
Lead effective one on one meetings to strengthen relationships, deliver feedback, and coach teammates, boosting productivity, loyalty, and career benefits across the organization.
Compare one-on-one meetings with group meetings to see how they save time, boost engagement, and enable flexible, direct, focused discussions through ten-minute sessions.
Hold regular one-on-one meetings with your reports, keep a simple agenda, and focus on progress, problems, and feedback; listen actively, offer support, and end the meeting on their terms.
Lead effective career development discussions with your reports by encouraging ownership of goals, reviewing progress, and arranging training or shadowing to reach professional milestones.
Conduct formal performance reviews following HR surveys and set goals. Discuss achievements, potential raises, required paperwork, and schedule another formal review after 30 days if needed.
Schedule focused one-on-one meetings with colleagues to review progress, raise issues, plan tasks, and collaborate in working meetings that end with clear next steps.
Lead cross-department one-on-one meetings to share expertise, align goals, and drive focused collaboration beyond email, boosting project outcomes and retention.
Learn to use one-on-one meetings to address problems with colleagues, identify issues with data, ask targeted questions, propose solutions, stay constructive, and strengthen collaboration for better project outcomes.
Learn to maximize one-on-one meetings with your boss by preparing topics, sharing issues and ideas, and aligning with your manager to drive professional growth and results.
Turn your performance reviews into opportunities to listen, verify evaluation details, set clear goals, and pursue internal or external development to advance your career.
Use one-on-one meetings to address job unhappiness with open, direct communication; identify causes—boss, coworkers, workload, or stress—and seek focused help from your manager.
Lead focused one-on-one meetings by aligning discussions to specific work, questions, and plans, avoiding time-wasting rituals and encouraging proactive performance and career growth.
You’ve heard it over and over again … meetings are a complete waste of time.
And with statistics like these, it’s hard to disagree:
73% of meeting attendants admit to doing unrelated work
39% of professionals (including executives) admit to falling asleep during a meeting
91% admit to daydreaming & 96% say they’ve missed meetings on purpose
Roughly 50% of time spent during meetings has been found to be entirely useless and unproductive
It’s no wonder meetings get a bad rap.
Without any plan or agenda, they end up being just another excuse for team members to hang out and talk on the company dollar.
But contrary to this growing perception, there’s still one type of meeting that’s commonly regarded as one of the most important functions within your business.
It’s why Google places them at the very top of their “best practices” list …
It’s why Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel, regards them as having a 10X return on investment ...
And whether you’re an employee, manager, colleague, or executive - using this type of meeting can help you boost results and overcome any challenge that comes your way.
So what type of meeting are we talking about?
As you’ve likely already guessed, we’re talking about 1-on-1 meetings … and for good reason.
Among many other benefits, 1-on-1 meetings have been shown to:
Strengthen relationships
Improve productivity (yes, they actually do not take up more time)
Build team loyalty
Benefit everyone involved
So the question then becomes …
How exactly can you effectively use 1-on-1 meetings to strengthen communication and put you in a better position to accomplish your goals and objectives?
Well, that’s exactly what we’re going to cover in this course.
We’ll cover:
Why 1-on-1 meetings are better than group meetings
How to create effective 1-on-1s to guide career development
Ways to conduct helpful performance reviews & formal meetings with your reports
How to devote meeting time to projects & solve challenging problems with colleagues
Using 1-on-1s to effectively meet with people in different departments
What it takes to have a successful 1-on-1 meeting with your boss
How to use 1-on-1 meetings to benefit your job and career
By the end of this course, you'll know exactly how to structure and lead effective 1-on-1 meetings with anyone in your company - from the people you lead, to colleagues, and even your boss!
Let’s get to it.