2018 BIG APPLE SCRUM DAY: COACHING CLINIC (Coaches Worksheet)


This page is being gradually developed towards May, 2018 Big Apple Scrum Day Coaching Clinic.

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Below are some basic guidelines for participating coaches on how to run a coaching clinic during Big Apple Scrum Day.  Experience and working models of previous clinics (Scrum Alliance, Agile Alliance) have being used. If you have other recommendations or additional ideas, please suggest 🙂  .

General Coaching Guidelines:

  • Wear a coaching hat or shirt (depending what attribute is provided by the event)
  • Walk-ins are OK if we have capacity
  • Each session is limited to 15 min, unless there is no line – then you can attend to another person
  • Appointments get priority over walk-ins
  • It is OK to offer a business  card for future consultation, or do another soft-mentioning of whatever you think may create a future relationship with a coachee.  However, pleas, be careful about HOW you do it.  Do NOT explicitly sell services or proactively solicit business, while coaching
  • Paired coaching is OK if we have capacity (one coach works, another observes; then– debrief).  If fact, this is a great way to learn from one another (and then reflect)
  • Always, start off with understanding what brought a person to the clinic (e.g. “What brought you here?” or “How I can help?”)
  • We can briefly retrospect at the end of the day or, if not possible, later via email

Participating Coaches (BOARD view):

This is us – the clinicians:

 

Coach’s Name Home base
Gene Gendel  New York, USA
Mary Thorn
David Liebman New York, USA
Jim York  Leesburg, VA
Alexandr Kizhner   New York, USA
Amitai Schleier  New York, USA
Skylar Watson
Ross Hughes  Burlington, Vermont
Ben Scott  Erie, Pennsylvania
Dustin Thostenson

 

Coaches’ Availability (BOARD view):

In the morning, we shall put up a board in our working area.  On this board, each coach will put his name (on a sticky), in a time slot when he/she is willing/able to offer service.  Example below:

Time Slot Available Coach
8:00 – 8:30
8:30 – 9:00
9:00 – 9:30
9:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:30
12:30 – 1:00
1:00 – 1:30
1:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 2:30
2:30 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:30
3:30 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:30
4:30 – 5:00

Note: Time slots should correlate to the Event’s Main Schedule

 

Appointment Schedule (BOARD view):

On this board, each attendee will put his/her name/discussion topic (on a sticky), into a time slot when they are planning to attend the clinic.  Attendees may request multiple time slots, within reasonable limits. Each request  = one sticky note.  Example:

15-min Time Slot During

Attendee Name/Discussion Topic

Registration
Morning Session Part 1
Morning Break
Morning Session Part 2
Lunch Break
Afternoon Session Part 1
Afternoon Break
Afternoon Session Part 2

Note: Time slots should correlate to the Event’s Main Schedule 

BOARD: Coachee’s Response:

On this board, every clinic attendee  will be asked to write a brief feedback on a sticky note (example from Orlando). They may or may not provide the name of a coach that offered assistance – it is up to them.   We, the coaches, don’t have to watch them doing this.  Once we are done with a coaching session, they can self-manage.

BOARD: Appointment Counter

On this board, we shall be collecting all sticky notes that were served. Attendees will be asked to post them there, after they attended the clinic.

 

 

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