Leading Effective One-on-One Meetings: Practical Skills

Everything a Manager Needs to Know to Maximize the Value of One-on-One Time

Created by: Mike Clayton
Real World Trainer in Personal Effectiveness

What Will I Learn?

• Select the most effective style for your one-on-one meeting
• Plan and prepare for an effective meeting that puts both of you at ease, and allows you to make the progress you need
• Lead a meeting that flows naturally
• Choose the most suitable room layout for your meeting
• Build and strengthen professional rapport with the other person
• Avoid the traps of the male-female one-on-one dynamic
• Listen deeply, and ask insightful questions
• Lead a range of different types of one-on-one meeting, for: appraisal, progress checking, coaching, mentoring and reprimands.

Requirements

• You should be a professional, manager, or supervisor who leads one-on-one workplace meetings
• ...or be expecting to lead them in the near future.

Target audience

• Supervisors who need to guide and support colleagues
• Managers who need to set expectations, and monitor performance
• Professionals who need to meet with other professionals and workplace contacts
• Leaders who want to coach, mentor, and give feedback to colleagues
• ... anyone in the world of work who has to take the lead in a one-on-one meeting