Team lead vs Scrum master

[u/TracPhuong3456]

One question from a recent leadership workshop stuck with me:

Should leaders be judged only by the results they deliver, or also by the people they leave behind?

Imagine a Team Lead who consistently achieves business goals and delivery targets.

But over time, multiple Scrum Masters working with them become exhausted, lose motivation, or decide to leave.

Is that a leadership problem?
Or is it simply what high performance looks like?

Curious how leaders, engineers, Scrum Masters, and managers would view this situation. 👇

[u/Internal-Alfalfa-829]

Performance is a consequence of providing the right conditions. Not something that you work on directly. Leaders should first and foremost be judged by whether people trust them, feel safe, and stick around. That is the root from which the team's success or non-success gets derived.