Sustaining Organizational Change Through the Invitational Approach
Most agile transformations fail when the coach leaves. This book changes that.
Compliance-driven change is easy to install—but it withers when the forcing mechanism disappears. Organizations invest heavily in agile transformations, only to watch them roll back to the original state within months of the coach’s departure.
Sustainable transformation requires a different strategy. This book introduces the Invitational Approach to enterprise agile coaching—a methodology that puts the client in the seat of responsibility from day one.
The result? Changes that stick because they’re owned, not installed. Business agility that survives leadership transitions, market shifts, and the inevitable pressures to “go back to how things were.”
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Shift from compliance-driven consulting to invitation-based coaching that creates lasting change.
Build engagement agreements using the STORMMES© model that sets the stage for sustainable results.
Grow a sustainable coaching practice with strategies for client acquisition and engagement design.
Coach psychological safety, continuous learning, and the cultural shifts that underpin agile success.
Develop measurement approaches that demonstrate real business value, not vanity agile metrics.
Apply the Cynefin framework to recognize when to coach, consult, or step back entirely.
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“For anyone pursuing professional coaching in the Agile space, this book offers essential topics and practical steps... Coaches in this space can’t have one without the other to be effective.”
“This book will help you help your clients in a way that is sustainable over the long run and not a short term, temporary fix... A fantastic resource that is an absolute must read.”
“I believe this is one of the most important books written on what Agile coaching is... and is NOT. Consider this a must-have item in any coaching or practitioner’s bookcase.”
Four parts for your enterprise coaching journey
The authors of this book are practicing coaches, not just writers. If your organization is ready for sustainable transformation, we’d love to talk.
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