Chapter 20 Negative One

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. . . in which one team member’s attitude has great negative impact on a retrospective, and the facilitator shields the other team members from the negativity

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If we look a bit back in time in the story of Sarah’s journey on the road to becoming an experienced retrospective facilitator, we are reminded of the very first retrospectives, where Rene was less than impressed with the whole retrospectives business. Rene was late for retrospectives and apologized for it in passive-aggressive ways, such as by saying, “Oh, sorry, I was so busy doing my real job” and “I am glad everybody else has time for games at work.” ...

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