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No go zone for Agile consultants

TL;DR; Agile consultants should go beyond coaching by actively teaching, guiding, and sometimes directing clients to try new approaches rather than just supporting existing methods. The real value lies in driving meaningful change and growth for organizations, not just prolonging engagements. Development managers should expect Agile consultants to challenge the status quo and encourage experimentation to achieve better results.

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No go zone for Agile consultants

Being an Agile Consultant Goes Beyond Being a Coach

A common mistake Agile Consultants make is to concentrate on the coaching aspect.  Sure, coaching is an important aspect, but only assuming that your client knows exactly what they need to change for success is a common pitfall. 🤔

The truth is, as an Agile Consultant, you need to teach and, occasionally, dictate, which some consultants may find hard to do.   

In other words, you’re not just a coach but also a mentor, a guide, and a leader.

You must encourage clients to try new ways of working to venture into unexplored territories.  This might mean being the voice that encourages a different approach, suggesting alternate paths. 🛤️

But sometimes, being an Agile Consultant can be tough.  💪

It’s not only about extending your income by letting an organisation cling to the same old methods.  It’s about accelerating their growth and paving the way for genuine, meaningful change. 🚀 

Let’s be honest, if you don’t make suggestions on different ways of doing things within an organisation, you may stay in that role longer, which means extending your income but being an Agile Consultant is all about helping the customer and not just making an income.

Whether you are new to Agile Consulting or want to level up your game, you’ll definitely be giving options and suggesting different ways to do things.  As an Agile Consultant, you will be encouraging these different ways and organisations.

Check out my Agile and Scrum courses to gain more insights into the essence of being an Agile Consultant. 📚

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Really common mistake that agile consultants make is just being cultures and being a coach assumes that the customer already knows and understands what they need to do differently in order to be successful and that is definitely not always the case.

Quite often if you’re consulting you need to teach you might even need to dictate right say do this differently and try it differently. You’re definitely going to be giving options right you’re definitely going to be suggesting different ways to do things and helping encourage those different ways and organizations.

The other way is going to make you more money because you’re going to be there for longer but being a consultant is about helping the customer not just making money.

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