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Weekly 1 on 1s with all reports is not useful or feasible. If you have 8 reports that's 10% of your work week swallowed.
by BrissyCoder 8y ago
Weekly 1 on 1s with all reports is not useful or feasible. If you have 8 reports that's 10% of your work week swallowed.
- jalada 8y agoWelcome to managing a team of eight people.
- mathattack 8y agoMore than that when you consider the To Dos and followups. That’s why it’s hard to stay active as an individual contributor when you have a large team. If you don’t invest the time in advance, you pay it more with fighting fires later.
- billbrown 8y agoI did weekly 1 on 1s with 8 direct reports. I made them all on the same day and I didn't budget them for an hour each. I found it extremely valuable and I left it up to the employee to drive the meeting. If they needed to cancel the 1:1, then that was fine but I never would without rescheduling. It really reinforces that people are #1. This is all Manager Tools basics. I think it's the best set of guidelines they offer. (The Hard Thing about Hard Things also emphasizes weekly 1:1s as does Managing Humans.)
- mathattack 8y agoExactly. It’s best if they’re prescheduled. That way they can be moved but not accidentally forgotten. I try to spread mine between slower days.
- slavoingilizov 8y agoEven if it takes 50% of your time, this is like coding for a dev - it's your primary job and you can't skip it. Andy Grove had a rule of thumb on how much time to spend on what in his book High Output Management. Summary here: https://getlighthouse.com/blog/high-output-management/ https://getlighthouse.com/blog/high-output-management/