Glaudia Califano

Admiral

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United Kingdom

About Glaudia

I believe in continuous learning and improvement for myself and those that I engage with. My purpose is to help teams and organisations achieve their goals while supporting innovative work environments.

I work with teams in various capacities, from facilitating workshops to getting deeply involved ‘in the trenches’ with teams. This includes providing organisations with guidance on Agile practices, methods, frameworks and tools, to successfully engage people across the board.

Over the years, I have acquired knowledge and experience across the Agile spectrum. I am a Professional Scrum Trainer, ICAgile Authorized Instructor, Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT), Certified DevOps Trainer (DOI) and a Certified Facilitator of LEGO® Serious Play®.

Applying Professional Scrum

Professional Agile Leadership - Essentials

Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills

Professional Scrum with Kanban

Professional Scrum with User Experience

Other Services by Glaudia

Coaching/Consulting
Private Courses

Latest Blogs by Glaudia

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The Rollercoaster of Group Dynamics in Decision Making

The diversity of a group of people offers a great opportunity to tap into a wider range of creativity and innovation, but it can also lead to misunderstandings and clashes. I have experienced how the journey from exploring a group’s different perspectives and ideas (divergent thinking) to a shared understanding and conclusion (convergent thinking) can be a rollercoaster with confusion, frustration, and misalignment. I have learned that this is not because the teams I have worked with are dysfunctional, but because this is a natural part of group dynamics.

Jul 27, 2022

Five Ways to Build Consensus

One of the things I struggled with at the start of my Scrum Master journey was building consensus in the team. Wanting to stay objective, give everyone space and time whilst still craving for a decision was a challenge for me. My own indecisiveness with regards to how to handle this ultimately did not serve the teams I worked with well as discussions did not seem to go anywhere and decision making was slow. Over time I learned that there are actually many already existing useful techniques that help with consensus building, and when and how to use them depends on the context and the situation you are in. Here are a few that have served me well as a facilitator.

May 22, 2022

Trumpeting For all Voices to be Heard with White Elephant - Facilitating for Participation

Some time ago, whilst discussing this topic with my fellow Professional Scrum.org Trainer Todd Miller, he shared his experience with using White Elephant principles to enable a participative facilitation environment (thanks Todd!). It inspired me to use it and write this blog.

May 11, 2022

Are we really living the Agile Values by insisting on co-located teams?

For many years, many of us have had strong opinions about the importance of having teams that are co-located.

Jun 20, 2020