Bob Galen

Agile leader, coach, author, speaker, and community builder.I coach leaders—and I coach the coaches they rely on.Over time, my work has shifted from introducing practices to developing judgment. I help coaches think more clearly about systems, power, incentives, and timing so their interventions actually matter.With leaders, I focus on clarity, decision-making, and accountability. With coaches, I focus on discernment: what to address, what to leave alone, and how to show up in ways that build trust rather than dependence.I work best where stakes are real and easy answers don’t exist.
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Gimme back my bullets

There’s a song by Lynyrd Skynrd entitled Gimme Back my Bullets. It came to mind when I was thinking about this post and I thought I’d share that backstory with you.  This is a follow-up

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Agile coaches need more than coaching skills

I earned my CEC (Certified Enterprise Coach) certification with the Scrum Alliance in 2012. I’d applied in 2011, so it took me about a year to go through the process at the time. If my

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THE TRAP OF BEING AN EMBEDDED AGILE COACH

I was having dinner the other evening with a few agile coaches after teaching a CAL class all day. I think we all wanted to “trap” each other into either:  Revealing our coaching secrets Checking

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SCENE 1 – WHERE HAS ALL THE COACHING GONE?

I’m a Certified Scrum Coach and I know quite a few CST’s. Many of them offer training and coaching as part of their services. However, the typical client interaction, either with public classes or private

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Agile coaching – I have a dream…

I’ve been practicing “agile stuff” for 25 years. Over that time, I’ve been actively coaching agile notions at the team, group, organization, and company levels. In 2012, I received my Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) designation

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Motivating Agile Teams

Someone approached me the other day for some coaching advice. It seems that they’re in a Coach / Scrum Master role and have a team that, well, isn’t doing very well. They’re pushing back on

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