Oops I'm a Manager - On More Effective 1-on-1 Meetings
summary
Routine 1-on-1s become a practical system: 5-minute topic scorecard (pick a few focused items before the meeting), a shared running doc with dated notes and action items, and rotating formats like heads-down / heads-up / career so different goals get covered. Add occasional network-graph mapping of your most important relationships and adjust frequency. These tactics reduce surprises, surface “sneaky” simmering issues earlier, build measurable trust and alignment, and enable more autonomous decision-making.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:25Who am I
- 2:16Why 1on1
- 8:17Sneaky Issues
- 9:03Tactics
- 10:50Boss
- 12:55Tactic 2
- 13:34Tactic 3
- 14:43Network Graph
- 15:58Alignment
- 16:50Conclusion
- 17:20Poem
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