FACILITATION is
helping a group identify common objectives
and offering group processes
to achieve those outcomes
while maintaining neutrality

Effective meetings have clear purpose and outcomes.
These are best defined by
the person with the most at stake from the outcome.

Facilitators use the desired outcomes
to design the meeting flow, a series of activities
that help the group achieve their desired outcomes.

Neutrality is the facilitator's ability to focus on the group process and suspend
judgments on the content of the meeting.
The absence of neutrality can erode trust,
decrease full participation and result in a less effective decision

It’s essential to be able to change one’s facilitation style
based on the maturity
and needs of the group.

Retrospectives are one of the essential practices to ensure the team inspects and adapts its behavior and process. Retrospectives can either help the team continuously improve, or can create team dysfunctions

Being able to come to decisions is a critical function for a team, frequently
problematic, and essential for moving teams to action.

It’s common for conversations to be mediocre – improving conversation quality
leads to better understanding, fuller collaboration and remarkable results

Facilitated meetings are well structured and organized to provide consistency to
the participants

Facilitated meetings are well structured and organized to provide consistency to
the participants

Collaborative spaces create connections, foster trust, allow for silence and
welcome differing points of view

Agile coaching is a craft intended to guide others in understanding, processing, and embracing constant change, so that the change is sustainable, lasting beyond the individuals

Agile coaches guide individuals and teams to get clear about the change they desire, identify places where current reality does not match desired reality and then take action to close the gap -- all in service of delivering business results that matter

Along the way
coaches hold the bigger view of desired change, even when others may have lost sight.

Agile coaches support, guide, coach, teach, mentor and facilitate change without
colluding with the current reality.