The OP seems largely inline with what I wrote about some of my thoughts on 1:1s here: https://www.codeleadmanage.com/articles/20210118-how_to_effective_one_on_

The OP seems largely inline with what I wrote about some of my thoughts on 1:1s here: https://www.codeleadmanage.com/articles/20210118-how_to_effective_one_on_ones.html https://www.codeleadmanage.com/articles/20210118-how_to_effe... My TL;DR is every manager needs to develop their own strategy. The best way to do this is to start, experiment and iterate, but hopefully there's some conventions and ideas that can help.