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For some reason I thought the OP was a manager wanting to meet with his/her manager.
Someone at the level of "Manager" is closely involved in the day-to-day activities of their team. There would be no need for a meeting with everyone reporting to a Manager.
For some reason I thought the OP was a manager wanting to meet with his/her manager.
Someone at the level of "Manager" is closely involved in the day-to-day activities of their team. There would be no need for a meeting with everyone reporting to a Manager.
Yeah, I get the impression that he's (for lack of a better term) line staff that just wants to use the meetings (maybe) as professional development. Constant job coaching, per se. Maybe he can come back and clarify where on the totem pole he is and what exactly the purpose of the meetings is going to be and what he hopes to gain from them.
I had a manager who did this with me for a few months. It was their idea though and did it for their other three direct reports. They were scheduled for 30 minutes every two weeks. They started out as helpful talking about my current status, any help I needed from her, and to cover any administrative items and usually lasted 20-30 mins. Eventually they boiled down to five minutes of work talk and five minutes of non-work stuff and that was it. Then they happened once a month. Finally they morphed into a conversation like this, "Do you have anything?" "Nope." "Ok, we'll cancel this. Let me know if you need anything". They just became a very low priority item on her calendar for all four of us and she cancelled them. It wasn't a big deal to me as if anything pressing came up, I wouldn't wait for my one-on-one time and would go to her directly then.
Generally one on one's are a good thing. I have six area managers reporting to me. Each area manager has 4 - 6 supervisors and each supervisor has up to 25 people reporting to them. I have one on one meetings every other week with each of my area managers. It's a chance for us to spend between 15 and 30 minutes talking in depth about how things are going in their area, issues they need help with and suggestions I can offer them to improve results. It is a very good way to keep communication lines open and eliminate any surprises that could have been managed sooner.
I think if you are a front line team leader working hand in hand with a small group all day long, that communication should already be occuring throughout the day and it less helpful or necessary.
I've had this in pretty much every job I've ever held for the past 10 years (mostly sales and fundraising positions). Usually weekly, sometimes every other week. Always very helpful just to update my boss on what I have going on, pending sales, etc. and getting information on new projects or tasks.
When I was a supervisor (something I avoid like the plague) I did it with my reports as well.
My boss's door is always open and I can walk in and have a chat with her any time she is in the office. I generally talk to her at least twice a day and we have a meeting for an hour once a week with the entire team. Good way to make sure everyone is on the same page and knows all of what is happening around the facility.
I would like to schedule 15 minute 1 on 1s with my boss to meet maybe twice a month.
But I wanted to get your thoughts to see if this is a good idea?
I feel like it is because it keeps lines of communication going and our ideology centric.
I have a weekly 30 minute one with my manager. They proceed well enough but even with those sessions there are a lot of crossed signals during the week.
You are the manager and you would not have time once or twice a month to meet with your boss for 20 - 30 minutes?
I have no clue where you got that idea. There are only a few managers, and many more non-professionals. All managers meet with the Division Chief weekly in staff meetings. She is even busier than I, but she has an open door policy if I were so inclined.
Wow I am surprised by all the negative comments to this. In every job I always had a weekly meeting with my boss that lasts 30-60 mintues. The only time I can see it not being necessary if it's like if you are the President and your report to the CEO, I can see that not being necessary weekly, but any for the lower levels, come on!
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