I think it's also important to understand each person prefers a 1:1 differently. Some people like the doc and progress, others the unstructured coffee chat style.
I have had both with different people.
But what I found is that the important part is defining what you want from it. If the meeting arrives and I have no idea of what I want of the meeting, then it's going to be a bit of a waste of time
Love the callout of the focus on impact and not just work completed. Great call, Tiger
Thanks bro, definitely impact over work haha, I mean theyre correlated
I think it's also important to understand each person prefers a 1:1 differently. Some people like the doc and progress, others the unstructured coffee chat style.
I have had both with different people.
But what I found is that the important part is defining what you want from it. If the meeting arrives and I have no idea of what I want of the meeting, then it's going to be a bit of a waste of time
Great addition, thanks for including that perspective <3
"You should be the one driving and leading the 1:1s. It shouldn’t be your manager feeling like they have to bring things out of you"
Love this point. This is a strong differentiator and I notice that not a lot of engineers, even managers do it.
Very simple but powerful skill.