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Technical Agile Coaching with the Samman Method

Agile Alliance

Samman is a method for people who want to make a difference and improve the way software is built. The focus is specifically on technical practices and how people write code, and it's the best way I know to help software developers to adopt practices like TDD and Refactoring.

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Coaching your IT team for change: 9 tips

CIO

Even those once adaptable may have become change resistant due to years of near-constant turbulence. Tie it to the mission “Changes are most accepted if they are tied to mission and purpose,” says Jennifer Dulski, CEO and founder of software company Rising Team. This was presented by Max Landsberg in the Tao of Coaching.

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Protecting Yourself Against Fraudulent Recruiters & Hiring Scams

N2Growth Blog

Given the high stakes, jobseekers must diligently differentiate legitimate and fraudulent offers. Due Diligence: Research is Your First Line of Defense Before engaging with an executive search firm or recruiter, it is imperative to conduct comprehensive research to ascertain its credibility.

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Code-generating platform Magic challenges GitHub’s Copilot with $23M in VC backing

TechCrunch

Magic, a startup developing a code-generating platform similar to GitHub’s Copilot , today announced that it raised $23 million in a Series A funding round led by Alphabet’s CapitalG with participation from Elad Gil, Nat Friedman and Amplify Partners. So what’s its story? But absent a demo, we have only his word to go on.

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Valence raises $25M to track team performance with continuous reviews

TechCrunch

Mitchell describes it as a set of tools for talent and development, specifically teams-based coaching, in an organization. It will take the best practices that coaches and facilitators offer top teams and make them available for any manager. Mitchell positions Valence as an affordable alternative to professional coaching.

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Agile Book Club: Test-Driven Development (with Mike “GeePaw” Hill and J.B. Rainsberger)

James Shore

Originally created by Kent Beck as part of Extreme Programming, it’s a fantastic way of making sure your code does what you intended it to do. It’s not perfect, but it’s a powerful tool for creating robust and reliable software. In this session, we’re joined by two folks with decades of TDD experience: Mike “GeePaw” Hill and J.

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What the Minnesota Timberwolves Coach Chris Finch and Perficient’s Envision Framework Have In Common

Perficient

Much of the team’s success is thanks to their head coach Chris Finch and his offseason preparation for the team. W h ile learning about Coach Finch’s offseason preparation and game plans , I couldn’t help but think of the intriguing parallels between Finch’s coaching strategies and Perficient’s Envision Strategy Framework.

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