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It looks like I have a few things to talk with my manager on our next 1:1. Thanks for the insights, Michal.

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I’m glad it could be helpful, Alberto!

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Nov 4Liked by Michał Poczwardowski

Like this one Michal, thanks for sharing.

For me a successul 1-1, as any other meeting, should bring some action item. Otherwise, maybe the meeting can be replace for a email

what do you think?

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I think it depends on the purpose. If it can be achieved solely by email, then that's fine.

However, with email we lose quite a lot of information, including non-verbal cues. When the purpose is to build connection, I wouldn’t skip it.

For action items, that’s a great approach for certain types of one-to-ones.

Thank you, Marcos, for your perspective!

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Oct 29Liked by Michał Poczwardowski

My controversial take is to not have an agenda most of the time 😅

I think that 30-40% of the o3 meetings is spent on personal conversation. Taking about families, lives, and so on.

To me that’s one of the critical goals - to build personal connection, that they’ll feel someone cares about them.

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For me, that was part of the 'Curiosity' aspect (as it's for personal matters too).

When the purpose is to build personal connections, a no-agenda approach, along with a significant portion for personal updates, serves the purpose well.

Thanks for your perspective, Anton!

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Oct 29Liked by Michał Poczwardowski

You are progressing so well lately!

Good luck with the course man :))

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Thanks for the support, Orel!

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