11/20/2024 updated
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Experienced Agile and Organisational and Leadership Coach
Turku, Finland
Only remote
Diploma Electrical and Computer EngineeringAgile MethodologyConflict ResolutionLeadership StylesMediationOrganization DevelopmentProduct DesignProduct EngineeringScrum MethodologyTraining ActivitiesProduct StrategiesLeadership DevelopmentKanban
Agile Methodologies
Expertise in Agile frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, and various Agile coaching techniques.
Leadership Development
Skilled in developing and empowering leadership styles that enable teams to reach their full potential.
Organizational Development
Proficient in supporting organizational growth, team structures, and implementing effective work strategies.
Conflict Resolution
Experience in mediating conflicts and fostering connections within teams and organizations.
Remote Work Strategies
Capability in designing and implementing remote-first work environments to keep teams engaged and connected.
Workshop Facilitation
Skilled in organizing and conducting various educational workshops on Agile methodologies, leadership, and team dynamics.
Product Development Processes
Knowledge of product engineering processes, OKR implementation, and product strategy alignment.
Expertise in Agile frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, and various Agile coaching techniques.
Leadership Development
Skilled in developing and empowering leadership styles that enable teams to reach their full potential.
Organizational Development
Proficient in supporting organizational growth, team structures, and implementing effective work strategies.
Conflict Resolution
Experience in mediating conflicts and fostering connections within teams and organizations.
Remote Work Strategies
Capability in designing and implementing remote-first work environments to keep teams engaged and connected.
Workshop Facilitation
Skilled in organizing and conducting various educational workshops on Agile methodologies, leadership, and team dynamics.
Product Development Processes
Knowledge of product engineering processes, OKR implementation, and product strategy alignment.
Experience
Professional experience5 - 10 years
Freelancer since2024
Languages
GermanGoodEnglishFluent
Project history
Supporting individuals, teams, and organizations with:
- Agile Ways of Work – Supporting teams and organisations in building and implementing agile structures that enable teams to build great products
- Facilitation – Support teams focus on what matters through creating space for efficient and meaningful collaboration
- 1:1 Coaching – Providing reflective space for individuals, helping them process their tensions and supporting them to find clarity in their role.
- Empowering Leadership – Developing a leadership style that enables people to bring their full selves to work
- Personal and Organizational Growth – Supporting development journeys and setting up struc- tures for startups and scale-ups
- Conflict Resolution – Mediation of conflicts with the aim of fostering connection.
- Remote Work Strategies – Designing and fostering remote-first work environments that keep
teams connected and engaged.
- Supporting on organizational topics and leadership
- Adviced CEO, CTO, and Chief of Staff on adaptations and improvements to the Company OKR process.
- Adviced CTO on improvements in the hiring processes of the Product Engineering Area.
- Advised and supported the Head of Product and CTO on creating a prioritization framework
that can be used across the company. - Advised and supported CTO on the creation of the Product Engineering Area Playbook - a document that is explaining the ways of work of the Product Engineering area, with the intent to create transparency across the org.
- Organised and facilitated various sessions related to roles and responsibilities in the Product engineering area, to get better clarity on the different roles, identify overlaps and define syn- ergies (Roles included: Tech Lead, Product Manager, Product Designer, Agile Coach, Head of Product, Head of Engineering, VP Product, CTO).
- Organised and facilitated sessions for all Product Engineering teams on the newly created company values, to reflect on them and define ways that they could live those in day-to-day life. Summarised results, and shared with the Product Engineering area and the C-level team.
- Supported a team of 20 people in their transition of splitting into 2 cross-functional squads (e.g.: through advising on the way of the split, running team canvas sessions with each squad, and facilitating discussions around ways of work for each squad).
- Organised and facilitated an educational workshop on Kanban for one Product Engineering team. Supported them to derive changes and adaptations in their process based on the learn- ings from the workshop.
- Organised and facilitated ”Elephant carpaccio” workshop for user story slicing in small valu- able increments for one Product Engineering team. Supported them to derive changes and adaptations in their refinement process based on the learnings from the workshop.
- Had regular coaching 1:1 sessions with people from the Product Engineering Area.
- Supported individuals in their growth and personal development goals through 1:1 coaching
and mentoring.
- Organised and facilitated an educational workshop on Kanban for one Product Engineering team. Supported them to derive changes and adaptations in their process based on the learn- ings from the workshop.
- Organised and facilitated ”Elephant carpaccio” workshop for user story slicing in small valu- able increments for one Product Engineering team. Supported them to derive changes and adaptations in their refinement process based on the learnings from the workshop.
- Supporting on organizational topics
- Created and fostered structures to enable and maintain a human-centric organization (e.g: check ins, check outs in all meetings).
- Created and fostered structures to bring leadership and teams closer together (e.g: Inside Out meetings).
- Created and fostered structures to enable ownership and decision-making based on the collec- tive intelligence of the people (e.g: Tension processing structure).
- Co-developed and co-organized the OKR process across the Product Area.
- Co-developed, co-implemented, and conducted Team Health Checks throughout the Product Area. Clustered, summarised, and presented results to Product Engineering Leadership while proposing action items to further improvements for the whole Product Area.
- Co-organised and facilitated Product Area Open Space.
- Active member of the retrospective community. Facilitated on average 10-12 retros per month.
- Supporting leadership
- Advised and supported CPO and VP Product on communication regarding Product Strategy.
- Advised CPO and VPs (UX, Engineering, Product) on various topics related to their roles and
supported them in establishing a closer connection with the product engineering teams. - Advised and supported Product engineering leadership on communication regarding lay offs.
- Individuals and Teams
- Coached and mentored 5 teams in their agile way of working.
- Organized and facilitated interactive educational workshops on Scrum and Kanban to Product Engineering teams.
- Had regular 1:1 coaching sessions with individuals from the Product Area.
- Facilitated mediation sessions between 2 teams.
- Supported individuals to process their own tensions through 1:1 coaching, and empathy ses-
sions. - Prepared and facilitated Team Canvas workshops for various newly formed teams.
- Supported teams on co-creating team OKRs driven from the Product Area OKRs.
- Enriching through educating
- Developed and conducted educational workshops on Scrum and Kanban for Product Engineer- ing Teams.
- Developed and facilitated educational workshops on How to conduct effective meetings.
- Co-developed and co-facilitated educational workshops on How to give and receive feedback.
- Co-developed and co-facilitated a series of (6) sessions on Empathy at Work.