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Five Tips for Better One-on-One Meetings

One-on-one meetings are among the best opportunities for relationship-building that we’re afforded at work. But when run badly, they can feel like an unproductive use of people’s time. Mistake No. 1: viewing these check-ins as another task list item to check off. With planning and forethought, you can take your one-on-one meetings to the next level. In this brief video, MIT Sloan Management Review contributing editor Leslie Brokaw shares effective strategies to help both managers and employees up their one-on-one game to boost productivity, reduce stress, and greatly improve their working relationship.