Agile Coach as Weaver

I like to overlay thinking models across my Agile Coaching mindset. Not all at once, but having an inventory of them and then bringing them into play when I need them to serve my clients.

An example would be Gustavo Razzetti’s Culture Design Canvas, the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel, or Bill Joiner’s Leadership Agility.

The metaphor that I often think of is that of a weaver patiently and skillfully weaving a tapestry. As an Agile Coach, I’m weaving a conversation canvas as I coach each client.

Some of the models I weave in all the time. The ACGW is one of these, as it guides my thinking around stances and dancing with my client. Others I use sparingly, weaving them in only when I sense that the timing and need are right.

But lately I’m thinking of the coach as a client influencer as well. And this influence is even more subtle, as we weave it in through our coaching presence. In this case, I might weave in ideas around—

• Sustainability

• Ethics

• Regenerative Leadership

• Diversity

• Privilege

• Deep Democracy

• Appreciative Inquiry

And many other concepts during my coaching. It might be as subtle as me sharing a story from my own journey in one of these areas, or simply holding space for it within my Meta-skills so that I show up to amplify that idea.

As I’ve mentioned in my writing before, some core beliefs are emerging in my Agile Coaching journey, including—

• The importance of the relationship.

• The impact of modeling is my most powerful coaching stance.

• The need to continuously be aware of and develop my self-mastery.

• Develop a broad set of models that I hold loosely in coaching conversations.

• The responsibility I have to invite (foster, example) more client awareness *this one*.

All wrapped around a human-to-human coaching conversation.

Stay agile, my friends,

Bob.

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