Establish regular 1:1 with your directs. - These are not project status updates! talk about career / growth / skills - Listen, Take notes, Send out Action Ite

Establish regular 1:1 with your directs. - These are not project status updates! talk about career / growth / skills - Listen, Take notes, Send out Action Items - At the end, ask if there is any thing you could do to improve. Ask for feedback. The benefit to having incremental documentation with your directs makes end of year reviews much easier, as you have a bunch of documentation at the ready. Makes promotions easier (and terminations as well -- welcome to management!)