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Part of every profession is the jargon practitioners adopt. Having a language links people together and creates a sense of community. It also creates private gardens; a profession walled off... Read More
Today we complete the re-read of Extraordinary Badass. Tomorrow we will release our interview with Bob Galen, the primary author. Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching is my new go-to coaching reference.... Read More
Today we re-read Chapter 20 of Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond. Bob notes that Stephen Covey’s seventh habit in his classic, Seven Habits of... Read More
Today we re-read Chapter 19 of Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond. I have strong opinions about Communities of Practice (CoP). They can be a... Read More
The coaching dojo in this chapter of Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching is the payoff for me during this re-read (so far… there are 2 chapters and a wrap-up week left).... Read More
Chapter 17 begins the final part of Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching which focuses on continuous learning. The chapter “The Badass Agile Coach’s Guide to Starting Your Day” provides a structure... Read More
This week, we take a detour thanks to Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching. Over the past two chapters, the book has drilled us on recognizing and adapting to situational nuances as... Read More
This chapter is written by Rhiannon Galen-Personick and focuses on diversity awareness. The author uses four areas of diversity to help coaches think through their biases, the biases of the... Read More
I am combining the discussion of chapters 14 and 15 of Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond. The two, written by Jennifer Fields, explore role-based... Read More
Chapter 10 of Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond enumerates the four meta-skills in the Coaching Growth Wheel. They are: These four skills underpin the... Read More
