Designing your 1:1 - The most important meeting in your career
summary
Argues that regular 60–90 minute one-on-ones are the place to co-create your career not just review projects, recommending weekly meetings (never more than two weeks apart) for new reports and a manager span of about 1:6–7. Gives concrete agenda: life story, check-in scale, priorities, growth goals, alignment, feedback, next steps; exercises like superpowers and kryptonite. Recommends tools (Fellow, Know Your Team), meeting setup (side-by-side seating, single screen, no design reviews) and tracking actions and goals.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 11:16Factory model to co-created careers
- 18:39Building trust in first one-on-one
- 24:35Meaningful one-on-one agenda
- 32:57Co-creating fulfilling careers
- 34:45Q&A
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