Growing as a Coach: An Agile Journey with Mariano Oliveti

This week, Mariano Oliveti joined Dan Neumann to discuss the importance of continuous learning and growth as an Agile Coach

In this episode, Mariano shares his experience growing as a Coach. Listen to this conversation where Mariano and Dan dive deep into the steps of this incremental journey, which begins with awareness, followed by proficiency, to achieve mastery later. 

Key Takeaways

• The first step is identifying how you would like to grow as a coach 

• At the beginning of your learning process, ask yourself: How do you intake and process information? What is your learning style?

• The second step is to find the topics that best resonate with you.

• To be an Agile Coach, you must perform specific skills at different levels, such as teaching, mentoring, facilitating, or coaching.

• There are complementary skills that can help you along the journey to becoming an Agile Coach.

• You need to have a good understanding of Agile practices and the Scrum framework.

• Business knowledge is also necessary.

• Be aware of your strengths and your opportunities.

• How can you be intentional about your learning?

• Being intentional is critical to mastering what you do. 

• Be honest with yourself about your goals and objectives and how you want to reach them.

• Listening is the primary skill an Agile Coach needs to have.

• Listening internally to how you react to the events around you and finding opportunities to grow.

• Leaning is a journey, be patient with yourself and respect your process.

Mentioned in this Episode:

The  8 Stances of a Scrum Master

ACF Coaching Certification

DevOps Handbook

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