by Patricia Staino | Apr 15, 2020
What the heck is a skip-level meeting? In “skip-level” meetings, a higher-level manager meets with an employee, one to one, without the employee’s direct manager present. These meetings may not happen as often as a check-in between direct managers and their team...
by Patricia Staino | Jan 13, 2020
The single biggest mistake you can make in a check-in meeting with your manager is expecting them to take the lead. If you arrive to the meeting with just a blank stare, you risk suffering through 30 minutes of status reports. The goal of a good 1:1 agenda isn’t to...
by Patricia Staino | Jan 13, 2020
As people management functions increasingly are digitized and automated, it’s not surprising that many of the most successful organizations see value in regular one-to-one (1:1) meetings between managers and team members. Face-to-face discussions create great...
by Patricia Staino | Jan 13, 2020
For both employees and managers, 1:1 meetings should be a priority. Sure, there are a few good reasons that warrant cancelling a check-in meeting. They include the following: You’ve been chosen as the Democratic party’s nominee for president and you’re going to be...
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