What is the most effective frequency for 1-on-1 meetings with direct reports?
Once a week30%
Once every 2 weeks49%
Once a month15%
Adhoc4%
What 1-on-1?
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VP, Information Technology in Consumer Goods3 years ago
I feel like this depends on a lot of variables, such as: do you see each other nearly everyday (work in same office vs remote), how much coaching does the person need, are there external factors influencing the person (challenging stakeholders or sensitive projects). It’s not a one size fits all, but the key is to always have the next meeting booked in the calendar.Group Chief Information Security & Data Protection Officer in Construction3 years ago
The way I structure it is simple -1. Accomplished last week or as agreed
2. To be accomplished this week
3. Issues / support required
It keeps things on track and I don't need to nudge them. They have their deliverables and I have mine :)
Director in Manufacturing3 years ago
This is highly dependent on the maturity of the employee, the complexity of the deliverables, the degree of risk of failure and the cost to the business of failure I had an employee with 40 years of experience I normally met with once every two weeks. But during his $1+million dollar project with a risk cost exceeding $10 million we formally met twice a week plus had a quick text ping every day. Key to any of the interactions with a junior employee or experienced is clear expectations
I always did written (electronic) meeting minutes with actions, due dates, measurements of success etc and shared them and posted them in our Teams folders unless performance improvements based (HR Private)
I always had a global team even pre-pandemic. In one sentence, clear documented expectations are key to successful 1:1 meetings at any level of experience. And a real leader does the documentation because I believe a failure in communication of expectations is at least 51% on the leader and usually a much higher percentage
Own the performance of your team or get out of leadership
Group CTO in Finance (non-banking)3 years ago
Daily 30 minutes is the most effective meeting with the team and probably one in 15 days 1-1Managing Partner, Partnerships & Strategy in Software3 years ago
“It depends” looks to be a common theme and I generally agree with the comments here. Lots of variables as well as what the purpose and content of the 1:1 is. I tend to have more regular touch points (daily checkins, weekly 1:1’s) when there are lots of changes, new team members, etc. For more mature teams and reports, every fortnight is a cadence that seems to work. But then again it depends :)