SPaMCAST 733 - Reflections, Coaching Bias, Essays and Conversations

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The SPaMCAST 733 features a reflection on a reflection. As I was reading Chapter 5 of</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/3RrmE2a"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(check out the re-read at</span> <a href= "https://bit.ly/3W4Mzzg"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://bit.ly/3W4Mzzg</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">) and retrospecting on my own behavior, I replayed some past coaching experiences. The point today is less the linkage to our current re-read than the confluence of continued learning and reflection.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also have a visit from Mr. Jeremy Berriault. Jeremy and I talk about coaches who let their own biases run away with them.  </span></p> <p><strong>Re-read Saturday News</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week we re-read Chapter 5 of</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/3RrmE2a"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(Amazon Associate Link - buy a copy or two and give them to friends). Chapter 5 is titled Badass Agile Coaching Arcs. Coaching and conversations are highly intertwined activities. I am at a loss as to how I would coach without actively interacting with people. I think the idea of a conversation arc is something I naturally understood or perhaps the concept percolated in my mind from sales training (haven’t I strongly suggested sales training?). The idea of an arc to a coaching conversation makes perfect sense. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Entries in Our Re-read:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Week 1:</span> <a href= "https://bit.ly/3zoAYlx"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Logistics and Forewords</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <a href="https://bit.ly/3zoAYlx"><span style= "font-w