How to Be Awesome at Your Job

927: Fixing One-on-One Meetings Improves (almost) Everything with Dr. Steven Rogelberg

Jan 11, 2024

Dr. Steven Rogelberg, organizational psychologist, explains why one-on-one meetings are critical, discussing their positive impact on employee engagement and talent retention. He shares tips for creating effective agendas and asking for help, emphasizing the significance of meaningful conversations and being a steward of others' time. Prioritizing these meetings is crucial, and subscribing to the podcast offers additional resources.

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Steven Rogelberg

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Quick takeaways

Effective one-on-one meetings have tremendous benefits for employee experience, engagement, and retention.

To improve one-on-one meetings, managers should prepare, involve direct reports in creating an agenda, and create a psychologically safe environment for open communication.

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The Benefits of Effective One-on-One Meetings

Effective one-on-one meetings have tremendous benefits, positively impacting employee experience, engagement, and retention. Good one-on-ones also enhance team performance and inclusion efforts. Managers who prioritize these meetings see the reflection of their team's success, making them a core requirement of leadership.

Enhancing One-on-One Meetings with a Lightweight Agenda

01:22

Applying One-On-One Principles to Parent-Child Relationships

01:25

The Importance of One-on-One Meetings for Senior-Level Employees

01:12

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Effective One-on-One Meetings

17min

Responsibilities and Behaviors in One-on-One Meetings

5min

The Power of One-on-One Meetings and Meaningful Conversations

2min

The Importance of Stewardship in One-on-One Meetings and Making a Positive Impact

2min

Prioritizing One-on-One Meetings and Podcast Subscription

2min

Dr. Steven Rogelberg explains why one-on-one meetings are so critical—and shares best practices for both managers and employees.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why having more one-on-ones actually saves time

2) How to create a meeting agenda that works

3) The right way to ask your manager for help

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— ABOUT STEVEN —

Dr. Steven G. Rogelberg, an organizational psychologist, holds the title of Chancellor’s Professor at UNC Charlotte for distinguished national, international and interdisciplinary contributions. He is an award-winning teacher and recipient of the very prestigious Humboldt Award for his research on meetings. Adam Grant has called Steven the “world’s leading expert on how to fix meetings”.

Dr. Rogelberg’s previous book, The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance (Oxford) has been on over 25 “best of” lists including being recognized by the Washington Post as the #1 leadership book to watch for.

He was the inaugural winner of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Humanitarian Award and just finished his term as President of SIOP, the largest professional organization in the world for I-O psychology.

• Book: Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings

• Website: StevenRogelberg.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Postmortal by Drew Magary

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