Your managers run their teams. The hard calls stop coming to you.
You promoted your best people to lead, and headcount is flat. Who stays and how fast you move now comes down to them. Ren is an AI agent in Slack and Teams that brings each manager the few conversations that are due, and helps them have them.
In Slack and Teams · Built on the Accountability Dial · SOC 2 Type II
Ren APP
Due this week: the handoff with Marcus
It slipped twice this month. Both times Dana picked it up.
Suggested words · Mention
“Marcus, the handoff slipped again Tuesday and Dana covered it. What got in the way?”
The job in front of you
Grow with the team you have.
Jonathan Raymond wrote Good Authority after realizing he was the bottleneck in his own company.
- 01
Growth without new hires
Growth has to come from the people you have. Hiring isn’t the lever it was.
- 02
The numbers you answer for
Who stays, how fast you move, how many grievances and legal claims. Each comes down to how your managers run goals, 1:1s and reviews.
- 03
And the hard calls still come to you
The slipped commitment, the person everyone works around, the review nobody wants to write.
All three run through managers, most of whom were promoted for being good at the work. Ren takes the overhead off them: noticing what’s due, preparing the conversation, following through. The conversations stay theirs.
What you’ve probably tried
Good options. None of them are there on Tuesday.
Training
A great workshop, then Monday
- The ideas land; the week takes over
- Nothing follows them back into the work
Coaching
Priced for your top three
- Works for a few senior leaders
- Doesn’t reach fifteen new managers
Fractional HR
Policy, not the daily moment
- Good for process and compliance
- Not there when the conversation is due
What each person gets
What changes for you, your managers, and everyone else.
Ren works in the channels you choose. Each person’s help is private to them, it never reads private messages, and what anyone tells Ren stays between them and Ren.
You, the owner
Fewer people issues reach your desk
- Fewer hard conversations run through you
- Reviews that start from the year, not from memory
Your managers
The conversation that’s due, and the words
- How firm to be, so they start small and early
- 1:1 agendas drafted from the week
Everyone else
A way to grow as their work changes
- The words to raise something up or across
- Their own plan, in a space that’s private to them
A week with Ren
Monday somebody notices something. Friday it has been said.
Any day
Someone notices something. Ren helps find the words.
Thursday
A two-minute voice note, or Ren reads the channels you add.
Every day
The one or two conversations or meetings that matter most, just for you.
Review season
Each manager starts their reviews from the year, not a blank page.
Built for companies where managers came up through the ranks:
- Professional services
- Construction and trades
- Dental, medical, legal
- Agencies and brokerages
- Nonprofits
Day 90
How you’ll know it’s working.
You’ll feel it before anyone shows you anything. Each person works with Ren privately; what you see is whether the basics are happening: which managers are active, how many people had a 1:1 this month, and who might need a nudge. Never what anyone said to Ren.
83%
of managers active this month
10 of 12 had a coaching conversation or prepped a 1:1 in the last 30 days
214
coaching conversations
38
1:1s prepped
57
pieces of feedback sent
41
Q4 plans set
88% of people had a 1:1 this month
Who to reach out to
8 on track: plans set, 1:1s held
3 active, no Q4 plans yet
1 quiet for 30+ days
Illustrative people and numbers. Ren’s read on how each leader leads, and whether the basics are happening. Never what anyone said to Ren.
Why it matters
Every one of these is a conversation that didn’t happen.
6 in 10
employees are afraid to speak up at work.
Radical Candor, The Trust Gap, May 2026
42%
of managers know what to say, but not how to say it.
Predictive Index, August 2026
61%
engaged with weekly feedback and recognition, vs 38% with feedback alone.
Gallup, October 2024
Start with the one you’ve been putting off.
Try Ren with your own team first. No card, no sales call.
- $100 in free credits
- No per-person fee
- Private by design
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