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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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Top 10 Reasons to Attend My Professional Scrum Product Owner Course in Seattle

Admin

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 [...]

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 [...]

Emotional Agility

Admin

I recently heard the term "emotional agility" on a meditation app, and it really resonated. So I wanted to riff on this concept from the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]