I always found 1:1s enormously useful, coming from an academic background where that not normally happens. They're the only place where you can regularly: - ch

I always found 1:1s enormously useful, coming from an academic background where that not normally happens. They're the only place where you can regularly: - check in on your people, and vent to your manager - celebrate small wins that in other cases just get dropped under the table - get a feel for the 'whisper'/'hidden' culture in your office, not the stuff that's the official face of the organisation - raise issues that usually fall under 'etc.' and don't have their own space in other kinds of meetings - in stressful times, just a place to decompress a bit before you go back into the thick of it - lets you check in on people's career planning, and prod them a bit and so much more.