Being Followed: How Individuals Help Teams Become
Michael Hill
Workshop: 90 minutes
Summary
Do you lead when you’re not the boss, or even the senior geek? Do you wish to? Guess what: you’re a coach. Coaching is exactly the art of being followed when you’re not in charge, and in this session we’ll tackle it head-on. You’ll learn:
- the basics of coaching;
- three noob Theory Traps to avoid;
- five pillars of coaching: Sorting, Inviting, Releasing, Situating, Modeling;
- using the pillars to generate or evaluate a coaching idea;
- and innumerable details, wherein the devil resides.
The session is divided into three short talks, each followed by q&a and discussion. Coaching is not a science, and the path to success is not obvious, so ask an experienced coach what he’s learned.
Short Bio
Mike Hill, widely known as GeePaw, has been helping geeks produce for over a decade using the techniques of Extreme Programming, Scrum, and Kanban. As a professional coach, he’s worked with every category of software, be it desktop or embedded, web service or bit-flipping. He actively mentors others in the way of the coach. He maintains that the path to excellence lies in creating business value, geek joy, and courageous curiosity.
