Karen Bruns, PCC
Karen Bruns is CEO of Monarch Coaching & Training, LLC, serving organizations with professional coaching and training in both the public and private sectors. She is currently serving as a professional coach and trainer for IT Solutions, has professional coaching clients, and leads a coaching community of excellence for her clients.
Karen has a rich history working in Agile and has been called a Rebel Evangelist for inviting, rather than mandating, Agile. She has a natural passion for Agile and the power of transformation the journey can hold. Transformation is not a destination; it truly is a journey and we are all continuously evolving. Karen is a practitioner of servant leadership, not servant beatership©. This mindset blended very well when Karen's professional coach training began. She has been heralded for inviting clients to grow in ways suitable for them.
Karen has devoted her career to building cohesive teams by using Belbin Assessments and the Oz Principles of Accountability for her Scrum teams.
Volunteer Experience:
- Organizing Committee Team Member for Agile Games West
- Organizing Committee Team Member for Agile Open NorCal Conference
- Emergent Agile Retreats
- Scrum Alliance Program Advisory Team & Review Section Co-Leader of both Scrum Mastering and Coaching tracks for the Denver Global Gathering
History:
- Served as a Scrum Master, Mentor of Scrum Masters, Product Owner, Mentor of Product Owners, Scrum Coach, Agile Coach, and Corporate Trainer of Agile Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile practices for multiple California government agencies
- Coached middle and executive leadership groups
- Instructed HR Team Coaches to become Agile HR Organizations
Certifications:
- International Coach Federation (Level 2 PCC Professional Certified Coach)
- Scrum Alliance Certified Agile Coach (Level CTC)
- Scrum Alliance Certified Agile Leader 1 (CAL1)
- Certified ICAgile Instructor
- Certified Trainer of Training from the BACK of the Room (both in person and virtual)
- Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
- Scrum Alliance Advanced-Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO)
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
- Advanced-Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM)
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- ICAgile Agile Certified Coach (ICP-ACC)
- ICAgile Certified Agile Team Facilitator (ICP-ATF)
- ICAgile Certified Agile Human Resources (ICP-AHR)
- ICAgile Certified Agility in the Enterprise (ICP-ENT)
- Certified Facilitator of Open Space Technologies
Guest Speaker Appearances:
- Global Scrum gatherings for Scrum Alliance (Barcelona, Vienna, Denver, Lisbon)
- Fidelity Investment's Westlake Agilists
- Silicon Valley Agile Meetup
- Job Hackers Meetup
- Sac Valley Agile Meetup
- Bay Area Agile Leadership Network
- Agile Games West
- Open Space Forums
- Agile Camp Dallas
- Scrum Alliance's Scrum Mastery Conference
- Romania Scrum User Group
- Aginext/London
Lucia Baldelli, MCC
Lucia Baldelli is a passionate Coach, Coaching Instructor and Mentor Coach serving organizations and individuals who want to evolve to flourish. Lucia has her own successful business, Coaching Outside the Box, and is partnering with Monarch to offer some amazing courses.
She is currently working as an Enterprise Coach for several organizational clients across Europe as well as growing other coaches into better professionals and humans. As an Enterprise Coach her mission is to help clients clarify and achieve their goals in a sustainable way, improving performance, employee engagement and nurturing an organizational culture where people can thrive.
As an individual Coach, her mission is to help clients explore the deepest parts of themselves and discover how they can improve balance, happiness and ultimately their relationships by living in alignment with their values, practicing self-compassion and self-care.
As a Coaching Instructor and Mentor Coach she is passionate about growing other coaches so that they can become better individuals and amplify the impact of coaching in the world by unleashing human potential.
Lucia is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation, a Certified Coach and a member of the Certified Team Coach Review Team with Scrum Alliance.
Lucia has a strong background in leading Agile Transformations in the IT industry and has a natural passion for professional coaching and its power to transform individuals, teams, and organizations.
Volunteer Experience:
- Facilitator and Reviewer of the Certified Team Coach Review Team
- Submission reviewer for several Scrum Alliance Global Scrum Gatherings
- Organizer of a Scrum Alliance User Group in Gibraltar
- Volunteer Coach at the Coaches Clinic for several Scrum Alliance Global Gatherings
- Coach at TCFS Coaching Fellowship program
History:
- Served as Team and Enterprise Coach, and Corporate Trainer of Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile practices for organizational clients across Europe
- Instructed and mentored several coaches around the world to become certified professional coaches and certified agile coaches
- Coached middle and executive leadership teams
Certifications:
- International Coach Federation (Level 3 MCC Master Certified Coach)
- Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coach (Level CEC)
- Scrum Alliance Certified Team Coach (Level CTC)
- Scrum Alliance Certified Agile Leader 1 (CAL1)
- Certified ICAgile Instructor
- Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
- Scrum Alliance Advanced-Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO)
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
- Advanced-Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM)
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- ICAgile Agile Certified Coach (ICP-ACC)
- ICAgile Certified Agile Team Facilitator (ICP-ATF)
- ICAgile Certified Agile Human Resources (ICP-AHR)
- ICAgile Certified Agility in the Enterprise (ICP-ENT)
- Kanban System Design (KPM 1)
Guest Speaker Appearances:
- Agile Alliance Conference (Washington DC)
- Global Scrum Gatherings for Scrum Alliance (Lisbon, Vienna)
- Aginext London
- Agile Prague
- Italian Agile Day
- Malta Scrum Day
- Scrum Event London meetup
- Seeds of Agile meetup
- Poland Scrum User Group
- Romania Scrum User Group
Robert Lessenger
Robert Lessenger started with Monarch Coaching & Training, LLC first as a Scrum Master, and is now a co-trainer of our Human Resources in an Agile Organization course. He provides an empathic, thought-provoking approach to meeting people where they are. Robert believes that everyone is whole and complete. He is passionate about helping people reconnect with themselves in creative and positive ways. Robert enjoys giving back to the communities he is involved in and places heavy importance on serving the BIPOC community
Volunteer Experience:
- Organizing Committee Member for Agile for Humanity Conference 2022
- Agile Games West
- Emergent Agile Retreats
History:
- Served as a Scrum Master
- Is an Agile Certified Coach
Certifications:
- In progress - International Coach Federation (Level ACC)
- Certified ICAgile Instructor
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- ICAgile Agile Certified Coach (ICP-ACC)
- ICAgile Certified Agile Team Facilitator (ICP-ATF)
- ICAgile Certified Agile Human Resources (ICP-AHR)
- Kanban Team Practitioner
