How often do you reflect on the prevailing culture of the team and organization where you work? Are that team or organization’s values aligned with you own personal values?
As Scrum Masters, the organizations and teams we work with have a big impact on the work we can do. In this episode, we discuss how sometimes the organization and team’s cultures are not aligned with the Scrum Master’s values, and what we should do about it.
Featured Book for the Week: The Hitchhiker’s guide to Agile Coaching
In The Hitchhiker’s guide to Agile Coaching, by the Agile42 coaches (free sign-up required), Ellen found a good description of the different stances Scrum Masters need to take in their role. The book invites us to consider the stance we take at each moment.
In this segment, we also refer to the 5 coaching stances for Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches (free sign-up required).
About Ellen Santamaria
Ellen is a Scrum Master based in Berlin, and originally from Australia. She completed a Bachelor in Australian and later a Masters in Berlin, Germany where she works.
Ellen is passionate about startups, innovation, social entrepreneurship, new business models, organisational change management, and other topics. She also loves story-based video games, sci-fi, pétanque, and finding new ways of doing things.
You can link with Ellen Santamaria on LinkedIn.
