The Art of the One-on-One: Beyond Status Updates

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In the first article in this series, I wrote about psychological safety, the foundation that makes everything else in leadership possible. If there’s one place where that foundation gets tested every single week, it’s the one-on-one.

I’ll be honest: my early one-on-ones were terrible. I’d sit down with a report, open Jira, and essentially run a standup for two people. “How’s the migration going? Any blockers? Cool, see you next week.” I thought I was being efficient. What I was actually doing was wasting the most valuable recurring meeting on my calendar, and probably theirs too.

One-on-Ones on guy@secdev.uk

The Art of the One-on-One: Beyond Status Updates