Weekly Recipe: How to deal with the one difficult team member in your scrum team?
🎁 The Accountability Workbook (Single Team Member)
Welcome back to the Sunday Weekly Recipe.
On Thursday, March 5th, 2026, we discussed the “Bad Apple” effect and why relying solely on 1:1 conversations to address difficult team members rarely works.
We learned that Scrum teams are cooperative machines, and when someone defects (misses commitments, ignores process or team norms, etc.), you need a systemic response.
Today’s recipe, which is in the form of a workbook, will help you build that system.
The Accountability Workbook walks you through the exact steps to diagnose the behavior, fix the team environment, hold the individual accountable, and, if necessary, escalate with a proper paper trail.
You can download the recipe below.
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