consultancy
Helping through change
One division of our work is to consult at large companies undergoing sometimes radical transformation. Ian has a unique blend of experience and training that allows him to see agility but also the pressures and mindset needed for C suite level jobs. You can find out more at LinkedIn where you find much of Ian’s writings.
An Exceptional Coach
Ian is also an exceptional coach. He uses his vast experience and level-headed, considered approach to get the best out of people. He is able to provide feedback, both positive and negative, in a way that is optimally tuned for the particular individual. Ian also likes to ‘get stuck in’ – he is quite prepared to take delivery responsibility for projects and deliver them in a hands-on approach, even running Scrum teams personally when required to get the message across
- Stephen Long OBE, Managing Director, KCOM
The work Bigagility has done on opening up Agility for our company has been exceptional. Ian and his associates are at the top of their field.
- Bredan O’Keef
Ian is also an exceptional coach. He uses his vast experience and level-headed, considered approach to get the best out of people. He is able to provide feedback, both positive and negative, in a way that is optimally tuned for the particular individual. Ian also likes to ‘get stuck in’ – he is quite prepared to take delivery responsibility for projects and deliver them in a hands-on approach, even running Scrum teams personally when required to get the message across
- Stephen Long OBE, Managing Director, KCOM
I have benefitted greatly from the coaching sessions with Ian Banner since his
engagement with our company, Together Money, from September 2021.
Ian has a very relaxed and informal approach to coaching, truly putting the emphasis on the individual being coached to drive their own self-improvement agenda. Whilst Ian clearly is a subject matter expert around the Agile methodology and its practical application, he is always keen to stress that when coaching individuals, it is less about theory or process and more about the characteristics and behaviours of people that ultimately drive the success of any change methodology. He introduces each session with a simple question (What’s on your mind today?) and helps to explore diverse subjects, ranging from specific examples to more philosophical / conceptual challenges or anticipated personal development areas
With all of his coaching, Ian has the innate ability to take a complex subject and break it down into more simple, relatable concepts, often drawing analogies that I will identify with, based upon the relationship he has already built with me (i.e. he knows my likes, dislikes, areas of interest etc and uses these to help me to visualise the challenge or opportunity we are exploring). Ian promotes a regular cadence of personal coaching sessions (weekly) alongside our day to day interactions to implement and embed our new Change Delivery framework, and encourages me to feedback on the coaching received the previous week, exploring with me whether I have been able to apply any of the feedback or development strategies we previously agreed the previous week / provide examples of practical applications of theory and its relative success and/or any subsequent challenges as a result of trying to apply.
Dave Overton, Togther Money
Bonds made through out the journey
Ian has a very relaxed and informal approach to coaching, truly putting the emphasis on the individual being coached to drive their own self-improvement agenda. Whilst Ian clearly is a subject matter expert around the Agile methodology and its practical application, he is always keen to stress that when coaching individuals, it is less about theory or process and more about the characteristics and behaviours of people that ultimately drive the success of any change methodology. He introduces each session with a simple question (What’s on your mind today?) and helps to explore diverse subjects, ranging from specific examples to more philosophical / conceptual challenges or anticipated personal development areas
Dave Overton, Togther Money
I have procured Ian’s services on 2 occasions in the past. Initially for work at The Big Lottery Fund, where Ian was instrumental in assessing the needs for change within the organisation and creating a roadmap for change, at all levels in the organisation. Based on my experience working with Ian in the Fund, I approached him again, where I saw a similar need in a new role.
At Gauri Ltd, Ian was instrumental in making the case for the leadership and training development of both the senior leadership team and the mid-range leaders and stakeholders. The learning paths created, agreed with HR allowed us to cover a broad spread of training and Teaching scope over a period of a month with most leaders and Exec attending several sessions. Ian has helped us develop this into an ongoing continuous learning in our organisations. His training was impactful, and considerably shifted our thinking across the organisation.
Miek Fearn, Gauri
James Oliver
- 1st First degree connection Lean Agile Coach
- Scrum, XP & KanbanLean Agile Coach
- Scrum, XP & KanbanMarch 4, 2022,
- James and Ian studied together March 4, 2022
I was fortunate enough to attend a Lean Portfolio Management course taught by Ian.
The course content was fantastic and Ian brought it to life with his extensive knowledge and experience.
A genuinely nice guy and pleasure to be around. If you have the opportunity to attend one of his courses or work with him directly, don’t even think about it, just do it!
Nishe Singh
- Agile Coach at Royal MailAgile Coach at Royal MailAugust 23, 2021
- Nishe was Ian’s clientAugust 23, 2021, Nishe was Ian’s client
Ian is a phenomenal Agile trainer who I’d highly recommend him to anyone looking to grow in the Agile coaching space. Ian is extremely well versed, passionate, humble and has a wonderful sense of humour – everything you need in a great trainer. He makes even the most complicated learnings very simple and easy to understand and there’s never a dull moment during any of his sessions. It was a pleasure to have been trained by him and I certainly look forward to joining many more of his training programmes in the near future to come. Thanks Ian!