When you’ve realized you’ve discovered your why. My client Jeremy W. Hancock, CSM brought tears to my eyes. Sometimes you don’t need to move out of a company. I’ve helped many clients do just that by articulating their value to their current employers. Jeremy landed his first scrum master role and I couldn’t be more proud.
And I love his quote because it’s one of the values behind the community I built, a self-organizing kind and giving community that has gone through the same hardships of imposter syndrome, self-doubt, and the anxiety of job search. You don’t just get me as you navigate your job search but an entire army of people who vouch for you: either have gone through the process and landed a job or going through it with you. I love my Unleashing Your Awesome clients, aka my family. Our Sunday sessions are such a blast.
Thank you Tanya Nascimento for allowing me to speak at your Scrum Alliance and Leslie J. Morse for the opportunity because that’s how Jeremy and I met. More of his story to come 💜
This post is for anyone that had a hope of making a change in 2021. I want to remind you it’s never to late to start making that change.
The good news, I have recently been moved into a Scrum Master role within General Motors. I couldn’t be more excited. I am still in the process of transitioning out of what I was working on, and into my new role. I should be done with this transition period this week and giving 100% of my attention to the team rather quickly.
For anyone that truly knows me, may be surprised to hear this news. Trust me, I am just as surprised as you are. My time and experience at GM hadn’t been the greatest. I was really unhappy, my views of myself had been warped. I was in a position that wasn’t a fit for me, think “square peg, round hole.” No matter what I was doing to fit, it just wasn’t working. It left me feeling extremely defeated.
I had a sit down with myself over Thanksgiving vacation in 2020. I was completely honest with myself. I literally broke down. I came out of that weekend with a plan. I took action. I was able to schedule a class to become a Certified Scrum Master that following week. Directly following the class I took the exam. Within a week, I was leaps and bounds ahead of where I was just the week prior. I started attending Agile Austin meetups and started networking. In April I attended the “Launch your Agile Career” held by Scrum Alliance. I learned a lot by attending and more importantly I crossed paths with Nada Buhendi, MPCC, ICP-ACC, CSPO®, CSM®, SA-SAFe®4. I took her up on here offer for a Virtual Coffee, that snowballed into me becoming her client and working through her process.
Right after she and I started working together, I had an interview with Discover Financial Services. She helped me prepare for that interview and I knew right away that I made the right decision. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive an offer, but I was in the game. Other interviews came and went over the next couple months. I got frustrated. At one point I even had to take a step back and reassess where I was at. In the end, unexpectedly, it all came to an end with me getting moved to the role that I was searching for externally at General Motors.
I’m sharing all this for a reason. I know I’m not alone in feeling the way that I did about work. I know how overwhelming those feelings can be. I know that 2020 was hard for people because of the pandemic. I know it’s carried over into this year and we are quickly coming to the point of closing 2021 out. It’s not to late. I’m an example of successfully making a pivot. Progress is progress. Making a change can’t be done with a snap of fingers. It takes a plan. In the end, the feelings and the things you’re thinking on a daily basis, can be over come and you CAN be HAPPY and actually look forward to going to work again.
Don’t hesitate to reach out if you find this relatable!
