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There is no one-size-fits-all answer here. It’s certainly fine to do them less often if you aren’t finding enough value in doing it weekly. Most of these rules
by jshen 5y ago
There is no one-size-fits-all answer here. It’s certainly fine to do them less often if you aren’t finding enough value in doing it weekly.
Most of these rules of thumb came about before tools like slack, which for better or worse, let you communicate more directly more frequently.
- pseudalopex 5y agoMany companies had instant messaging systems before regular 1 on 1 meetings. Email too.
- jshen 5y agoA lot of the ideas and heuristics for one-on-ones came from “high output management” which was published in 1983. I’ve been doing this tech stuff a long time. Companies I worked at started doing regular 1 on 1s before regular use of instant messaging. More importantly, the heuristics most use for 1 on 1s clearly came before use of instant messaging and digital collaboration tools.