Coach
Coaches detach from the outcome and believe the best way to help people is to help them understand and solve their problems through powerful questions.
Coach vs traditional thinking
Two different assumptions about how change should work.
Lean Change
Coaches help people, teams and organizations find what the right change is, and how to do it.
Traditional Change Management
Change managers tell people, teams, and the organization what the change is and how to do it.
The term 'coach' is a loaded term. Business, leadership and life coaches have existed for decades. The first instance of a coach role being used in software is arguable the XP Coach role which is part of [url=http://www.extremeprogramming.org/]Extreme Programming[/url].
An exceptional change agent knows when a coaching stance is appropriate. There are so many factors to consider, but here are a few insights that might help you choose this stance:
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