With technical managers: how things are going, what needs to be solved to speed things up, what is holding the progress up. With non-technical managers (which

With technical managers: how things are going, what needs to be solved to speed things up, what is holding the progress up. With non-technical managers (which I would expect to have 1:1s in the first place): - How it is going - How the team is doing - What I need - How my life is - How his kids are - What I would like to see happening in the team or company Usually if this is a team manager, he had zero insight from the daily progress or process (why should he). So to see where problems need to be solved for the team, whom to promote or move into another position, etc. can only come from such meetings. And he also needs personal, confidential opportunities for that. Not everyone is vocal, not every team member understands what is a problem or an issue in the first place...