Angry stakeholders, upset users, and missed deliveries. Floods of defects and fire drill Friday disasters. Disengaged developers and overbearing executives. Exhausted Product Owners arguing with exhausted Scrum Masters. Bad anti-patterns and worse attitudes.

We’ve all been in one of these scenarios or more, sometimes all at once. How do you get your bearings and back on track when the struggle is way too real, you’re burned out, and you and your team are absolutely over all of it?

Take a breath, slow your roll, and aim for functional. Not perfect, ideal, or smooth overnight. When you and your team are over it, define "functional" for your needs and the next meaningful step forward.

In our session together, we'll talk through struggles and patterns around them, and I’ll equip you with perspective, principles, and practices to tap into your awareness, simplify your approach, and leverage your support systems to get through the now so you can thrive in the future.

First Presented: Middle TN ScrumMaster Guild Meetup on March 8, 2023

Primary Audience: Scrum Masters, Team Coaches, Team Members, Agile Coaches, Agile Leadership

Knowledge Levels: Intermediate to Advanced in areas of Agile Values, Scrum Framework; All Levels in areas of leadership, team dynamics, behavior change, and relationship building

Approx Duration: 60 min presentation-style or 90+ min workshop