The role of an enterprise agility coach is to transform a team into a highly productive and flexible one within the confines of a defined mission. As such, the role requires a coach who can translate agile working practices into commercial impact. By facilitating this transformation, the enterprise can achieve greater productivity, speed to market, customer satisfaction, and quality outcomes. As such, the role of an agility coach is multifaceted, requiring a deep understanding of the business context, the industry’s value creation, and the challenges that organizations face in transforming themselves into agile organizations.
Traditionally, organizations have focused on scaling agile practices rather than on developing the skills needed to develop agility coaches. This approach has focused on training teams to become more agile and less on helping executives adopt the new mindsets and methods. It also left executives relatively unaffected by agile because most organizations still haven’t implemented it at scale. In fact, it’s estimated that 60 percent of people who applied for a role in a large bank were turned down.