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--- what_are_the_characteristics_of_a_great_scrum_master [2018/09/05 14:46] – Added wants / understands hpsamios
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   * All about the Team. As a Scrum Master, you are always focused on the team, not on yourself. A Scrum Master is humble. You need to thrive in watching the team succeed and do whatever it takes to help them do so. If you need a lot of personal recognition and praise, then a Scrum Master may not be the best job for you. One way to think about this is to look at the way sports coaching works: if the Team wins, it’s because of the Team, if it loses it is because of the coach. A great Scrum Master, like all coaches understand that it is all about success of the Team.
   * Sensitive "BS" detector. A Scrum Master does not have to be expert in the areas the team is working on but should know enough to understand when someone is not being 100% honest. A lot of the time the Scrum Master does this by asking questions ("Could you explain that a little more?" or "Could you draw a picture of this to help me understand the issue?")
-  * Wants, and understands, the role. Many organizations assign the role of Scrum Master. Many Scrum Masters become the role without really understanding the role. The reality is that to be a change agent in the organization, to work the difficult inter-personal issues is difficult. And if you are being "forced" to do the role, you will not be difficult. So the Scrum Master should understand the role and more importantly wants the role.
+  * Wants, and understands, the role: Many organizations assign the role of Scrum Master. Many Scrum Masters become the role without really understanding the role. The reality is that to be a change agent in the organization, to work the difficult inter-personal issues is difficult. And if you are being "forced" to do the role, you will not be difficult. So the Scrum Master should understand the role and more importantly wants the role.
+  * Have a "growth mindset": As opposed to a "fixed mindset". A growth mindset believes that capabilities can be developed, the love challenges, and that treat failures as learning opportunities and can apply this viewpoint to both themselves and their teams.
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   * A lot of this text was developed by reading other web sites but it was done a long time ago and so I have lost the references. If you can provide information on sources I would be happy to attribute.
   * Scrum Master is obviously a role in Scrum. Increasingly I have found that the role of coach, mentor, teacher, etc is something that other practices can benefit from as well, depending on context. This write-up reflects this more general understanding.
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+  * Grown mindset: https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve
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