Scrum Alliance
Agile Coaching Essentials Specialization
Scrum Alliance

Agile Coaching Essentials Specialization

Guide Teams to Deliver Greater Business Value. Gain agile coaching skills to boost teamwork, adaptability, and career growth in any environment.

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Instructor: Scrum Alliance

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Beginner level
No prior experience required
2 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Beginner level
No prior experience required
2 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Guide teams through complex change by coaching and mentoring to improve communication, break down silos, and accelerate innovation across a business.

  • Build resilient, high-performing teams by developing agile coaching skills that help teams adapt, collaborate, and deliver strong results.

  • Drive agility at scale by cultivating a culture of continuous improvement that enables your organization to stay competitive in uncertain markets.

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September 2025

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Specialization - 5 course series

What you'll learn

  • Understand agile coaching and how it differs from roles in leadership, project management, and professional coaching.

  • Learn the key elements of a coaching presence and discover how that unlocks a safe space in which teams can change.

  • Explore how agile coaching drives productive team dynamics, organizational change, and adaptable ways of working, across industries.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Communication
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Agile Product Development
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Leadership
Category: Management Consulting
Category: Culture Transformation
Category: Team Leadership
Category: Organizational Change
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Business Transformation
Category: Business Communication
Category: Collaboration
Category: Organizational Effectiveness
Category: Employee Coaching
Category: Agile Software Development
Category: Team Management
Category: Organizational Leadership
Category: Coaching
Category: Business
Agile Coaching Skills

Agile Coaching Skills

Course 215 hours

What you'll learn

  • Take key coaching skills from conceptual to practical in this scenario-based course.

  • Discover practical tools for coaching teams toward innovation and collaboration.

  • Become a valuable asset in any organization.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Business Management
Category: Employee Coaching
Category: Organizational Change
Category: Team Performance Management
Category: Business Communication
Category: Organizational Strategy
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Team Motivation
Category: Business Strategies
Category: Team Leadership
Category: Organizational Leadership
Category: Business
Category: Mentorship
Category: Discussion Facilitation
Category: Teaching
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Team Management
Category: Coaching
Category: Agile Product Development
Category: Agile Software Development
Becoming an Agile Coach

Becoming an Agile Coach

Course 315 hours

What you'll learn

  • The agile coaching stances that support agile adoption.

  • Leadership techniques to increase the ROI of agile initiatives.

  • Overcoming agile adoption hesitancy and roadblocks.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Organizational Leadership
Category: Team Leadership
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Leadership
Category: Mentorship
Category: Team Performance Management
Category: Coaching
Category: Team Building
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Team Management
Category: Teaching
Category: Project Management
Category: Agile Product Development
Category: Meeting Facilitation
Category: Agile Software Development
Category: Business Transformation
Category: Employee Coaching
Category: Employee Training
Category: Culture Transformation

What you'll learn

  • Systems coaching skills.

  • Team and organizational coaching.

  • Guiding adaptability and driving strategic alignment.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Organizational Change
Category: Organizational Effectiveness
Category: Employee Coaching
Category: Organizational Leadership
Category: Cross-Functional Collaboration
Category: Culture Transformation
Category: Organizational Strategy
Category: Coaching
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Cross-Functional Team Leadership
Category: Team Leadership
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Leadership
Category: Business Leadership
Category: Strategic Leadership
Category: Business Transformation
Category: Team Management
Category: Organizational Structure
Category: Leadership and Management

What you'll learn

  • Applying change management principles to agile transformations.

  • Strategies for navigating complex, interconnected systems.

  • Approaches to redesigning structures and policies for agility.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Team Leadership
Category: Organizational Strategy
Category: Business Transformation
Category: Organizational Structure
Category: Agile Product Development
Category: Business Process Improvement
Category: Strategic Leadership
Category: Business Management
Category: Employee Coaching
Category: Organizational Change
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Culture Transformation
Category: Leadership
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Organizational Leadership
Category: Agile Software Development
Category: Coaching
Category: Business Leadership
Category: Business Strategy

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