Online Courses
How to Have Productive One-on-One Meetings (34 minutes)
Regular one-on-one meetings give managers an opportunity to head off problems and efficiently answer the many small, quick questions that arise during the workweek. In this course, veteran LinkedIn Learning instructor Dave Crenshaw shows you how to get the most out of one-on-one meetings, even in today’s hybrid or fully remote work environment. Learn how to establish a one-on-one meeting with a schedule and corresponding agenda, assign and review action items, and assess the outcome of the meeting as you follow up on promises and results.
A Manager's Guide to Conducting Effective One-on-One Meetings (1 hour, 6 minutes)
As a manager, one-on-one time with your employees can be incredibly impactful. But if this time isn't used properly, it can also have a detrimental impact on your relationships and your employees’ perception of their value. In this course, Ramona Shaw encourages you to host more meaningful one-on-ones with your team members. Ramona first shares why one-on-ones are so crucial, then reviews the different means in which you can structure them to cater to the individual team member's needs. She guides you through the various phases of successful meetings and gives tips and tricks for maintaining the flow and purpose of the meeting. Finally, she shares several concepts to take into consideration, like how to ensure you're able to stay people-oriented and methods to maintain an employee-driven and well-structured conversation that has tangible takeaways. Join Ramona to learn proven one-on-one meeting methods that enhance your employees’ trust and satisfaction with you and their career.
How to Have Productive One-on-One Meetings (34 minutes)
Regular one-on-one meetings give managers an opportunity to head off problems and efficiently answer the many small, quick questions that arise during the workweek. In this course, veteran LinkedIn Learning instructor Dave Crenshaw shows you how to get the most out of one-on-one meetings, even in today’s hybrid or fully remote work environment. Learn how to establish a one-on-one meeting with a schedule and corresponding agenda, assign and review action items, and assess the outcome of the meeting as you follow up on promises and results. Along the way, Dave gives you pointers on listening to the needs of your employees and offering them opportunities for training and professional development.
Books
Author: Tubique Publishing
Summary: This Manager’s Guide to One on One Meetings Planner teaches you the importance of these meetings and guides you through the entire process from planning to regular meetings with your directs & peers. Improve your managerial and leadership skills with this guided planner. Learn how to prepare and hold the meetings at work, counseling, coaching or mentoring sessions. Key features:
Introduction on what an One on One Meeting is and why it is important
Key benefits of regular One on One meetings
How to structure your meetings and where to start
7 types of One on One meetings and top 5 questions to ask
Best practices and tips to use
Meeting participants index for easy progress tracking
Meeting sheet with enough room for the agenda, discussion notes, goal planning and tracking
The Manager's Guide to Effective Meetings (Briefcase Books Series) Kindle Edition
Author: Barbara J Streibel
Summary: All managers, whether brand new to their positions or well established in the corporate heirarchy, can use a little "brushing up" now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations. The Manager's Guide to Effective Meetings is a hands-on guide to planning and conducting meetings that fellow professionals will want to attend. It provides techniques for keeping a meeting focused and on target, reveals latest tools for meeting "virtually," and more. This latest addition to the popular Briefcase Books series will prove invaluable to anyone who has to plan or conduct meetings, in any environment.
Authors: Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson M.D.
Summary: A new edition based on the timeless business classic—updated to help today’s readers succeed more quickly in a rapidly changing world. The New One Minute Manager offers a way for you to succeed sooner with less stress in changing times—both at work and at home. For decades, The One Minute Manager® has helped millions achieve more successful professional and personal lives. While the principles it lays out are timeless, our world has changed drastically since the book’s publication. The exponential rise of technology, global flattening of markets, instant communication, and pressures on corporate workforces to do more with less—including resources, funding, and staff—have all revolutionized the world in which we live and work. Now, Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson have written The New One Minute Manager to introduce the book’s powerful, important lessons to a new generation. In their concise, easy-to-read story, they teach readers three very practical secrets about leading others—and explain why these techniques continue to work so well.
Effective 1 to 1 Meetings
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