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Job Title: Experienced Agile Coach

Posted on by Shahin Sheidaei

Are you an experienced Agile Coach looking for a new and exciting opportunity? Elevate Change, a leading firm specializing in organizational transformation and agile practices, is seeking a talented individual to join our team as an Experienced Agile Coach. If you are passionate about driving Agile transformations, fostering collaboration, and empowering teams, this could be the perfect role for you.

About Elevate Change:
Elevate Change is a forward-thinking consulting firm dedicated to helping organizations embrace agility and drive meaningful change. We partner with clients across industries to enhance their ability to adapt, innovate, and thrive in a rapidly changing business landscape. Our team of experts brings deep knowledge and experience in Agile methodologies, Lean practices, and organizational transformation, enabling our clients to achieve sustainable growth and success.

Role Overview:
As an Experienced Agile Coach at Elevate Change, you will play a pivotal role in guiding organizations through their Agile journey. You will work closely with leadership teams, product owners, Scrum Masters, and development teams, fostering an environment of continuous improvement and Agile excellence. Your primary focus will be on coaching and mentoring teams to adopt Agile principles, practices, and frameworks while ensuring the successful delivery of projects and initiatives.

Responsibilities:
– Collaborate with clients to assess their current Agile maturity and develop customized Agile transformation strategies.
– Provide hands-on coaching to teams and individuals, enabling them to understand and apply Agile principles and practices effectively.
– Conduct Agile training sessions and workshops for various stakeholders, including executives, managers, and team members.
– Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
– Identify and resolve impediments, foster transparency, and promote a culture of continuous improvement within teams.
– Collaborate with other Agile Coaches and cross-functional teams to share best practices and drive consistency across projects.
– Help teams measure and track their progress using Agile metrics, providing guidance on how to improve their performance.
– Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in Agile methodologies and share knowledge within the organization.

Qualifications:
– Minimum of 5 years of experience as an Agile Coach or in a similar role, driving Agile transformations in complex environments.
– Strong expertise in Agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, and Lean.
– Proven track record of coaching and mentoring teams to adopt Agile practices and deliver high-quality results.
– Excellent facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels.
– Solid understanding of software development processes and principles.
– Certifications such as Kanban Management Professional (KMP), Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP), and Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP) are highly desirable.
– Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field is preferred.

Join Elevate Change:
At Elevate Change, we value innovation, collaboration, and a relentless commitment to excellence. As an Experienced Agile Coach, you will have the opportunity to work with industry-leading organizations, influence their transformational journey, and make a significant impact on their success. We offer a dynamic and inclusive work environment that encourages professional growth, provides ample learning opportunities, and recognizes and rewards outstanding performance.

If you are passionate about Agile methodologies, have a proven track record in driving Agile transformations, and thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you. Elevate Change is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds.

To apply, please submit your resume, a cover letter outlining your relevant experience, and any relevant certifications to careers@elevatechange.co. Please include “Experienced Agile Coach Application” in the subject line.

We appreciate all applications, but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further consideration.

Thank you for considering a career with Elevate Change.

🇨🇦🎉 Celebrating Canada Day with Joy and Gratitude! 🎉🇨🇦

Posted on by Shahin Sheidaei

On this special day, Elevate Change Inc. wishes all our fellow Canadians a heartfelt and joyous Canada Day! 🎊 Today, we come together to honor the vibrant tapestry of cultures, diversity, and shared values that make our beloved country so exceptional.

Canada, our beautiful home, is a land of endless possibilities, where dreams take flight and aspirations become reality. As we reflect upon our collective journey, we are humbled by the immense progress we have made together and inspired by the promise of a brighter future.

This Canada Day, we extend our deepest gratitude to the Canadian spirit that binds us all. We are grateful for the strength of our communities, the compassion of our people, and the unwavering commitment to inclusivity and equality that defines us.

At Elevate Change Inc., we are privileged to work with incredible individuals, organizations, and partners who share our passion for positive social impact. Together, we strive to uplift and empower communities, creating lasting change that transforms lives.

Today, we celebrate not only our country’s natural beauty but also the remarkable achievements we have accomplished as a nation. From coast to coast, we have built bridges of understanding, fostered innovation, and stood as beacons of hope for the world.

Let us take a moment to appreciate the strength and resilience of Canadians, who have faced challenges with unwavering determination and kindness. We salute our front-line workers, our educators, our volunteers, and every Canadian who has contributed to making Canada a compassionate and caring society.

As we wave our flags high and sing “O Canada” with pride, let us remember the core values that define us as a nation: inclusivity, diversity, and respect. Together, we can continue to forge a path towards a more equitable and sustainable future for all.

Happy Canada Day to all our amazing colleagues, partners, friends, and fellow Canadians! May this day be filled with joy, love, and cherished memories. Let us come together as one, united in our shared purpose of making Canada an even better place for generations to come.

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Laid off? We’re here to help!

Posted on by Shahin Sheidaei

Are you a tech professional who has recently been laid off? Are you feeling overwhelmed and unsure of your next steps? Let us help you navigate this transition on us! Our experienced coaches will work with you to identify your strengths, set achievable goals, and help you get back on track. Whether you’re looking to upskill or transition into a new role, we’ve got you covered. Take control of your career today and book a session now.

Book your complimentary session here: https://www.elevatechange.co/service/certified-coaching/personal-coaching/

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The Alternative to Leading with Agile Practice Adoption; with Jeff Anderson

Posted on by Shahin Sheidaei

Description:

Agile practices are great, however as a coach and consultant it is becoming increasingly apparent that it is incredibly challenging to coach teams to use many agile practices in a correct way that is sustainable over time.

During this talk I’ll go get vet my experience s over the last two year with a large number of teams and coaches trying to improve their maturity. I have been observing the same teams going through a repetitive boom and bust agile maturity cycle as coaches come and go from teams. I’ve seen it take an incredible amount of effort to get teams to work with relatively simple agile practices with precision and skill. Once a coach leaves a team, I have witnessed back sliding in terms of adoption.

In this session Ill ask how can we help teams to increase their ability to self organize and collaborate without constant input and protection from an agile coach? How can we encourage teams to adopt amazing agile practices with enthusiasm and in a thoughtful way. How can we help team sustain their maturity and not abandon agile once the coach leaves?

Over the last six months I have been experimenting with a “Naked Kanban” approach that fully immerses the entire team, their management, and customers into a flow oriented mindset. This approach emphasizes bringing flow of work, and the lack of flow of work front and center to the entire team, and empowering the team to truly fix their flow. Coaches have been instructed not teach new practices, and in fact to resist introducing new practices even when asked, until teams can demonstrate the impact new practices will have on their flow of work.

The early results are encouraging, teams are adopting slower, but in a far more sustainable way. The collective intelligence of teams are improving. So is collaboration and respect. I’ll go through these results in detail, as well as the challenges still to come, of which many remain.

About Jeff:
My mission in life is to help technology knowledge workers be awesome at what they do. Having been in the market since 1994, I have transitioned my initial passion for agile software engineering to provide advisory services to clients that want to thrive in a world of uncertainty and learning.

Over the last several years I have been running an Agile/Lean transformation service to help clients move from command and control towards feedback and self organization.

Our team has a solid track record coaching teams on foundational agile practices, guiding end to end organizational transformation to embrace a more agile mindset, and focused coaching of product and operations teams on how to embrace design thinking and validated learning.

I admit to an unbridled enthusiasm for any method or practice that bring creativity and joy to the value creation process, and get a kick out of turning leading edge thinking into contextualized, practical tools.

I also love to supercharge complex workshops through a combination of crowd awareness, passion, and above all humour. I’ll often iterate over a vast array of models/workshops in real time to adapt to the crowd’s thinking and evolving goal of the session.

My most important skill is growing the talent around me. I continue to provide passionate, motivated people with a suite of leading edge skills that take their leadership to the next level.