2017 Big Apple Scrum Day: Coaching Clinic

The Third Annual BASD (2017) event is in the books.  27 people have been served by the coaches, whose cumulative experience and depth of knowledge were just immense.  Many thanks to Zuzka Sochova, Kim Brainard, Bob Galen, David Liebman and Jim York for making this happen.  This event had the largest every presence of Certified Enterprise Coaches (CEC).

Below is the summary of quotes from the people that attended the Coaching Clinic:

• “Awesome session. Wealth of knowledge.”
• “Pleasant convo. Vague question but got some interesting answers.”
• “Bob helped me with several concerns I had. He broke things down and emphasized the importance of always looking at things with a whole team approach. Will use feedback.”
• “Dave: – great shaking, -good advice, – will use immediately.”
  “Very helpful and informative, It is always good to learn other perspectives”
• “Great insight and way to look at personal issues.”
• “Dave game me some good marketing advice about marketing myself”
• “Bob listened, provided valuable feedback and helped me walk out with actionable items. Thank you!”
• “David – useful suggestion.”
• “Refreshing and very pragmatic session.   Great advice and specific to my exact topic.”
• “Awesome coaching from Kim. Look forward to taking her feedback to work.”
• “Practical & useful talk about Scrum roles with development team (PO & SM).”
• “Great feedback from Dave. Great advice about how to run meetings and to get work done.”
• “Great pointers to look for next steps. Good and honest advice. Informative discussion.”
• “Got coaching from Jim on rolling out agile more broadly. Jim was really helpful and got us to the heart of where we should focus. Thank you!”
• “Dave shared personal experiences that helped me identify possible resolutions to my problem. Very clearly followed the steps from the coaching stance. Got definite actions to try.”
• “Great advice for retros from Kim.”
• “Had a session with Jim about career path and my goals. He was extremely helpful. Listened to my concerns and helped with ideas.”
• “Great therapy session! Was able to get real life examples in the feedback.”
• “Meeting with Jim was worth every nano-second. He reset my thinking about focus but more importantly, my intention with short-term and long-term goals — but especially humility. Excellent!”