Scrum Masters, are you a natural Servant Leader, or do you struggle to be the inspiring coach that creates high-performing teams?

The following blog is inspired by the work of Scott Watson, an emotional intelligence speaker and trainer. I hope they will complement what you are already doing well and help you create a tactical plan to improve your own emotional intelligence and the emotional climate in your team. You might find that focusing on how your behavior is impacting others can change the emotional climate in your team – and positively impact your career. (Want more from the Product Owner lens? See my Emotional EQ for Product Owner’s article.)

Do you want to create products your customers love? It’s not just a marketing gimmick. Take these 3 steps to grow your Product Mindset and change the world.

One of the values closely embraced when working in an agile environment is transparency. If we aren’t transparent then we may give obscure answers to questions or act with muddied behavior not clearly understood by anyone.

Scrum Masters need to be willing to engage with an open mind while remaining focused on what they want to accomplish. Here are five tips that you can use to better position yourself to succeed as a new Scrum Master.

As Scrum Masters, we need to help our organizations identify and work through "bottlenecks". We first identify what these blockers are, then prioritize each item and tackle the highest impact items first.

The role of a Scrum Master can be difficult. How do you take your Scrum Master skills to the next level? How do you become a great Scrum Master?

I think of Scrum Backlog prioritization as if it is a restaurant experience. The backlog itself is a menu arranged to fit the customer’s needs.