Coaching for Learning: The Art and Practice

by Dion Stewart, Joel Tosi, Peter Economy

Hidden behind every organization's desire to improve is a recognition of gaps in their performance. The gaps could be related to delivery time, quality problems, product-market fit, or development costs. As a coach, you are often asked to help teams improve these performance gaps. Agile coaching has been around for 20 years, but it often comes up short. Success requires going beyond simply coaching teams on how to adopt an agile framework. To help teams become more effective you have to help them improve their capabilities, and more importantly, help them incorporate continuous learning into the way they work.

In Coaching for Learning, experienced coaches Dion Stewart and Joel Tosi guide you through an approach for helping teams learn in the context of doing their real-world work.You’ll start off by getting a grounding in the theory of how individuals and teams learn effectively. From there, you’ll gain an understanding of how the theory leads to the principles of creating effective learning experiences. Beyond the theory, you’ll learn specific techniques and practices to help teams improve product discovery practices, lean/agile delivery processes, and technical engineering practices.

Coaching for Learning builds upon the foundation Tosi and Stewart laid out in their book Creating Your Dojo. This book is a practical, how-to manual for coaches working with teams in dojos or any immersive learning experiences.

322 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 1, 2023