This specialization is intended for anyone who wants to have a bigger impact on the culture and success of their organization. Through five courses, you will learn foundational coaching principles, ethical and emotional maturity, facilitation and mentorship, driving change across teams, and sustaining transformation for long-term agility.
Agile Coaching Essentials Specialization
Agile Coaching Essentials Specialization
Guide Teams to Deliver Greater Business Value. Gain agile coaching skills to boost teamwork, adaptability, and career growth in any environment.
Instructor: Scrum Alliance
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No prior experience required
2 months at 10 hours a week
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Beginner level
No prior experience required
2 months at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
Guide teams through complex change by coaching and mentoring to improve communication, break down silos, and accelerate innovation across a business.
Build resilient, high-performing teams by developing agile coaching skills that help teams adapt, collaborate, and deliver strong results.
Drive agility at scale by cultivating a culture of continuous improvement that enables your organization to stay competitive in uncertain markets.
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Skills you'll gain
- Leadership and Management
- Meeting Facilitation
- Agile Methodology
- Agile Project Management
- Organizational Change
- Organizational Structure
- Employee Coaching
- Coaching
- Business Transformation
- Teaching
- Organizational Strategy
- Agile Product Development
- Team Leadership
- Team Performance Management
- Agile Software Development
- Discussion Facilitation
- Mentorship
- Team Management
- Strategic Leadership
- Culture Transformation
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Specialization - 5 course series
What you'll learn
Understand agile coaching and how it differs from roles in leadership, project management, and professional coaching.
Learn the key elements of a coaching presence and discover how that unlocks a safe space in which teams can change.
Explore how agile coaching drives productive team dynamics, organizational change, and adaptable ways of working, across industries.
Skills you'll gain
Coaching, Agile Methodology, Leadership, Collaboration, Agile Software Development, Agile Product Development, Agile Project Management, Organizational Effectiveness, Culture Transformation, Team Leadership, Organizational Change, Communication, Management Consulting, Team Management, Leadership and Management, Business, Organizational Leadership, Employee Coaching, Business Transformation, and Business Communication
What you'll learn
Take key coaching skills from conceptual to practical in this scenario-based course.
Discover practical tools for coaching teams toward innovation and collaboration.
Become a valuable asset in any organization.
Skills you'll gain
Coaching, Discussion Facilitation, Team Motivation, Organizational Change, Business Management, Agile Product Development, Business Strategies, Teaching, Agile Software Development, Team Performance Management, Agile Project Management, Team Management, Organizational Strategy, Agile Methodology, Organizational Leadership, Mentorship, Business, Business Communication, Employee Coaching, and Team Leadership
What you'll learn
The agile coaching stances that support agile adoption.
Leadership techniques to increase the ROI of agile initiatives.
Overcoming agile adoption hesitancy and roadblocks.
Skills you'll gain
Coaching, Agile Methodology, Business Transformation, Teaching, Employee Coaching, Agile Product Development, Mentorship, Meeting Facilitation, Team Performance Management, Team Management, Organizational Leadership, Leadership and Management, Leadership, Project Management, Employee Training, Agile Project Management, Agile Software Development, Team Leadership, Culture Transformation, and Team Building
What you'll learn
Systems coaching skills.
Team and organizational coaching.
Guiding adaptability and driving strategic alignment.
Skills you'll gain
Agile Methodology, Business Leadership, Agile Project Management, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Strategy, Organizational Structure, Organizational Change, Business Strategy, Team Leadership, Culture Transformation, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Employee Coaching, Strategic Leadership, Business Transformation, Organizational Leadership, Leadership and Management, Coaching, Team Management, Cross-Functional Collaboration, and Leadership
What you'll learn
Applying change management principles to agile transformations.
Strategies for navigating complex, interconnected systems.
Approaches to redesigning structures and policies for agility.
Skills you'll gain
Coaching, Agile Software Development, Agile Methodology, Agile Project Management, Business Strategy, Strategic Leadership, Organizational Change, Team Leadership, Business Leadership, Employee Coaching, Leadership and Management, Leadership, Business Process Improvement, Business Management, Culture Transformation, Organizational Strategy, Agile Product Development, Organizational Leadership, Business Transformation, and Organizational Structure
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Frequently asked questions
Each self-paced, on-demand course within the Specialization takes approximately four hours to complete. You will complete the Specialization in approximately 20 hours.
There are no prerequisites for this course, although basic familiarity with the Manifesto for Agile Software Development will be helpful.
Each course builds on the previous, so we recommend taking the courses in this order:
Introduction to Agile Coaching
Becoming an Agile Coach
Agile Coaching Skills
Coaching for Change: Making Agility Work
Coaching for Transformation: Sustaining Change
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