1:1’s are your time to make you more effective via your manager. Don’t only surface what you did (I view that as the boring back up conversation). Surface what

1:1’s are your time to make you more effective via your manager. Don’t only surface what you did (I view that as the boring back up conversation). Surface what you need. Surface challenges you’ve faced. Surface decisions that are on your horizon. Surface what you want. Your manager can’t read your mind, but you have 30m to help them act as if they can.