Let the Report Own the Agenda
A 1:1 works best when it runs on the report's agenda, because the meeting is their time to raise what you would otherwise never hear. You already have channels for status: stand-ups, boards, written updates. Invite the report to bring topics, take theirs before your own, and ask open questions so they do most of the talking. Push past status updates toward obstacles and priorities, and help them build the habit of arriving with an agenda ready.
Proficiency Level
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Measurable Behaviors
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Ask open questions and listen more than you talk
Asks open questions and lets the report do most of the talking, so you learn what they are thinking.
Coach the report to arrive with their own agenda
Helps the report come to each 1:1 with a prepared agenda so they drive the meeting unprompted.
Invite the report to bring their own topics
Asks the report to bring the topics that matter to them so the meeting runs on their agenda, not only yours.
Start with their topics before your own
Works through the report's topics before raising yours so their priorities get time even when the meeting runs short.
Steer off status updates toward obstacles and priorities
Redirects a status readout toward obstacles, priorities, and how the report is doing.
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What a Report-Led 1:1 Looks Like
The report sets most of the agenda and does most of the talking, and their topics come before yours. The conversation covers obstacles, priorities, and how they are doing rather than a recap you could have read, and over time they arrive with a prepared agenda without being asked.