Welcome to a new opportunity to change the world of work! Are you tired of traditional conferences with a mostly one-way presentation approach from the experts? Or of an open-space event in which you just scratch the surface of an important topic but don't ever get a chance to fully work through the new ideas? Are you an agile zealot who can't stop exposing organizational impediments or better ways for teams to collaborate? If so, this retreat may be just what you are looking for.

The Scrum Alliance is piloting a new concept in the agile space - a coaching retreat to be held December 7-9, 2011 in Boulder, CO. Sponsored and organized by the Certified Scrum Coaching program, we are creating a new environment in which to improve our organizational environments. And the best way we know how to do that is to use Scrum. So that is exactly what we plan to do at this retreat - form Scrum teams and work in short sprints to accomplish some real challenging coaching and other agile organizational challenges. 

You can expect this coaching retreat is different from any other agile event that you have attended. Unlike an agile coaching camp or Scrum Gathering where topics are quick and shallow, this retreat will focus on getting real work accomplished through deep and focused working sessions. Through this work, you will have an opportunity to deeply engage and collaborate with other peer coaches and mentors. We are using this first retreat is a pilot program from which we will be looking to spawn a number of Scrum Coaching Retreats in 2012 across the globe. Thus, you can be at the forefront of a new wave of getting real work done!

Our focus for this retreat is "Sustaining Agility beyond the coaching engagement" - helping build sustaining agile leadership, organizations and cultures.

We are looking for experienced, knowledgable, diverse, open-minded, and inquisitive agile mentors who are consultants or internal organizational change agents focused on improving organizational agility. 

If you have a specific question about this retreat or would like to help out with it, please contact Pete Behrens - pete at trailridgeconsulting dot com.

Pre-Retreat Coaching Workshops

Prior to the retreat itself, we are pleased to announce that we have invited two excellent coaching workshops. Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spayd will be offering their Coaching Agile Teams workshop and Pete Behrens will be offering his Leading/Coaching Agile Organizations workshop. Both of these workshops run for two days (December 6-7) leading up to the retreat start on the evening of December 7th and are offered at discount rates for those attending the retreat. To register, click on their respective links or visit the registration tab on this site.

Post-Retreat Documentation

If you are looking for the artifacts from this coaching retreat, please visit the Scrum Coach Retreat Wiki.