Leading Effective One-on-One Meetings: Practical Skills

Do you need to lead one-on-one meetings in your workplace?

If you do, then you will know it is your responsibility to make them comfortable for both of you, and also an effective use of time.

One-on-One Meetings Serve Many Purposes

They may be for

Goal setting
Performance review – formal and informal
Tasking and progress monitoring
Briefing
Problem-solving and addressing issues
Care and support
Guidance
Coaching or mentoring
Performance feedback
…Even reprimands



But often, people get promoted to a level where they need to lead these kinds of meeting, without getting any training.

So, in this course, we’ll cover:

The different types of one-on-one meeting
Planning and preparing your meeting
Putting together an effective agenda
How to build rapport
How men and women each perceive a mixed meeting – with advice for each
How to listen well
Questioning skills
How to adapt to the range of meeting types you’ll need as a manager, project manager, or team leader.


As a result, you’ll be able to:

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.


Prior Experience

The only prior experience you need is some exposure to organizational life.

However, the people who may find this most valuable are those who have tried leading their first one-on-one meetings and so know what challenges you want to work on..