In the ideal #agile world, people come together under a shared purpose and inspired vision to form creative, collaborative and high-performance teams that create products and services that truly delight customers.  

From a #scrum perspective, we work continuously to create environments where people can excel, and have #scrummasters to act as the #agilecoach, #coach and #facilitator that helps form strong teams.  

But things don't always go according to plan.  

Sometimes, you find yourself in a toxic environment where there is plenty of backstabbing, blame and narcissistic behaviour. Sometimes, a team may not embrace #scrum values and principles but rather feel that they are being forced to work in a way that they don't agree with.  

How do you deal with that as a scrum master?  

How do you embrace #agile values and principles in an environment where people aren't working together, don't respect each other, and don't behave in a professional manner?  

In this short video, John McFadyen walks you through what you can do to heal a toxic environment, regardless of whether you are a scrum master or not.  

Whilst it isn't the scrum master's responsibility to fix toxic environments, it definitely could use their people skills, coaching skills and facilitation skills to start the process of rehabilitation.  

John has worked on some of the highest performing #scrumteams in the world as both a scrum master and #agilecoach. 

He has also worked at the coalface of some of the UK and Europe's largest, most complex #agiletransformations so he's worked in some pretty tough environments.  

If you like the idea of becoming a scrum master, visit our Certified Scrum Master course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrummaster/ 

If you are already a scrum master and want to upskill, visit our Advanced Certified Scrum Master course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/advanced-certified-scrummaster/ 

If you have several years' experience as a scrum master and want to both validate and certify your professional skills, visit our Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master course page on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/scrum-master/certified-scrum-professional-scrum-master/ 

If you like the idea of mentored and coach-driven skills development, visit our Agile Coach Academy on https://www.agilecentre.com/courses/agile-coach/agile-coach-academy/ 

If you have identified #coaching as a valuable skill to develop, visit our on-demand Introduction to Coaching course page on https://academy.agilecentre.com/courses/introduction-to-coaching 

For more information on John McFadyen, visit https://www.johnmcfadyen.com or connect with John on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmcfadyen/ 

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