Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching

The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond

Published on January 27th, 2022

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About the Book

The profession of Agile Coaching is, in a word, confusing. That’s because of a number of factors, including:

  • It gets conflated with Professional Coaching and it’s so much more than that;

  • There isn’t a standard or generally accepted model for what it is and isn’t;

  • Clients don’t understand it, so shared accountability is unbalanced with their coaches;

  • There is specialized nuance around the skills of coaching at the Team, Enterprise or Organizational, Technical, and Leadership levels.

This confusion has created a space where nearly anyone can claim to be an Agile Coach with little experience and narrow skills. Resulting largely in mediocrity and negative impacts for our clients, who by the way, are counting on and paying us for help.

Bob Galen has written Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching to help alleviate the confusion. The book centers on the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel as the competency and skill maturity model to baseline your agile coaching skills against. Its core goal is to “raise the bar” as to what true excellence looks like and to help you establish a personal development and growth plan.

Bob intentionally uses the term Badass to create a vision of professionalism, craft, passion, accountability, and expertise that you need to bring to bear in service of your clients if you represent yourself as an “agile coach”.

Being an Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coach isn’t easy, quick, or for the faint of heart. It takes lots of hard work and dedication. It also requires a map to point you in the right direction. Consider this book that maps to coaching badassery, personal growth, and client service.

Where to Purchase?

If you’re mostly interested in e-copies, I’d recommend purchasing your copies from Leanpub. You get more version flexibility that way, AND you’ll be able to receive future updates too.

Signed Copies

I thought I’d make signed copies available to anyone interested.

  • If you’re in the United States, the cost would be $40 USD including shipping,

  • If you’re in Canada, UK, or Europe (Eurozone), the cost would be $65 USD, including shipping.

  • For any other countries, please send me an email request and I’ll investigate the feasibility of mailing a copy and the costs.

Please simply send the funds, with your mailing address (AND) any notes on how you’d prefer me to sign it to: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RGalenConsulting

Bulk Purchases

We can provide 10+ paperback and/or e-book bulk purchase discounts for your organization, group, or team. Simply email us with your interest and numbers. The discount level is dependent on the numbers and the location. Right now, we can send paperbacks to countries served by:

  • Amazon.com

  • Amazon.com.au

  • Amazon.ca

  • Amazon.de

  • Amazon.es

  • Amazon.fr

  • Amazon.it

  • Amazon.co.uk

Sample Chapters

Here are a few sample chapters if you’re “on the fence” about whether the book is right for you. I’d recommend reading the Introduction, as it explains the intent, overview, and major themes within the book.