{"id":368,"date":"2018-04-25T16:32:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T16:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielvlopes238992071.wordpress.com\/2018\/04\/25\/one-on-ones-101-with-whom-and-how-often\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T13:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T21:57:14","slug":"one-on-ones-101-with-whom-and-how-often","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canopy.is\/blog\/2018\/04\/25\/one-on-ones-101-with-whom-and-how-often\/","title":{"rendered":"One-on-ones 101: With whom and how often?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a busy leader, you may be wondering how to fit 1-on-1s into an already packed schedule. Here are some best practices selected our online community for\u00a0leaders.<\/h4>\n
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A frequent question I receive when it comes to having one-on-ones<\/a> with employees is: With whom<\/em> and how often<\/em>? Everyone? Direct reports? A cross-section of employees from different departments? Once a week? Once a month? Bi-weekly? Quarterly? Once a year?<\/p>\n

One-on-one meetings<\/a> can be notably time-consuming\u200a\u2014\u200aespecially if you\u2019ve got more than 50 employees. So figuring out how who you\u2019re talking with and the right cadence of conversations is crucial.<\/p>\n

To get a sense of what other successful leaders have implemented at their companies, I posed the question of one-on-one frequency and structure to our online community\u00a0with 1,000+ leaders, managers and executives from around the world.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some of their best advice about 1:1s :<\/p>\n