Demystifying Accountability: The Missing Skills
Accountability—it can sound dangerous, boring, or just plain mysterious. And yet, it's critical to success in both empiricism and teamwork. So, how do we actually do it well?
There are three key ingredients to good accountability: motivation, safety, and skill. While there’s a lot of content out there on motivation and psychological safety, there’s surprisingly little on the practical skills that help accountability thrive.
That’s what this session is all about.
Join us as Mark Wavle breaks down the essential skills of accountability. We’ll explore operating principles, hands-on techniques, and strategies to foster a culture of shared responsibility and ownership. You’ll walk away with tools to make better requests, address misalignment, and lead by example—skills every team needs, but few talk about.
About the Speaker:
Mark Wavle's Agile journey began 15 years ago when he joined his first Scrum team—and he hasn’t looked back since. He’s held roles including Development Team Member, Scrum Master, Product Owner, and has been a Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org since 2016.
Mark is also an ICF-ACC professional coach, offering both individual career coaching and team coaching in product development. As co-founder of Unstuck Agile, he designs engaging learning experiences and has delivered impactful sessions at companies, user groups, and conferences across the U.S. and beyond.
Outside of his professional life, Mark leads a non-profit, is an avid learner, leads worship, cheers for the Bengals, and enjoys life with his wife and two young-adult sons.
