley’s book, Agile Coaching, which also did quite well. Good for all of us! Now I really can’t wait for my book, Coaching Agile Teams, to come out in the Spring. We’re all pointing to the same thing: stellar coaches will help teams activate agile for the astonishing results people feel (and some know) it can create. Coaching does, indeed, rock.
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Having learned about Neuro-Linguistic Programming many years ago when I lived in japan and having applied it in professional and personal environments, I am finding Co-active coaching to be an extra spice that makes the recipe of effective communication so much better. As an agilist I consider this to be an essential aspect for the creation of successful products.
It was a pleasure finding a link to this blog post after gaining admission to the Scrum Alliance. The book Agile Coaching was fantastic, and I’m about to read Co-Active coaching in a 3 month program that will include practice sessions with ICF and ORCS certified coach, Louisette Ness – who spoke at Agile 2009 in Chicago. http://fs9.formsite.com/hajush/coachingcoaching/. It’s exciting to see confirmation of the relevance of Co-Active Coaching to other agile practitioners. I look forward to your Coaching Agile Teams book!