Small-Group Coaching Cohorts (Scrum Masters / POs)
Small peer cohorts of Scrum Masters or Product Owners meet on a regular cadence to work through real challenges together, coached by me.
Who This Is For
Scrum Masters or Product Owners who need to build real skill fast, and organizations that want consistency across teams without imposing it top-down.
Signs You Need This
- You hired several Scrum Masters or POs around the same time, and each one is figuring out the role alone, with no one to check their thinking against.
- One Scrum Master keeps running the same playbook on every team regardless of what that team actually needs.
- Sprints keep failing for reasons that trace back to facilitation and coaching gaps, not technical skill.
- People new to the role — often promoted from PM or BA backgrounds — need practice applying the mindset, not another certification class.
- You want teams working more consistently without handing down a rulebook from the top.
How This Works
Group size
Four to eight participants, matched by level so no one is coaching someone they report to.
Cadence
Every two to four weeks, for three to six months.
Session format
Each session centers on one or two people's live challenge. The rest of the group asks open questions instead of handing out advice; the person presenting leaves with an action plan they set themselves.
My role
I facilitate the process and coach the group, but the work stays theirs.
What Changes
- People internalize practices faster than they would from a certification course or a book, because they're watching peers work through real problems, not hypotheticals.
- The group becomes a standing network people keep using long after the cohort ends.
- Team-level results improve once facilitation skill actually lifts, not just individual confidence.
- People walk into hard conversations — conflict, stakeholder pushback — having already rehearsed them in a room where the stakes are low.
Questions
Will this just be generic training, or will it deal with our actual problems?
It's not curriculum-driven. Every session runs on live issues people bring that week — nothing is pre-packaged.
What if two people are on the same team, or one reports to the other?
I group by level, not by org chart, and avoid putting anyone in a room with their own reporting line — sometimes I mix people across organizations entirely, so everyone can be candid.