Trying to coach an adamant senior
How to coach senior leaders who block agile change without threatening their status
This is a very specific, very common kind of problem.
You’re trying to help a senior person (a longtime PM, PO, architect, or manager), and you hit the wall:
“I’ve done agile since ’09, I know this already.”
They claim to be pro-agile. But in practice, you see:
they have strong opinions based on the old version of agile
they use lots of “we tried that, it doesn’t work here” with very little data behind it
For you, this creates a coaching trap.
They believe they already have the thing you’re trying to help them with.
So!
How do you handle a team member like that?
Let’s find out.
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