How to Stay Fresh on a Long Haul Coaching Journey
@rachelcdavies
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"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.” Shunryu Suzuki
BEGINNER’s MIND
Infra
UX
Coach
Product
Solns
Solns
Solns
Product
Devs Devs
Devs
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Team Lunches
• Once a month
• Mandatory Desert
BREAKING THE FELLOWSHIP
Quarterly TEAM ROTATION
NOW WE ROTATE TEAM LEAD TOO
CoachING IS ALL ABOUT CHANGE
CHANGE != COMFORT
Challenge vs Comfort
HIERARCHY OF PROGRAMMER NEEDS
ENVIRONMENT TRUST TEAM VALUE QUALITY
INFLUENCE TECHNIQUES?
ENCOURAGE Reflection
AUTONOMY-> CHOICE + OWNERSHIP
Infra
UX
Coach
Product
Solns
Solns Solns
Product
Devs Devs
Devs
RETRO FACILITATORS FOR OTHER TEAMS
RETROSPECTIVE FACILITATION
VISUALISING TYPES OF WORK
CONTINUOUS TIMELINE
MASTERY-> LEARNING
LEARNING
• Conference allowance (3days + £) • Tech Academy – 12 weeks new starters • Lighting Talks (every other Thu) • Lunchtime Coding Dojo (Wed) • Lunchtime Conference Club
Gold Cards
• 20% time for research
• Try out interesting
technology
• Pitch ideas to business
• Weekly catch ups over
beer and snacks
PURPOSE -> CONNECTED
CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT
STAKEHOLDERS SF NY LON HAM OSL STK PAR
SIT WITH BUSINESS
RebOOTING RECRUITMENT
DEV INFRASTRUCTURE
2 DEVELoPERS DAYS PER TEAM EACH MONTH
GET OUT OF THE BUILDING
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