This week, your host, Justin Thatil, is joined by three of his colleagues, Mike Guiler, Jim Beale, and Mariano Oliveti.

In this episode, they explore the topic of accountability in Agile Teams and organizations. These four Agilists share their insights and experience on the role of accountability while explaining the value of tools such as OKRs and KPIs and the influence of a true leader in encouraging Teams by involving them in the whole process, trusting them, and enabling them to be self-directed and reliant.

Key Takeaways

• Why is accountability so important? How do we keep accountability in an organization?

  • Accountability is needed to identify who will be in charge of each task.

  • Accountability should start at the top but needs to be emphasized at all levels of the organization.

  • OKR (Objectives and key results) is a goal-setting framework that assists in keeping the Team accountable and provides a way to measure the outcomes.

  • KPIs are key performance indicators that also contribute to keeping accountability. KPIs measure a team's performance to ensure they are on track to meet their project objectives.

• Leaders encourage accountability in Teams.

  • If a leader is willing to engage with a Team, he will share goals with them and the journey to achieve them.

  • Leaders need to value the involvement of every member and encourage self-driven work.

  • Keeping people informed of the “why” motivates them, while the “what” will only give them tasks.

  • A good leader holds his Team accountable and empowers them to make decisions. Overall, a leader trusts his Team.

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