The Visual Agile Coach Piste Map for Growth

The Visual Agile Coach Piste Map for Growth

Guide your development journey from novice to mastery

A map for progressive development from Green to Black, or even off piste

Why use the Piste Map for Growth?

Enables structured personal and professional growth with a clear, progressive pathway of improvement.

• Green: Beginner - Learn the basics on safer, slower slopes.

• Blue: Easy - Start exploring and applying skills with confidence.

• Red: Difficult - Step out of your comfort zone, be cautious but … go for it.

• Black: Very Difficult - Test your limits, find gaps in your skills.

• Off-Piste: Mastery - Explore, lead, and coach others.

When to Use The Piste Map for Growth

New beginnings + continuous improvement

• Starting a new job or role

• Leading or joining a new team

• Adopting new ways of working

• Seeking continuous improvement

• Setting stretch goals for higher performance

Visual Agile Coaching Tips

• Use instructors (mentors, coaches) for feedback and guidance – no one teaches themselves to ski

• Reflect on both successes and failures to refine skills.

• Embrace Failure, falling means you're pushing yourself.

• Go backwards to move forwards, backtrack to improve, revisit easier levels to fine-tune skills.

• Choose your own path, slow and steady or fast and risky, depending on your mindset

• Stay Outcome-Focused, link skill mastery to better results.

Visual Agile Coach Roles & Responsibilities

• Mastery

• Agile Growth Mindset

• Coaching, Mentoring, Teaching

This tool and many more are available in the Visual Agile Coach Playbook available from online bookshops and at Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Visual-Agile-Coach-Playbook-communication/dp/1780176619