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1:1 Meetings With Your Team — by Ryan Carson. Takeaway: Get to know more about your team members individually to establish trust and find out where their interests lie.
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The Art of the Awkward 1:1 — by Mark Rabkin at Facebook. Takeaway: If your 1:1 isn’t not a bit awkward, you’re not talking about the real stuff. Article includes helpful prompting questions.
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Ask What, Why, and How to gain Purpose and Perspective — by Brent Baisley. Takeaway: Three questions to help with alignment/purpose are: 1) What are you working on? (description of the work to be done); 2) Why are you working on it? (purpose behind the work); 3) How is it going to have an impact?
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Having Bad One to One Meetings? Here’s How to Turn Them Around — by Lighthouse. Takeaway: genuinely care about your reports, and aim to understand them. Let them talk 90% of the time, take notes, ask good questions, and talk about their career growth.
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How to Have an Honest One-on-One with an Employee — by KnowYourCompany CEO Claire Lew. Takeaway: Make empathy your mission. Every 1:1 should have a single mission, “to understand how the other person is feeling.” Ask questions to uncover tension and energy.
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Managing Engineers: How to perfect the “Stay Interview” — by Brad Vogel. Takeaway: includes six questions for asking current employees why they continue working for your company.
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Questions for Our First 1:1 — by Lara Hogan, Kickstarter. Takeaways: Ask reports what make them grumpy; how they like to get feedback and recognition; what their goals are, and more.
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Three Powerful Conversations Managers Must Have to Develop Their People — by First Round Capital. Takeaway: get to know your employees by asking them about their life histories; articulate a clear vision for them by asking them about their dreams; and create a four-step career action plan.
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The Update, the Vent, and the Disaster — by Rands. Like he has on many other leadership topics, Rands has written the seminal article on 1:1s. Takeaway: The employee’s answer isn’t the point—“it’s merely a delivery vehicle for the mood and the mood sets your agenda.” 1:1s are for strategy, not tactics.
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The 9 Questions That Uncover the Most Surprising Insights from Employees — by KnowYourCompany CEO Claire Lew. Takeaway: Based on data from 15,000 employees in 15+ countries, the top nine questions.