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I help leaders learn to ride the waves instead of trying to control the ocean.

So many industries are facing increasing levels of complexity, uncertainty, and change.

The good news is there are proven approaches to help you navigate in ways that deliver greater value while managing risk. And do it with less drama and more ease and confidence along the way.

And I can help you uncover the sneaky ingrained patterns & structures inherited from the "old ways" that are working against you, your teams, and your organization.

Imagine what’s possible when …

Your team is focused and aligned on delivering value, and they can more confidently navigate complexity, unpredictability, and rapid change.

Teams and leaders have goal-alignment practices and measures in place to enable evidence-based, adaptive decision-making to continuously deliver value in complex and uncertain environments.

Your team is fully committed to owning their process and outcomes, leveraging empiricism and an agile mindset to get better every day.

You feel more openness, creativity, and ease in how you approach any situation.

You feel like you are the best leader and change agent you can be, learning and growing every day.

My goal is to inspire, empower, enable, and support you.

So that you, your teams, and your organization are not dependent on me - or anyone else.

Here’s how we make it happen…

By growing the core competencies that create alignment and lead to sustainable results.
By providing the right level of support people need - and that will change over time.
By designing an engagement that meets your unique needs, inspecting and adapting frequently.
By using an evidence-based approach to understand progress towards your goals.

Options for Individuals

Join a public live virtual training

1:1 Coaching with Stephanie

Get unstuck by going beyond traditional coaching

Leadership Surf Camp
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Options for Organizations

Schedule a Private Professional Scrum® Training

Schedule Workshops focusing on Business Agility, Self-Managing Teams, or Leadership Development

Custom Coaching Engagement

Let's get to know each other and design a customer approach to fit your unique needs

About me

Hi – I’m Stephanie

I am a results-driven, compassionate person. I believe that with true alignment and solid execution, people can accomplish amazing things together.

I am a Scrum.org licensed Professional Scrum Trainer™ educator, and I have taught over 1,500 students on 5 continents. I served as Professional Scrum Master® curriculum steward, helping to improve and evolve the course while maintaining the integrity of Ken Schwaber’s vision.

I have over 15 years of experience as a Scrum Master, Coach, Project Manager, and Trainer. I have completed the coursework and continue to integrate the following approaches into my work: the 5-course Co-Active Coaching Training Program, the 5-course Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC™) Training Program, and the 10-month Co-Active Leadership Program.

I am co-author of the book Mastering Professional Scrum, recently published by Pearson Addison-Wesley as part of Scrum.org Professional Scrum® educational series.

Oh, and I'm a surfer :-)

And I run Agile Leadership Surf Camps because learning to surf is a powerful access point to embodying agility and growing our leadership capacity.

Get the book

Mastering Professional Scrum: A Practitioner’s Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges and Maximizing the Benefits of Agility

“Our job as Scrum professionals is to continually improve our ability to use Scrum to deliver products and services that help customers achieve valuable outcomes. This book will help you to improve your ability to apply Scrum.”

— From the Foreword by Ken Schwaber, co-creator of Scrum

Mastering Professional Scrum is for anyone who wants to deliver increased value by using Scrum more effectively. Leading Scrum practitioners Stephanie Ockerman and Simon Reindl draw on years of Scrum training and coaching to help you focus on proven Scrum approaches for improving quality, getting and using fast feedback, and becoming more adaptable, instead of “going through the motions” and settling for only modest improvements.

Client testimonials

“Stephanie facilitated a PSM II course that helped me identify ‘blockers’ and the many forms in which they manifest. During class, I was constantly able to relate ‘why Scrum teams are struggling’ with insights from Stephanie and other Scrum Masters through discussion and practical exercises. The course structure emphasizes practicing and learning techniques that will make you a better insightful servant leader.”
- Don LaVallee, Technologist and Process Innovator
“I walked away with more courage to act, which came from confidence in what I learned being applicable across a wide variety of scenarios I experience working with both technical and business teams. The opportunity to share experiences and performing multiple ‘time-boxed’ practice drills challenged my thinking and reinforced the value of the Scrum framework. Forming self-organizing teams, made up of Scrum Masters from various industries and experience levels, was also an extremely valuable aspect of this course.”
- Don LaVallee, Technologist and Process Innovator
“While she uses creative ways to facilitate the teaching of Scrum and agile, she also applies continuous evaluation and feedback to refine her training techniques in order to meet the needs of her students. Much more than being a coach/ trainer/ teacher, Stephanie is very personable and approachable.”
- Festus Ojo, App Developer II, Miami University Oxford Ohio

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