Comment by kortilla
6 days ago
Very little of that. Agile coaches don’t deal with under performers, promo packets, retention issues, etc.
Agile coaches are also not able to shield the team from dumb shit. They don’t have the power to make priority calls on what the team is doing.
I'd argue it's not my job to "shield the team". It's my job to enable the team to question "dumb shit" and put them in a position where they can discuss these matters constructively with management (or whomever).
Also - I "deal" with underperformers because my team needs to deal with them. It all comes back to "what benefits the team".
I see that there are a lot of different varieties of agile coaches out there.