SPaMCAST 748 - Making Agile Coaching Better, A Conversation with Bob Galen

<p dir="ltr">SPaMCAST 748 features our interview with Bob Galen. Bob and I discuss Extraordinary <a href= "https://amzn.to/3RrmE2a">Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond</a>. With the interview, we wrap up the re-read and then moved on to talk about improving coaching and the agile industrial complex.</p> <p dir="ltr">Bob Galen is an Agile Practitioner, Trainer & Coach based in Cary, NC. In this role, he helps guide companies and teams in their pragmatic adoption and organizational shift towards agile methods of working. Bob has been doing that since the late 1990s, so he’s deeply experienced. He is the Director of Agile Practice at Zenergy Technologies, a leading business agility transformation company. Bob is also President and Head Coach at RGCG a boutique agile coaching firm.</p> <p dir="ltr">Bob regularly speaks at international conferences and professional groups on topics related to agile software development, testing, scaling, and organizational leadership. He is a Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC), Scrum Alliance CAL trainer, and an active member of the Agile & Scrum Alliances.</p> <p dir="ltr">He’s published four agile-centric books: The Three Pillars of Agile Quality and Testing in 2015, Scrum Product Ownership, 3’rd Edition in 2019, Agile Reflections in 2012, and Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching in 2022. He’s also a prolific writer & blogger (at - www.rgalen.com and www.agile-moose.com) and podcaster (at www.meta-cast.com )</p> <p dir="ltr">Bob may be reached directly at: bob@rgalen.com or networking via: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bobgalen</p> <p dir="ltr">Re-read Saturday News!</p> <p dir="ltr">This week we conclude our re-read of Extraordinary <a href="https://amzn.to/3RrmE2a">Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond</a>. Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching is my new go-to coaching reference. It will be the book I recommend to anyone playing a coaching role in an agile environment. As we know a wide variety of organizational roles s