Franklin Covey has researched four key leadership skills that predict team and organizational success. Coaching is on the list! Coaching (including professional development, career, leadership, executive, and performance coaching) is becoming a regular part of the corporate lexicon. As companies move toward meeting the needs of a new generation of workers, they are building “cultures of coaching.”

• Define professional coaching in an organizational setting
• Discuss coaching skills and their application to agilists at every level
• Assemble resources to build coaching skills

About the Speaker:

Alicia McLain is the owner and principal of Operational Innovations, a strategic solutions provider located in San Diego, California. Known as the ‘Organizational Whisperer,’ she has devoted 15 years to the business of building high performing teams, empowering leaders in transition, and creating climates where teams can thrive using Agile practices. She coaches, trains, and leads transformations at mid-size and large companies domestically and internationally.

Alicia is the founder and co-organizer of the Agile Coaching Exchange for Southern California (ACE:SoCal), the first MeetUp group of its kind in the United States, in partnership with the flagship in London. She holds a PMP and Scrum Alliance certifications in Scrum Master, Product Owner and Scrum Professional.