Before the meeting
Both people add topics to a shared agenda. The employee's topics come first.
- What's on your mind this week?
- Is anything getting in your way that I can help with?
- Which commitments from last time are still open?
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1:1 meeting agenda template
A good 1:1 belongs to the employee first. Both people add topics before the meeting, and what you agree carries over until it's done.
How things are going
5 minutes.
- How are you feeling about work right now?
- What's a win from the last week or two?
- Is your workload manageable?
Obstacles
10 minutes. Turn each one into an action with an owner and a date.
- What's slowing you down?
- What have you already tried?
- What would help most, and who should do it?
Objectives and priorities
5 to 10 minutes.
- How are your objectives going, and how confident are you?
- Is anything we're working on no longer worth doing?
- What should we focus on until the next 1:1?
Growth
Every few meetings.
- Which part of your next role would you like to practice?
- Who could you learn from, or who could you help?
- Is there feedback you'd like to ask for?
Commitments
The last 2 minutes.
- What did we agree, who owns it and by when?
- What will we check at the next 1:1?
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MeritForge keeps a shared agenda, suggests topics such as open obstacles, and carries commitments over until they're done.