Advanced Coaching Skills Masterclass

Class Overview 

Peter Fischbach and I are offering this brand-new coaching class for Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Project Managers, Leaders, and Change Agents to hone and refine your coaching skills. 

Three things inspire it: 

1. The lessons we’ve learned from attendees of our entry EBAC Masterclass. 
2. Our intent to continue to influence and advance the BadAssery in your coaching skill set. 
3. Making you more self-aware of your presence, mindset, advocacy, and agency as an Agile Coach. 

What are we trying to change with this class? 

• We’ve noticed coaches being uncomfortable giving feedback, being clear in their communications, and being candid. 
• We’ve noticed coaches who coach the role or problem, rather than first coaching the person. 
• We’ve noticed that in highly charged or conflict situations, many coaches get triggered and either shut down, become emotional, or lose their way. 
• We’ve noticed that far too many coaches are not walking their talk—lacking skills, humility, and coachability. 
• We’ve noticed that many coaches are leaning too heavily into Professional Coaching and asking far too many questions. 
• We’ve noticed too many coaches who avoid engaging with their clients, having skin in the game, and becoming an active partner. 
• We’ve noticed too many coaches focusing too heavily on the team rather than adopting a broader, more systemic view. 
• Finally, we’ve noticed that organizations don't understand the value and impact their coaches can have. 

This class is intended to challenge your tendencies in the above areas. To raise the breadth and depth of your coaching practice. In this follow-up to the EBAC Masterclass, we’re going on a Deeper Dive expedition into Badassery with a unique focus on awareness and development of Agency in your Agile Coaching. 

Agenda

There are 7, 2-hour sessions in the agenda focused on the following aspects of AGENCY— 

1. Opening (1-hour)
2. Personal
3. Relational
4. Systemic
5. Catalytic
6. Boundary
7. Adaptive
8. Agency practice with the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel
9. Closing (1-hour) 

Each session will include instruction, reflection, and practice. Plus a 1-hour opening and closing session, so 9 in total.

There will also be pre- and post-work. Expect to spend about 3-4 hours each week in class, for personal learning, and with your cohort.

Prerequisite for the class is having attended the EBAC Masterclass.

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Schedule

The class will run every Thursday from 10am - 12pm EST, beginning on September 24th, 2026, and running for 9 consecutive weeks, ending on November 19th, 2026.

The first and last classes run for only 1-hour.

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Cancellation Policy

Registrations are non-refundable, but substitutions will be easily allowed with advance notice.

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Your Course Facilitators

Bob Galen has held senior leadership roles within software development organizations since the early 1990s. Always a student of leadership, he’s been at the forefront as management and leadership techniques have moved toward “the team.” An early adopter of agile methods, Bob has had in-the-trenches experience building three successful agile technical organizations that have served as models of “agile done right.”

Currently, he is president of RGCG, a boutique agile coaching firm.

Bob has broad and deep experience leveraging Extreme Programming, Scrum, and Kanban as a practitioner since the late 1990s. In 2013, Bob became one of ~90 CEC-level coaches with the Scrum Alliance. He coaches cross-organizationally around the world to help clients achieve improved performance.

Often called a “Coach of Agile Coaches,” Bob has included his deep, pragmatic leadership and agile experiences in this class. You’ll leave with the skills, knowledge, ideas, and tactics to accelerate your agile leadership journey.

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Peter Fischbach is an executive Scrum coach located in Berlin, Germany. He has been working in agile environments for 20 years. With Scrum co-creator Jeff Sutherland, Peter teaches teams and executives in Germany. In 2019, Jeff nominated him as one of 12 Licensed Scrum Fellows responsible for spreading his knowledge worldwide. Since 2015, he has worked with Jeff on Scrum@Scale, which is how agile organizations can be scaled.

Peter works with managers and executives in Scrum transitions in various industries, including software, banking, mobility, logistics, and science.

Peter is co-chairing the German Scrum Day, Germany's oldest and largest Scrum conference within the Scrum Events network. Scrum Events established eduScrum Germany in 2016, where Peter is an active team member.

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