We were in my Agile Moose Herd coaching circle and the question came up about a coaching firm that had come into an organization and said something like…
We want to focus on the future and don’t really want to look backward. It’s all about what’s in front of us. So, everyone, please let’s talk about agile going forward and not about what did (or did not) work in the past.
And the question was—
Was that a fair way to enter an organization as a coach? Basically, to place history off-limits to the discussions?
This made me/us consider the idea of entering an organization (group, tribe, company, system) as a coach or change agent and explore the first few steps you should be taking upon entry?
Here I capture where the discussions landed on an—agile coaching entry strategy with a client embarking on an agile transformation—