Listens. Surfaces. Coaches. Records.
Four things Ren does — in Slack, Teams, and a web app for the wider view. So the conversations that move the needle actually happen, at every level of the org.
Across the surfaces where work actually happens
Slack and Teams. Meeting transcripts. Your own chats with Ren. Across these channels, Ren notices what shifted — the third missed deadline, the standup nobody spoke up in, the retro that surfaced the same friction for the third week. It's the noticing the manager doesn't have time for anymore.
The conversations that aren't happening but should be
A two-minute morning brief in Slack, Teams, or the web — what needs attention today, who, why, and a draft message in your voice. Not a nag, not a queue. The one or two conversations that, if had now, would prevent the expensive ones next quarter. Every person has their own brief.
Marcus went quiet in standup again — third time this sprint. You've been meaning to check in. What would a 5-minute conversation look like?
Your 1:1 with Keeley is tomorrow. She said she feels 'stuck' last week — that's worth pulling on. What do you think is underneath that?
Tom shipped the auth refactor ahead of schedule. That kind of quiet excellence deserves to be seen. A sentence from you would go a long way.
Most managers aren’t avoiding hard conversations. They don’t know the conversations exist. Ren makes them visible.
Through the Accountability Dial™
Ren coaches you through the five stages of the Dial — Mention, Invitation, Conversation, Boundary, Limit. Each has its own intent and timing, and they build on each other. When you're stuck, Ren names the stage you're at, asks the question you're avoiding ("what are you afraid will happen if you're direct?"), and drafts the message in your voice. Same coaching whether you're a manager talking to a direct, an IC giving peer feedback, or a direct surfacing what's not working up.
Outcomes, never contents
Every accountability conversation becomes a card on a board that's yours — confidential to you and Ren. You move it through the Dial stages at the pace the conversation actually needs. At the org level, leadership sees themes only (where coaching is happening, where it isn't, which competencies show up) — never what got said. The kind of record an auditor, a board, or an employment lawyer can stand behind.
"Marcus, I want to check in about something I've noticed. The last three sprints, deliverables have come in late. I'm not here to pile on — I want to understand what's getting in the way. What's going on?"
Built on a decade of the Accountability Dial™ — used by 100,000+ managers.
Mention. Invitation. Conversation. Boundary. Limit. Five stages, each with its own intent and timing, that build on each other. Created by Jonathan Raymond in Good Authority. Now in your team’s flow of work.
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