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Re: 1-on-1 meeting questions

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Post by stephc_int13 »

KingOfCoders wrote: post #5
stephc_int13 wrote: post #3

Wow, this is amazing. I can't help but think of all the sarcastic answers I would give the so-called manager with a slight grin on my face. Seriously, I think this list is a potent illustration of modern management bullcrap. Come on guys, don't do this to your team, they are not children...

What question in particular do you find not appropriate?

The list would be way too long.

In my opinion, the so-called 1 on 1 meeting should only be used when an employee is clearly on the wrong trajectory and a course correction is needed.

Good feedback is difficult, what I've seen was very often high noise and low signal. Forcing feedback when not necessary will not lead to added value for the company, only mildly boring and stressful waste of time, in the best case.

Re: 1-on-1 meeting questions

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Post by cek »

stephc_int13 wrote: post #3

Wow, this is amazing. I can't help but think of all the sarcastic answers I would give the so-called manager with a slight grin on my face. Seriously, I think this list is a potent illustration of modern management bullcrap. Come on guys, don't do this to your team, they are not children...

Wow, you are either a troll or clueless.

There is no more powerful form of ensuring manager/employee alignment than 1:1 meetings.

Re: 1-on-1 meeting questions

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Post by helij »

stephc_int13 wrote: post #3

Wow, this is amazing. I can't help but think of all the sarcastic answers I would give the so-called manager with a slight grin on my face. Seriously, I think this list is a potent illustration of modern management bullcrap. Come on guys, don't do this to your team, they are not children...

As a manager as well as a human being I am interested in my co-workers and how they feel, their family, etc. so I don't really 'get' your negativity. Can you point some of the bullcrap on the list. There might be a way to rephrase some of the questions to make them not bullcrap.

I think 1on1 is great. I was at the receiving end and now at giving end. When I did 1on1 with my manager I always felt good afterwards but I was always 100% honest in my answers. The issues I see are if one of the two is not completely honest and that is a completely different issue not solvable by 1on1 but needs to be addressed within orgazination.

Re: 1-on-1 meeting questions

#15

Post by febeling »

m_b wrote: post #12

Can someone point to me the goal of using NodeJs to produce a list like this? Why not just modifying the .md file directly?

Looks like the questions are actually collected in machine readable form in a JSON file, and only rendered to Markdown

Re: 1-on-1 meeting questions

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Post by helij »

stephc_int13 wrote: post #11
KingOfCoders wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What question in particular do you find not appropriate?

The list would be way too long. In my opinion, the so-called 1 on 1 meeting should only be used when an employee is clearly on the wrong trajectory and a course correction is needed. Good feedback is difficult, what I've seen was very often high noise and low signal. Forcing feedback when not necessary will not lead to added value for the company, only mildly boring and stressful waste of time, in the best case.

Ha! But you can prevent the wrong trajectory by acting before. And, one of the ways to do that is honest conversation with your co-worker.

Re: 1-on-1 meeting questions

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Post by [deleted] »

stephc_int13 wrote: post #3

Wow, this is amazing. I can't help but think of all the sarcastic answers I would give the so-called manager with a slight grin on my face. Seriously, I think this list is a potent illustration of modern management bullcrap. Come on guys, don't do this to your team, they are not children...

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Re: 1-on-1 meeting questions

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Post by stephc_int13 »

cek wrote: post #13
stephc_int13 wrote: post #3

Wow, this is amazing. I can't help but think of all the sarcastic answers I would give the so-called manager with a slight grin on my face. Seriously, I think this list is a potent illustration of modern management bullcrap. Come on guys, don't do this to your team, they are not children...

Wow, you are either a troll or clueless. There is no more powerful form of ensuring manager/employee alignment than 1:1 meetings.

I've co-founded companies, I've led teams and been CEO of a small video game studio.

As a manager, I never felt the need to bother anyone with 1:1 meetings.

I think it is very easy to shoot yourself in the foot with feedback, this is a difficult art.

And I think the best strategy is to use feedback only to deal with outliers, ie exceptional or catastrophic achievements.

Re: 1-on-1 meeting questions

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Post by artsyca »

stephc_int13 wrote: post #3

Wow, this is amazing. I can't help but think of all the sarcastic answers I would give the so-called manager with a slight grin on my face. Seriously, I think this list is a potent illustration of modern management bullcrap. Come on guys, don't do this to your team, they are not children...

I'm with you 1000% I hate one on ones they're for the manager caste to wash their hands of the blood from the front lines and find ways to sharpen their knives while you confess all your sins

I'd like to see an organization where the manager role consists of whipping boys for leadership who can be pummeled gladiator style for fun or profit

Re: 1-on-1 meeting questions

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Post by DyslexicAtheist »

stephc_int13 wrote: post #3

Wow, this is amazing. I can't help but think of all the sarcastic answers I would give the so-called manager with a slight grin on my face. Seriously, I think this list is a potent illustration of modern management bullcrap. Come on guys, don't do this to your team, they are not children...

it's like talking to a superior who poses as a psychologist without any training in it. lots of power to the manager and an invitation for abuse. pretty much the reason why I'd never slave as an employee. sorry you're being downvoted. it seems there are many here who have underlings and therefore benefit from such a farce.
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