12-Month Cohort · For MSP Owners & Ops Leaders

You shouldn't be the only one who can run your operation.
Develop the person who should.

The MSP Operator Cohort

Leadership training that builds your MSP manager into an operator — a 12-month cohort pairing self-paced courses, monthly live classes alongside peers, and accountability goals tracked month over month.

Book a 20-minute call See whether the next cohort is the right fit for your lead.

12 months | Self-paced LMS + monthly live class + peer accountability

Sound familiar?

You can't scale an operation that only runs when you're in it.

You're the escalation point for everything.

Every hard call still routes back to you. Your lead executes — but doesn't own the outcome.

Your manager was promoted, not developed.

Great tech, new title, and no one ever taught them how to run a team or read the numbers.

Training is a binder nobody opens.

You bought the courses or the tool. Nothing changed, because nothing was reinforced or tracked.

No peers, no accountability, no momentum.

Your lead is on an island, with no one holding them to goals that move month over month.

A title doesn't build an operator. Capability does — built through structured learning, reinforced in a room of peers, and held to goals that move every month. People carry change forward only when they understand the how and the why, not just the what. That's what this cohort is built to do.

How the cohort works

Four parts, one system — designed so the learning actually shows up in your operation, not just in a transcript.

Pillar 1

Self-paced LMS

Role-based modules your lead works through on their own schedule: service delivery, dispatch, the metrics, and leadership fundamentals.

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Pillar 2

Monthly live class

One taught, live online session each month with the cohort — working real MSP scenarios, not slideware theory.

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Pillar 3

Accountability goals

Each member sets operational goals and reports against them — tracked month over month, so progress is visible and real.

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Pillar 4

Accountability with peers

A standing cohort of MSP leads who push each other, compare what's working, and keep the commitment from fading after week two.

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What "tracked month over month" actually looks like

Every member commits to operational goals — utilization, ticket autonomy, response time, gross margin per tech — and reports against them each month.

The cohort sees the trend line, not a one-time score. Accountability compounds: small monthly gains stack into a materially better operation across the year — and a lead who can hold the line without you.

A leader climbing rising bars while guiding two team members — capability and operational performance compounding month over month across the cohort.

Capability compounds: small monthly gains stack into a materially better operation.

What you get back

The point isn't a certificate. It's a measurably better operation and a lead who can run it.

Owner capacity

Hours of your time reclaimed as your lead takes real ownership of delivery.*

Ticket autonomy

More resolved without escalation, because the team is led — not rescued.

Operational metrics

Utilization, response time, and gross margin per tech tracked and improving month over month.

A developed leader

A manager who understands the how and why — and can carry change forward without you driving it.

Retention

A lead you've invested in and who is visibly growing is a lead who stays.

*Owner-capacity gains depend on your current delegation and team structure; the cohort's goal-tracking makes the change observable rather than assumed.

From a partner

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Partnering with Ridgeview Advisors has provided our MicroAge locations with a powerful framework for mastering Service Management. The journey began with an intensive eight-week workshop where our teams identified critical KPIs and specific operational challenges. Because our franchises operate as independent MSPs, the ability to apply these industry-standard resources to their unique environments has been invaluable. Through ongoing monthly training and self-service online classes, our owners have the continuous support needed to drive sustainable growth. We are seeing real-time service improvements as each location implements changes and measures their progress against their identified goals. As the sponsor of this initiative, I’ve been impressed by the measurable impact RVA’s curriculum has had on professionalizing our service delivery. This partnership has been essential in helping our members scale their operations with confidence and precision.

Maria Fiore

MicroAge · Sponsor, Service Management initiative

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Promoting your best tech to manager doesn't make them a leader. Developing them does — and structured development actually sticks: the skills show up back on the floor, and better-led teams win.

Andrew Moore, Founder · former COO, IronEdge Group (private-equity exit)

92%

of frontline leaders apply the new skills back on the job after structured development

23%

higher profitability for the most-engaged teams vs. the least — and managers drive engagement

Sources: DDI, Frontline Leadership Development impact data (2023); Gallup, State of the Global Workplace: 2023.

Questions owners ask first

Who is this cohort for?

MSP owners and operations leaders who want to develop a manager or service lead into a true operator. You enroll your lead; they're the participant.

Who actually attends — me or my manager?

Your manager or service lead is the participant. Owners often join the first call to set the operational goals, but the cohort develops the person running day-to-day delivery.

What's the time commitment?

Self-paced LMS modules worked through on their own schedule, plus one live online class per month, across the 12-month program.

What does "accountability tracked month over month" mean?

Each member sets operational goals — utilization, ticket autonomy, response time, gross margin per technician — and reports progress every month. The cohort tracks the trend over time, not a one-time score.

Is it self-paced or live?

Both. Self-paced LMS modules build the foundation; monthly live online classes deliver teaching and peer work with the cohort.

What will my lead be able to do by the end?

Run service delivery with less escalation, read and move the operational metrics, and lead a team — understanding the how and why behind the work, not just the what.

How do we join, and when does the next cohort start?

Book a 20-minute call. New cohorts launch on a rolling basis — roughly every 60 days as interest builds — so once we confirm fit, we'll place your lead in the next available start.

See if the next cohort fits your lead

Tell us a little about your operation and your lead, then book a 20-minute call.

New cohorts launch on a rolling basis — roughly every 60 days as interest builds.

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Got it — now grab a time.

Pick the slot that works. You'll get a calendar invite the moment you book.

You shouldn't be the only one who can run your operation. Develop the person who should.