Pivoting my blog
As soon as I started writing, I took a hiatus from contributing to my blog. Short story: I’m going to shelf my original intentions for this blog and shift my focus towards a different problem.
Management
A collection of 6 posts
103 One-on-one questions
In my previous post on how to hold one-on-ones, I abstracted different conversations that may come up into categories and types. As a refresher, I’ve noted them again here.
How to hold regular one-on-ones (with examples)
There are several topics to cover in one-on-ones. The very first one, for me, typically has more pomp and circumstance—you can read more about it in another blog post dedicated to holding your first one-on-one. After that, keeping the momentum...
How to hold your first one-on-one meeting (with templates)
When you feel overwhelmed with meetings and you’ve got the case of zoom fatigue, you may be tempted to dismiss the 1:1 meetings with your teams. I’d like to make a case for why they belong in your work day....
What is the point of one-on-one meetings?
I used to think one-on-one meetings were tedious and ineffective. I used to shout into the void, “send it to me in an email! Or in slack! Stop wasting my time!” That is until I had two one-on-ones within a...