Stop complicating 1:1s with your direct reports.
Start using this 7-step framework:.
Start using this 7-step framework:.
1. Schedule your 1:1s
Find a 30-minute time block that works best each week.
👉 Make this a reoccurring meeting,
It will help you:
1. Develop a habit
2. Keep the time free from conflicts.
Find a 30-minute time block that works best each week.
👉 Make this a reoccurring meeting,
It will help you:
1. Develop a habit
2. Keep the time free from conflicts.
2. Protect This Time
Canceling your 1:1 time each week is worse than not having it scheduled.
You need your team to know this time is important for you.
Letting “urgent matters“ become the priority over time with your team is a slippery slope.
Canceling your 1:1 time each week is worse than not having it scheduled.
You need your team to know this time is important for you.
Letting “urgent matters“ become the priority over time with your team is a slippery slope.
3. Prioritize THEIR Agenda
Start every 1:1 by asking, “What's on your mind?”
This question lets them set the agenda and allows them to talk about the things most important to them.
Questions like “How was your weekend?” are flawed because they focus on your agenda.
Start every 1:1 by asking, “What's on your mind?”
This question lets them set the agenda and allows them to talk about the things most important to them.
Questions like “How was your weekend?” are flawed because they focus on your agenda.
4. Give Specific Recognition
If this doesn't come naturally to you, take time to write it down.
This is something you’ve seen them do well, and you want them to do more of.
👉The things that are recognized are repeated.
If this doesn't come naturally to you, take time to write it down.
This is something you’ve seen them do well, and you want them to do more of.
👉The things that are recognized are repeated.
5. Be a Savage Listener
(You’ve beard this all before, but how often do you do it?)
- Put your phone away
- Close your laptop
- Take notes on a blank sheet of paper
Challenge your self to stay in the moment and pay attention to what is being said with tone and body language.
(You’ve beard this all before, but how often do you do it?)
- Put your phone away
- Close your laptop
- Take notes on a blank sheet of paper
Challenge your self to stay in the moment and pay attention to what is being said with tone and body language.
6. Resist the urge to jump to solutions immediately
You will challenge your team to problem solve by assuming they already are.
Let them know you are confident in their ability to resolve the issue, and then ask how you can support them.
You will challenge your team to problem solve by assuming they already are.
Let them know you are confident in their ability to resolve the issue, and then ask how you can support them.
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