The Full Stack Leader

Feedback is meaningful when the conversation inspires people — focusing on:

1. Recognition
2. Collaboration
3. Goals & priorities
4. Strengths

If 1-1 meetings happen weekly, brief is good, for a good ritual to check in, forming a habit of accountability.

According to Gallup leadership training, 1-1 meetings are less meaningful when only discussing weaknesses.

If that’s all that comes up—or weak areas are the dominant questions—harder to build trust and provide inspiration.

I’ll add: simply reporting status in a 1-1 is a waste of time; send notes ahead, with links to read more. Use the time for questions like why? and what’s next?.

Via Gallup’s Workplace blog in May 2023.

Feedback is meaningful to employees when their manager focuses on recognition, collaboration, goals, priorities, and strengths.

And if these conversations happen every week, they can be brief.

(Emphasis and link added.)