0751 471 7386 
neal@agilebrainltd.com 

Neal Horner 

People | Process | Mindset 
People | Process | Mindset 
 
I am a pragmatic Agile Coach with over thirteen years of VUCA experience to positively enable organisational learning for greater success, supporting those ‘doing agile’, those ‘being agile’ and those who value real world experience. 
 
I have what it takes to establish the ‘pull’ to nurture agility, in process and mindset. My leadership success has been crafted with software development and applied to some non-IT early adopters in Human Resources, Marketing Transformation and experiments with Service Incubators. 
 
I proactively seek to establish rapport and built trust, as this encourages new levels of safety, openness and transparency. Those meaningful relationships seek to support a shared understanding of ‘flow’ so we can clearly identify, consider and navigate the upstream and downstream constraints that will impact what can be achieved. 
 
I lead by example, to walk the talk, day after day, month after month, to actively nurture and promote the importance of team health. This creates a new spark and sense of empowerment to deliver momentum for the necessary cultural change for teams and their leaders. 
 
I am an accredited Fellow Coach and accredited Fellow Mentor with the IAP C&M. With the right people and good rapport, I can offer 1:1 sessions with individuals to consider their self-awareness, their self-talk and their day to day interactions in thier world.  
 

Certified Agile Leader  CAL1 + CAL2 

Certified Scrum Professional ScrumMaster  CSP-SM 

Certified Scrum Professional Product Owner  CSP-PO 

Scaled Agile Framework Programme  Consultant V4  SAFe SPC4 

International Authority for  Professional Coaching & Mentoring  Accredited Fellow 

agile
Listen to your System 
to help recognise the need of the organisation 
scrum
Direct, coach, support and delegate as a seasoned agility coach and mentor 
kanban
Facilitate clear decision making 
to navigate the challenges of 
agile transformation 
lean
Recognise and celebrate 
the best from people 
agile leadership
Establish clear 
practices for success 
scrum
Engage people 
to think and grow 

Accredition, Certificaiton & Training 

Date 
Title 
Certificate 
Course Leader & Provider 
2021 
IAP C&M - Accredited Fellow Coach 
Fellow 
David Monro-Jones, International Authority on Professional Coaching & Mentoring 
2021 
IAP C&M - Accredited Fellow Mentor 
Fellow 
David Monro-Jones, International Authority on Professional Coaching & Mentoring 
2021 
NLP Practitioner (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) 
CMA 
James Conlon from Ibex Coaching & Training 
2020 
Essential Communication & Influencing Skills (NLP module) 
 
James Conlon from Ibex Coaching & Training 
2020 
Building Mental Resilience (NLP module) 
 
James & Amanda from Ibex Coaching & Training 
2020 
Shift 314 - 21 Day Process for Evolutionary Leadership 
 
Audree & Michael Sahota from SHIFT314 (formally Agilitrix) 
2020 
The Academy of Leadership Mastery - JEDI (on-going) 
 
Audree & Michael Sahota from SHIFT314 (formally Agilitrix) 
2019 
MasterCoach - Level 5 
IAP C&M L5 
Nicki & Tony Vee from MasterCoach 
2018 
Training from the Back of the Room 
 
Simon Powers from Adventures with Agile 
2018 
The Beautiful State : The Key to Unlocking High Performance 
 
Audree & Michael Sahota from Agilitrix hosted by Adventures with Agile 
2018 
Certified Agile Leadership 2 
CAL2 
Michael & Audree Sahota from Agilitrix hosted by Adventures with Agile 
2018 
Certified Scrum Professional - ScrumMaster 
CSP-SM 
Scrum Alliance (reorganisation) 
2018 
Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner 
CSP-PO 
Scrum Alliance (reorganisation) 
2017 
Scrum Coaching Retreat Copenhagen 
 
Scrum Alliance  
2017 
Certified Agile Leadership 1 
CAL1 
Michael & Audree Sahota from Agilitrix hosted by Adventures with Agile 
2016 
SAFe Programme Consultant 
SPC4 
Mark Richards hosted by Agil8 
2015 
SAFe Agilist 
SA4 
David Hicks for Agil8 
2015 
Certified Scrum Product Owner 
CSPO 
David Hicks for Agil8 for the Scrum Alliance 
2013 
Agile Estimating & Planning 
 
Mike Cohn hosted by Developer Focus 
2011 
Thinking on your Feet 
 
Phil Day for Infosys 
2011 
Certified Scrum Professional 
CSP 
Self Study with the Scrum Alliance 
2011 
Leading with Emotional Intelligence 
 
Australian Insitute of Management 
2010 
Advanced Agile Techniques 
 
Alistar Cockburn for SMS MT 
2010 
Agile Coaching Skills 
 
Rachel Davis for Skills Matter 
2009 
Certified Scrum Master 
CSM 
Martine Devos for Xperience 
2008 
Agile Leadership 
 
TCC Training & Consultancy 
Date 
Title 
Certificate 
2021 
IAP C&M - Accredited Fellow Coach 
Fellow Coach 
2021 
IAP C&M - Accredited Fellow Mentor 
Fellow Mentor 
2021 
NLP Practitioner 
 
2020 
Essential Communication & Influencing Skills ( NLP module) 
 
2020 
Building Mental Resilience (NLP Module) 
 
2020 
Shift 314 - 21 Day Process for Evolutionary Leadership  
 
2020 
The Academy of Leadership Mastery - JEDI (on-going) 
 
2019 
Master Coach International Authority for Professional Coaching & Mentoring - Level 5 
IAP M&C L5 
2018 
Training from the Back of the Room 
 
2018 
The Beautiful State : The Key to Unlocking High Performance 
 
2018 
Certified Agile Leadership 2 
CAL2 
2018 
Certified Scrum Professional - (Advanced) ScrumMaster 
CSP-SM 
2018 
Certified Scrum Professional - (Advanced) Product Owner 
CSP-PO 
2017 
Scrum Coaching Retreat Copenhagen 
 
2017 
Certified Agile Leadership 1 
CAL1 
2016 
SAFe Programme Consultant 
SPC4 
2015 
SAFe Agilist 
SA4 
2015 
Certified Scrum Product Owner 
CSPO 
2013 
Agile Estimating & Planning 
 
2011 
Thinking on your Feet 
 
2011 
Certified Scrum Professional 
CSP 
2011 
Leading with Emotional Intelligence 
EI 
2010 
Advanced Agile Techniques 
 
2010 
Agile Coaching Skills 
 
2009 
Certified Scrum Master 
CSM 
2008 
Agile Leadership 
 

Coaching Value 

Build and maintain meaningful relationships and rapport 
Bring to life ‘the fun’ in work (social, lunches, books) 
Reduce distributed challenges by asking teams 
Workshop(s) to capture the delivery value stream 
Workshop(s) to capture the Product value stream 

Nurturing Change 

Use Agile Games to explore awarenss and open minds 
Empower to recognise and celebrate success 
Help others to lead by example, walk the walk, be the change 
Encourage and reward greater self-awareness and kindness 
Consider the cultural habits that slow and constrain success 

Scrum Stuff 

Artifacts 
Sprint Backlog 
Regular Product backlog refinement 
Potentially Shippable Increment 
Ceremonies 
Sprint Planning 
Daily Scrums / Stand-Ups / Call-Ins 
Sprint Review 
Sprint Retrospective to inspect and adapt 
Extra Value 
Definition of Ready (DoR) 
Definition of Done (DoD) 
Most Valued Player (MVP) 
Sprint Celebration  
Communities of Practice (CoP) 
Short impromptu Stand-Ups 
Big team Stand-Ups to cascade 
Team level Burndown charts to show progress against Sprit 
Product level Burnup charts to show progress against product 

Just Cool Things 

Team Health awareness to maintain goodness 
Regular team socials to go beyond work 
Make Sprint Reviews accessible to all 
Seek to identify the delivery value stream 
Leadership invited to walk the team walls and engage 
Reach agreement not to attend all meetings 
Unoffical Toastmasters to practice presentation skills 
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