Hello and welcome back for another episode of the Testing Peers podcast!
In this episode, the Peers will be discussing coaching testing.
We take a look at coaching credentials outside of our work lives and then dive into defining what coaching is and what it isn’t.
Chris mentions a sketchnote made at TestBash 2017, in a coaching workshop with Toby Sinclair and Amy Phillips – read more here.
We explore the following the questions:
- do you need to have experience at the craft to coach it?
- who is responsible for coaching?
- does it always have to be a leader or manager that is the coach?
- is quality coaching the future in our craft?
The Peers then share ideas of where we can go to learn coaching skills and we share some tips.
Special shoutouts made to:
- Aspire Leadership
- Agile Coaching by Rachel Davies & Liz Sedley
- Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations by Michael K Simpson
- Barefoot Coaching
Side note – two of the Peers have recently moved into new houses and have had a few issues with their setups, we apologise for any audio issues that may have arisen in this episode.
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This is a really useful listen, I have passed it around my Quality Leads.
The phycology and methods mentioned are well thought out and makes the listener think about the approaches they use. Coaching / mentoring is a lot trickier than you may first expect.
Well done, keep up the good work.