We coach teams to work better
We want your team to be great at what they do.
We front-load the coaching, shift to mentoring as things click, and leave when you're ready.
How we work
1. Listen first
We start with one-on-ones. Developers, product managers, tech leads, the people running the teams - we talk to all of them.
We want to know how work moves through your organisation, what's going well, and where the biggest opportunities and frustrations are.
We won’t arrive with a template but start with genuinely understanding your context.
2. Prioritise together
From those conversations, we build a list of what would make the biggest difference.
Then we rank it together with your team because they know things we don't, and because people own what they help shape.
What to expect
Two ways to get started
3. Work on it
Then we work with your team:
Team coaching: How you plan, how you deliver, how you talk to each other
One-on-one coaching with your product managers, tech leads, delivery managers
Workshops when the team needs a specific skill or practice
Coaching starts in week one. We learn as we go, not in a separate discovery phase.
Month 1: You'll know where the problems are. So will the team (because they helped identify them). First changes are underway.
Month 2: New practices in place. The team has run some experiments and has data on what's working. You can see the difference.
Month 3: We review together. What's changed, what hasn't, what's next. If it's not working, we'll say so.
Months 3–6: This is where it gets good. The team has its own momentum.
After that: We're still around but you need us less. That's the point.
What we typically work on
It depends. Delivery speed, team dynamics, how product and engineering work together, quality, helping leadership teams plan and follow through, getting organisations to use data to make decisions. instead of opinions. It's different every time. That's why we start by listening.
Know what to work on?
We start with conversations and go from there.
We have worked with clients such as Xero, Vinted, Trade Me, Southern Cross Health, Snapper, RealNZ, and Parts Traders.
“Tony has a set of skills and strengths that make him a very effective Agile Coach. [...] I would highly recommend Tony for any organisation that wants to really improve its performance by leveraging Agile techniques and adopting Agile values. ”
“Anthony has done a remarkable job of coaching us through our transition to Scrum. Not only has he looked after individual team member’s development and understanding but has also helped us at a strategic level narrow in on our vision for the future. He does an excellent job at a person to person level as well as facilitating the high level of planning required for expansion and growth. Having been at other companies where the move to Scrum takes years, Anthony has helped us achieve this in only a few short months.”
“David brings immense knowledge of a variety of methodologies, balanced with the experience to provide skills to leaders and teams to know when and how to apply them.[...] 2 years after working with David, the impacts he made still guide my own leadership style. ”
“ At Snapper we decided we wanted to change the way we developed applications. Agile seemed like a good fit for us, but we had no idea where to start - then we found Sandy! Sandy has helped understand what Agile is, assessed our skills, tailored a specific programme to get us performing at a consistent level, and coached us so that we do in fact perform. She’s left us so she can help others - I can recommend Sandy for any organisation that realises it needs to learn from an expert in Agile, and wants to be coached by the best. I sincerely hope that Snapper’s competitors don’t engage Sandy as they’ll know our secret now....”
Done a health check with us?
Then we already know where you’re at. Coaching picks up where the health check left off.
“The only team of people I will ever allow to come in and help us, is anyone from Nomad8.”
“I can’t recommend Sandy strongly enough - she is one for the most insightful, engaging and knowledgeable consultant/coaches I have encountered. She is knowledgeable but humble, meaning that people of all types of professional backgrounds and levels of seniority love to work with her. ”