Agile Team Coaching
Helping teams build working agreements, autonomy, and better patterns of collaboration — moving beyond facilitation into genuine coaching of team dynamics.
Roman Lobus
Agile team coaching for self-managing teams in the real world
Helping organisations work with power, resistance, hidden contracts, and team dynamics using Agile team coaching and Organisational Transactional Analysis.
The Real Challenge
Most teams don't struggle because they lack ceremonies. They struggle because of hidden dynamics.
Unclear authority — teams are told to self-organise but no one has shifted actual decision rights
Sponsor-team mismatch — the sponsor says 'empowered' but means 'compliant'
Resistance misread as attitude — change reluctance treated as a people problem, not a relational one
Single-person dependency — the team cannot move without one person thinking for everyone
Fragile accountability — agreements hold in the workshop but collapse under pressure
Psychological safety that evaporates — trust disappears the moment stakes rise or conflict arrives
The Approach
Three lenses that work together
Organisational TA
Surfacing hidden contracts, authority dynamics, group identity, and recurring relational patterns — the things that frameworks don't explain but every coach encounters.
Enterprise Transformation
Grounding the work in organisational reality — navigating politics, sponsor relationships, cross-team dependencies, and the constraints of real change at scale.
Go Deeper
Three ways to explore
The Book
The full field guide to coaching self-managing teams — from first contract to sustained autonomy.
ExploreAbout Roman
Two decades of enterprise coaching, professional credentials, and the story behind the work.
ExploreOrganisational TA
The distinctive lens that sets this work apart — Transactional Analysis applied to Agile team coaching.
ExploreThe Strategic Map
Four parts. One transformation journey.
Each part builds on the last — from establishing foundations to developing mastery as a reflective coach.
Part I: Foundations
Setting the Stage
Establish the coaching contract, understand your role, and build the psychological safety teams need before they can self-organise.
Chapters
The Coaching Contract
Psychological Contracts
Understanding Your Role
Companion Toolkit
Practical tools you can use Monday
Contracting Canvas
Map the coaching agreement before you start.
Resistance Radar
Identify and respond to team resistance patterns.
Resilience Scorecard
Measure and build team staying power.
TA Cheat Sheet
Quick reference for transactional analysis in coaching.
Psychological Contract Worksheet
Surface unspoken expectations.
Ethical Dilemma Decision Map
Navigate tough coaching choices with clarity.
Ways to Work with Roman
Bring this work to your organisation
From keynotes on team autonomy to hands-on coaching partnerships, Roman brings two decades of enterprise experience to every engagement.
Keynotes
Team Coaching
Workshops
Advisory Conversations