In 2015, I became a Software Development Manager at a startup in Ottawa. In doing so I landed in the role that was quite often the target of the Agile coaching I had been providing for many years. It was time to eat my own dog food!

This talk reviews the ups and downs, trials and tribulations of my time as a manager, with advice of mine that I took, advice that I threw away, and advice that I modified.

In this talk you’ll learn that even Agile Coaches are fallible! 😀 We examine common coaching topics and how well (or not!) the advice I had given others had worked for me when I had to actually apply it. The primary goal is to determine how to take what I learned and apply it in your organizations and business domain.