[13]Hold Standing One-on-Ones
THIS MAY SEEM like a very obvious tip. It is. However, in our experience, there are managers who are not meeting with their individual team members on a regular basis. Don’t believe us? Simply ask five friends outside your organization whether or not they have regularly scheduled one-on-one meetings with their staff. And if they don’t, why not? We are confident you can think of the reasons: lack of time or resources, differing locations, too many tasks on the to-do list, and any number of other excuses. Yes, we truly regard these as excuses. We had previously mentioned that managers should be great coaches (Tip #10: Coach for Performance). After all, they’re charged with aligning and mentoring staff to help meet ...
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