Coaching and RTE Competencies Flashcards

What is servant leadership in the context of the RTE role?

Answer: Leading by prioritizing the growth, autonomy, and effectiveness of the ART rather than directing and controlling individuals

Servant leadership means the RTE leads by empowering the ART, removing impediments, facilitating growth, and enabling teams to self-organize rather than directing their every action.

What is the difference between coaching and mentoring in an Agile context?

Answer: Coaching helps individuals discover their own solutions through questions and reflection; mentoring shares expert knowledge and experience directly

Coaching uses powerful questions to help individuals discover their own solutions and develop capability, while mentoring shares the mentor's experience and expertise directly.

What is psychological safety and why does the RTE care about it?

Answer: The belief that one can speak up, take risks, and make mistakes without fear of punishment — essential for team learning and innovation

Psychological safety allows ART members to raise concerns, experiment, and learn from mistakes without fear, enabling the continuous improvement and innovation the ART needs to thrive.

What is a 'Communities of Practice' (CoP) and how does the RTE support them?

Answer: Voluntary groups of practitioners who share a common interest and collaborate to improve skills and practices, supported by the RTE through facilitation and resources

Communities of Practice are voluntary learning communities where practitioners share knowledge and improve skills, and the RTE supports them by facilitating, providing resources, and connecting practitioners.

What is the RTE's role in supporting Scrum Masters?

Answer: Coaching and developing Scrum Masters to be effective servant leaders for their teams, sharing best practices and removing organizational impediments

The RTE coaches and develops Scrum Masters, helps them build facilitation and coaching skills, shares best practices, and removes organizational impediments they cannot resolve alone.

How does the RTE apply systems thinking to ART challenges?

Answer: By understanding how the ART, its teams, and the broader organization interact as a system, and addressing root causes rather than isolated symptoms

Systems thinking enables the RTE to see how ART elements interact, identify unintended consequences of changes, and address root causes rather than optimizing isolated parts of the system.