Over the twelve years that Adam and I have worked together a lot has changed. We've built several companies, iterated others, coached thousands of people, wrote a book, launched two podcasts, learned how to become better leaders, and built a company culture of work-life presence. One thing that hasn't changed, however, is our weekly 1:1 meeting. We have been meeting every Monday morning for 30 minutes (1 hour during the first couple of years) for 624 weeks. Yes, we may have missed a Monday meeting once or twice over that time, but we would either move it to the following day or it wasn't necessary because we were both on vacation. That is how important this weekly meeting is to both of us. And I, for one, attribute it to much of my personal growth and professional success over the years.

If you haven't implemented a weekly 1:1 meeting with your direct reports, or more specifically, with your leader and/or Force Multiplier counterpart, now is the time!

Read the blog post here: https://founderandforcemultiplier.com/how-to-have-an-effective-weekly-11-meeting/

[00:00:20] Over the 12 years or so that Adam and I have worked together, a lot has changed. We've built several companies, iterated others, coached thousands of people. We wrote a book with another one on the way. Launched two podcasts, learn how to become better leaders, and built a company culture of work-life presence.

[00:01:06] Yes, we may have missed a Monday meeting once or twice over that time, but we would either move it to the following day or it might not have been necessary because we were both on vacation. That is how important this weekly meeting is to both of us and I, for one, attribute it to much of my personal and professional success over the years.

[00:01:45] Strategy has become more critical than ever. Support and engagement, feedback growth and development are just as critical to a company's success as priorities, goals, and metrics. So what is the goal of a one-on-one meeting? Effective one-on-one meetings serve a lot of different purposes, but here are some primary goals and takeaways to consider for each meeting.

[00:02:28] Four. Keep everyone's eyes on the vision and overall priorities and respective goals. Keep your goals displayed with your agenda to help stay up to date on status, make decisions, or remove roadblocks. Number five, allow room for feedback. This is possibly the most important aspect as it is critical for both personal and professional development as well as overall success.

[00:03:07] You will also want to implement a framework. Setting aside the time to hold a weekly one-on-one meeting is only half the battle. Having a clear and consistent structure in place ensures that the time invested is time well spent. It can also help keep the conversation from veering into a status update meeting or a task assignment meeting.

[00:03:42] A consistent meeting agenda or a document like the weekly execution plan, which you can download from the show notes, can keep both you and your force multiplier or executive on track and wanting to meet each week. These meetings need to be value add for both parties. The leader is there to guide and coach as needed.

[00:04:15] If these meetings are done well between a leader and their force multiplier, it could be the only meeting that they need together every week. Priorities are clear, decisions are made. Both parties are confident that the other will be executing on what they need to do in order to keep projects and deliverables moving forward.