Purpose
- ensure we’re OK
- feedback for each other
- surface small problems (before they grow into big problems)
- Fears & Focuses
Resources
https://github.com/VGraupera/1on1-questions 1 on 1 question generator
Towards better 1-on-1s: an awkward manifesto - Tyler Cipriani
- Outcome
- understand goals at work
- up-to-date picture of shared burnout.
- Process
- My direct reports drive this one—it’s their meeting
- fall back: on a standard checklist if they come empty-handed
1 on 1 Checklist
- highlight of your past week, work-related or not
- Betterworks/Personal development stretch question
- How’s it going?
- Kudos to someone?
- Feedback for me?
- Feedback for you?
- Stop doing. Keep doing
Doorknob comments
Doorknob
Comments people drop right as the meeting’s ending
Example
- “I guess I’ll get back to it—if I could ever get my MR reviewed,”
- “I sure wish we’d kill that project.”
Why
they might be scared to say something important amping themselves up to say it
⚖️ 1-on-1 objections
- “Everything’s fine. Do we need to talk every week?”
- “They’re too much of an interruption.”
- “They’re a waste of time.”
Response
get curious on what they value
what project are you most proud of?
What
more independence and challenge
code quality?
What
more impact?