Recommended links about one to ones

• Quarterly check-ins
  Brienna Ransom's helpful reminder that you need to take regular time to zoom-out with your reports and reflect on longer timescales than your regular 1-1s
• How to Run Effective 1:1s 🧑‍🤝‍🧑
  Luca Rossi gives some practical advice on running 1:1s
• Why your one-on-one’s should probably be longer
  Don Neufeld on setting up your one-on-one's to enable you to talk about bigger topics and save you time
• Less status updates, more coaching
  James Stanier's advice on how not to use one-to-ones is spot on
• My approach to 1-on-1s
  Marco Roger's shares the topics that he covers in 1-to-1s
• One-on-one retrospectives
  Marcus Blankenship makes the case for introducing retrospectives into your 1-1s
• Using agile techniques to build a more inclusive team
  Kevin Goldsmith shares some invaluable tools for helping you set expectations and develop the skills of your team members in your one to ones
• Manager handoffs
  Lara Hogan guidance on how 1:1:1s can help with handing one of your reports over to another manager
• Questions for our first 1:1
  Lara Hogan shares how she approaches one to ones
• To be a better listener, embrace the awkward pause
  It is very easy to talk too much in a 1-to-1 and this is a useful technique to rebalance the conversaion, even if it feels uncomfortable at first
• What to expect when you start having 1 on 1s
  Jason Evanish provides a really good primer on what 1-to-1s are for and why they are so important
• 101 questions to ask in one on ones
  Jason Evanish's questions are a great source of ideas if you are unsure what to cover in any given 1 to 1
• You’re not listening
  Being a good listener is essential if you are to have effective 1-to-1s and this is something many of us are bad at. In this article Rands offers clear practical advice on getting better at listening
• The update, the vent, and the disaster
  Rands describes some common responses to the simple opening question, "How are you?", and offers advice on how to react to them

Skip level one to ones

If you manage managers, then skip level one to ones are invaluable

• Skip Level Meetings Are About Insight, Not Distrust
  Sergio Visinoni reminds us of the value of skip level meetings, and gives great advice for making them work well.
• Why and how to do skip level 1-1s
  Jade Rubick guidance on running skip level 1-1s
• Effective skip-level meetings: A guide and templates for managers of managers
  Lena Reinhard's comprehensive guide to skip level 1-1s
• Skip level 1:1s [BEHIND A PAYWALL]
  Luca Rossi's excellent introduction to the value of skip level 1:1s and the practicalities of setting them up