CoachRetreat

if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing 

                                                                        Steven Tyler

What is it?

Code  Retreat + Coaching Dojo

Coach retreat is a one day workshop to experience coaching techniques.

The idea of improving as a coach, using the code retreat framework of "persisting by repeat and change techniques " to handle a "problem".

Rachel Davies has put in place a wonderful model about Coaching DoJos. That is a great way to experiment with coaching during a conference. (As it's a short workshop.)

Coaching DoJo

One stop session, it goes this way :

I have a problem ( kata) . A pair (or team) of coaches coach me - in a free coaching style way - to realize what are the issues/some solutions, etc. The observers give feed-back about the coaching style and suggest improvements.  End of the session.

Coach Retreat

Lasts on a day long with time-boxed sessions focused on the same topic.  It will go like this :

1. Welcome
2. Global check in.
3.  We select a kata.
4. do a coaching exercise during 65 mlinutes
1. 5 minutes of explaining
2. 4 * (10 + 5 minutes)
1. 10: minutes of practise
2. 5 minutes of feedback 
5. loop 5 times
6. circle of questions 

Coach team participate to solve/have more insights about it in a timeboxed  period. Retrospect, evaluate the results.

Repeat : as in code retreat, let's say that we'll use some "specified" techniques ie  "double loop learning" to go through the problem. Take the time box and do the coaching session. Retrospect/evaluate the results

Repeat : Use another time box and use other techniques. Retrospect and evaluate new findings.

Repeat ...

What type of coach are you at the end of the day ?

You may find the original post with some more details describing the coach retreat framework here