An important part of being a manager is communicating regularly with your direct reports.

This can be a valuable time to connect with your team members. But for many it ends up being a lost opportunity or a checking-the-box experience.

Here are some helpful tips on how to get the most out of your 1:1s:

1. Have a meeting agenda for the appointment.
2. Ask open-ended questions.
3. Seek feedback - Anything we as a team should be paying for attention to?
4. Share your own thoughts to make it okay for them to as well.
5. Listen.
6. Tell them you appreciate their thoughts and take them to heart and will do what they recommend
7. Discuss their career path and professional growth
8. Be conversational, not preachy or HR-like.
9. Be open to talk about fun and interesting things not related to work
10. Discuss coaching tips by talking about something you learned and how it made you better, rather than telling them exactly what to do.

Above all, be yourself, be genuine and honest. Trust building takes time, but if you use these tips, not only will you build trusting relationships with your team members, you will also develop your team’s professional abilities.

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