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4 Ways to Coach with the Scrum Values

Stephanie Ockerman

Scrum is a framework that thrives on self-organizing teams. It gives you boundaries, clear accountabilities, and goals. But it doesn’t tell you exactly how to [...]

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Agility is Resilience

Stephanie Ockerman

I recently came across a definition of resilience that moved me. "The ability to transform hardship to experience." That is what agility is truly about. [...]

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Top 10 Reasons You Should NOT Attend My Professional Scrum Product Owner Course in Seattle

Stephanie Ockerman

In case you are still on the fence about attending my Scrum Product Owner training course in Seattle, I've put together the top 10 reasons [...]

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4 Questions to Ask When You Want to Modify Scrum

Stephanie Ockerman

I frequently hear about people wanting to modify Scrum. This usually comes up because the transparency is painful, charge is hard, and being stuck by [...]

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Coaching Secret: Stop giving context

Stephanie Ockerman

We have been taught by corporate culture to talk more. We have to talk more to justify or explain our opinions and decisions. We have [...]

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Coaching Secret: Don’t Coach Someone Not in the Room

Stephanie Ockerman

In coaching conversations, people often bring up challenges or issues they have with co-workers. We can empathize. We have likely experienced a similar challenge. So [...]

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Coaching Secret: Follow the aliveness

Stephanie Ockerman

We worry if we are asking the right question. We worry about saying the right thing. We overthink it. We get stuck in our head. [...]

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Coaching Secret: Stop being so helpful

Stephanie Ockerman

We all want to help. Unfortunately, acting on the desire to help is usually where many Scrum Masters, Coaches, and Managers can make a mistake [...]

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The Power of Coaching

Stephanie Ockerman

We talk about coaching a lot in the agile world. However, what we are actually expected to do is not usually about coaching. So we [...]

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Scrum, luck, and product development

Stephanie Ockerman

Scrum is often referred to as the art of the possible. I love this phrase. In this post, I take the concept further to explore [...]

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6 Coaching Tips for Scrum Masters

Stephanie Ockerman

The Scrum Guide talks about coaching as a part of the Scrum Master role. The Scrum Master coaches the Scrum Team in fulfilling their [...]

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4 Steps to Expand Your Range

Stephanie Ockerman

How do you have more impact on the individuals and teams you work with? When I transitioned my career path from Project Manager to Scrum [...]

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