About Mia Horrigan
Mia Horrigan is an experienced Enterprise Agile Coach and Senior Program Manager, with over 15 years’ senior executive experience in leading and implementing software solutions, including digital transformations. Mia has been working with Agile teams for over 10 years and is an experienced Product Manager and Scrum Master. She has demonstrated experience in delivering business outcomes and value through the successful implementation of Agile/Scrum at team and enterprise levels. Mia’s key clients include Australian Taxation Office, Dept. of Industry, Innovation and Sciences, Nestle, ACT Health and ACTEWAGL.
Lightning talk Learning to solve the Rubik's Cube helped me understand how people learn and adapt to change
Mia Horrigan has been an Agile coach for over 10 years and found teams struggling to learn new capabilities and skills and adapt to change. Recently, Mia was in the learner’s shoes and it was uncomfortable. You see, on the weekends, she is a Visually Impaired (Blind) Person’s Running Guide for Achilles International at #parkrun, but for the last two months the roles have been reversed and her blind runner, Leonie, has been teaching her how to solve the Rubik’s Cube.
Leonie uses a tactile cube, which Mia found fascinating. Learning a new skill was hard but Leonie was so patient and a great teacher. Mia has learnt that her spatial awareness isn’t great.
This experience has given Mia great insights into how people learn and adapt that can be applied to her role as an Agile trainer and coach.
Full-day Workshop Coaching Advanced Masterclass
with Matthew Hodgson, CEO and Executive Agile Coach, Zen Ex Machina and Lachlan Heasman
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Using scenario based learning, this workshop will teach you how to make change “sticky” by using psychology and the 8 stances of advanced coaching.
You’ll explore topics including:
- Applying the International Coaching Federation (ICF) framework to an Agile and digital transformation context
- Coaching the enterprise – beyond teams to Product Owners, managers and executives
- Agile leaders as a coach, mentor, change agent and counsellor
- Liberating Structures and advanced facilitation techniques
- Designing scalable and repeatable coaching strategies using the science of organisational culture and change.
By the end of this workshop you will be able to:
- Distinguish group coaching from individual coaching dynamics and structure
- Identify and practice the skills necessary for building a safe, inclusive coaching space for growth
- Describe the steps required to establish, promote and run a successful coaching group
- Refine techniques for deploying coaching skills, ICF core competencies and the Code of Ethics in a group setting.
Who should attend?
- Agile coaches and change agents
- Managers and leaders
- Experienced Scrum Masters.
Prerequisites?
- 2+ years in an Agile or digital transformation context is recommended for people planning to attend this workshop.