# 1:1 Meetings

The goal of weekly 1:1 meetings is to give manager and direct report a regular time slot for information exchange on a business and personal level. It can often happen that goals are missed, the focus is lost or feelings are hurt during an intense week of daily operations. The 1:1 meeting gives an opportunity to fix any issues, create clarity on priorities and kick-off into the upcoming week with a clear mind.

### Basics <a href="#basics" id="basics"></a>

Frequency: Weekly

Duration: 30 -45 minutes

Participants: Manager, Direct Report

### Goal  <a href="#goal" id="goal"></a>

**1. Assess progress**

Example questions:

* How are your OKRs coming along (metric-driven)?&#x20;
* How confident are you to achieve the goals?
* What must get done this week to advance OKRs?

**2. Identify potential issues**

Example questions:

* Is there anything stopping you from attaining your objectives (e.g. dependencies to team members or other departments?
* Any OKRs that need to be adjusted – or added, or eliminated – in light of shifting priorities?

**3. How can I help?**

Example questions:

* What critical capabilities do you need to be successful?
* Is the team still excited by the OKRs? Not reachable or too easy?

**4. Feedback: honest & sincere appreciation, coaching, and feedback from last week**

* This should only happen when there are concrete situation that you observed (ideally write those situations down after every day to not forget it)
* Follow-up on behavior discussed in the quarterly performance review
* Otherwise, try to give feedback about this format and the quality of the report

**5. Upward feedback**

Example questions:

* What are you getting from me that you find helpful?
* What am I doing/ saying that impedes your ability to be effective?
* What could I do for you that would help you to be more successful?
