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<img width="256" height="132" src="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/one-on-one-meetings.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="effective one-on-one meetings" decoding="async" srcset="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/one-on-one-meetings.jpg 1200w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/one-on-one-meetings-300x154-1.jpg 300w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/one-on-one-meetings-768x395-1.jpg 768w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/one-on-one-meetings-1024x527-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />The ultimate guide to one-on-one meetings [including templates + checklists]<img alt='Paige Magarrey&#039;s avatar' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' height='32' width='32' decoding='async' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' style='--smush-placeholder-width: 32px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 32/32;' /><noscript><img alt='Paige Magarrey&#039;s avatar' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' height='32' width='32' decoding='async' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' style='--smush-placeholder-width: 32px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 32/32;' /><noscript><img alt='Paige Magarrey&#039;s avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>Paige Magarrey
One-on-one meetings with your employees are one of the most important things you can do as a manager. Why? There…
May 22, 2019
<img width="256" height="143" src="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/one-on-one-questions-to-ask-employees.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="one-on-one questions to ask employees" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/one-on-one-questions-to-ask-employees.jpg 1200w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/one-on-one-questions-to-ask-employees-300x167-1.jpg 300w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/one-on-one-questions-to-ask-employees-768x428-1.jpg 768w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/one-on-one-questions-to-ask-employees-1024x570-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />10 questions your employees wish you’d ask in one-on-ones<img alt='Paige Magarrey&#039;s avatar' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' height='32' width='32' decoding='async' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' style='--smush-placeholder-width: 32px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 32/32;' /><noscript><img alt='Paige Magarrey&#039;s avatar' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' height='32' width='32' decoding='async' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' style='--smush-placeholder-width: 32px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 32/32;' /><noscript><img alt='Paige Magarrey&#039;s avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>Paige Magarrey
We love talking about one-on-one questions to ask employees. Of course, in a perfect world, your employee would own your…
May 1, 2019
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<img width="256" height="118" src="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PIP-meeting-agenda2.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="PIP meeting agenda" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PIP-meeting-agenda2.jpg 1200w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PIP-meeting-agenda2-300x138-1.jpg 300w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PIP-meeting-agenda2-768x354-1.jpg 768w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PIP-meeting-agenda2-1024x472-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />The manager’s PIP meeting agenda template<img alt='Sharon Moorhouse&#039;s avatar' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb90854ccdfa13f6e36a622edd1fd852?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb90854ccdfa13f6e36a622edd1fd852?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' height='32' width='32' decoding='async' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' style='--smush-placeholder-width: 32px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 32/32;' /><noscript><img alt='Sharon Moorhouse&#039;s avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb90854ccdfa13f6e36a622edd1fd852?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb90854ccdfa13f6e36a622edd1fd852?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>Sharon Moorhouse
No manager wants to schedule a performance improvement plan meeting with one of their team members. Creating a performance improvement…
Apr 29, 2019
<img width="256" height="171" src="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/All-hands-meeting-agenda.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="All-hands meeting agenda" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/All-hands-meeting-agenda.jpg 1200w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/All-hands-meeting-agenda-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/All-hands-meeting-agenda-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/All-hands-meeting-agenda-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />6 items to put on your next all-hands meeting agenda<img alt='Sharon Moorhouse&#039;s avatar' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb90854ccdfa13f6e36a622edd1fd852?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb90854ccdfa13f6e36a622edd1fd852?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' height='32' width='32' decoding='async' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' style='--smush-placeholder-width: 32px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 32/32;' /><noscript><img alt='Sharon Moorhouse&#039;s avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb90854ccdfa13f6e36a622edd1fd852?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb90854ccdfa13f6e36a622edd1fd852?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>Sharon Moorhouse
An all-hands meeting is an expensive affair! You’re essentially pausing all work at your company for 15 to 30 minutes.…
Apr 25, 2019
<img width="256" height="134" src="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/manager-one-on-one-template.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="manager one-on-one template" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/manager-one-on-one-template.jpg 1200w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/manager-one-on-one-template-300x158-1.jpg 300w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/manager-one-on-one-template-768x403-1.jpg 768w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/manager-one-on-one-template-1024x538-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />8 one-on-one meeting tips from the pros (plus a manager one-on-one template!)<img alt='Paige Magarrey&#039;s avatar' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' height='32' width='32' decoding='async' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' style='--smush-placeholder-width: 32px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 32/32;' /><noscript><img alt='Paige Magarrey&#039;s avatar' data-src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' data-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo lazyload' height='32' width='32' decoding='async' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==' style='--smush-placeholder-width: 32px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 32/32;' /><noscript><img alt='Paige Magarrey&#039;s avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3ffb5b154be0d4a234042cb2a058a90?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>Paige Magarrey
You want your one-on-one meetings to be great – after all, why else would you invest your and your employees’ time…
Apr 22, 2019
<img width="256" height="164" src="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Offsite-meeting-agenda.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="Offsite meeting agenda" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Offsite-meeting-agenda.jpg 1200w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Offsite-meeting-agenda-300x193-1.jpg 300w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Offsite-meeting-agenda-768x493-1.jpg 768w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Offsite-meeting-agenda-1024x657-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />Everything you need to run an offsite meeting<img alt='Shannon Maloney&#039;s avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24f608496ad78d4ea78a83aeb7a8eed?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>Shannon Maloney
An offsite meeting is a meeting that takes place outside of the office. The goal is to get your team…
Apr 17, 2019
<img width="256" height="171" src="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Employee-one-on-one-meeting.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="Employee one-on-one meeting" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Employee-one-on-one-meeting.jpg 1200w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Employee-one-on-one-meeting-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Employee-one-on-one-meeting-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Employee-one-on-one-meeting-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />5 things to stop doing in employee one-on-one meetings (and what to start doing!)<img alt='Mike Arnone&#039;s avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/483424be2d3ddcbce14fab19e7e8a484?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/483424be2d3ddcbce14fab19e7e8a484?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>Mike Arnone
As someone who has had a number of managers in my lifetime, from entry-level retail positions to corporate leadership, I…
Apr 15, 2019
<img width="256" height="171" src="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sprint-retrospective-meeting-agenda.jpg" class="attachment-256x220 size-256x220 wp-post-image" alt="sprint retrospective meeting agenda" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sprint-retrospective-meeting-agenda.jpg 1200w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sprint-retrospective-meeting-agenda-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sprint-retrospective-meeting-agenda-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https://stage.hypercontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sprint-retrospective-meeting-agenda-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" />4 items to include on your sprint retrospective meeting agenda<img alt='Scott Spencer&#039;s avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1c52e98a5e02a070c7e810272bbb6353?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1c52e98a5e02a070c7e810272bbb6353?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>Scott Spencer
Sprint retrospectives are a type of agile meeting or scrum ceremony that allows the team and scrum master to reflect…
Mar 27, 2019
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