Comments on: On 1:1s

By: Denis Levesque

Denis Levesque — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:15:56 +0000

It is a very good post! I am a new manager and I was looking at having my 1:1 with my staff and manager more organized and more efficient. I will use this as a starting point and will adjust whatever could need to be adjust after a few 1:1.

Thanks for sharing this with us.

By: 3 Steps to a Totally Awesome Team (inspired by Switch) – Rypple

3 Steps to a Totally Awesome Team (inspired by Switch) – Rypple — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:52:02 +0000

[...] Just listen (mostly) and talk; it need not be a hugely structured discussion, although that helps. Others can give great advice on what to talk about. My simple observation is that the basic habit of making space for a human [...]

By: 3 tips for focusing your virtual team – Rypple

3 tips for focusing your virtual team – Rypple — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:03:17 +0000

[...] Richardson from Mozilla recently outlined a great strategy for having 1:1’s. This shouldn’t be a micro-management activity….rather the [...]

By: - John O'Duinn's Soapbox

- John O'Duinn's Soapbox — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:30:56 +0000

[...] Deb did a blogpost a while ago about how to run a more efficient 1×1 meeting. To be honest, I saw the post and skipped over it “Dont have time to read that, and anyway, I’ve done lots of 1×1s – each unique to needs of each individual, and they go just fine, thanks anyway”. [...]

By: smaug

smaug — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:50:48 +0000

For “Accomplishments & status” and “To do over the next week”,
and even for “Blocked/Waiting on” Bsmedberg’s Mozilla status board works pretty well.

By: Coop » On 1-on-1s

Coop » On 1-on-1s — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:19:26 +0000

[...] few weeks ago, dria blogged about the format she had adopted for conducting 1-on-1 meetings with her manager. As a nascent manager myself, I had been struggling to come up with a better [...]

By: Karen Prescott

Karen Prescott — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:56:14 +0000

Hey Deb,

Great post!! Since I’m in the office I don’t get to use fancy skype conferencing.

By: Paul Simbeck-Hampson

Paul Simbeck-Hampson — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:05:34 +0000

Thanks for sharing. I work remotely/virtually too and also use Skype and GTalk. It’s become so normal now I don’t really consider it special. What’s really great is when you meet new people via FB, Twitter or your blog and instead of only typing you arrange to talk or video chat. This week I had an impromptu chat that lasted over three hours with @Dave_Ferguson and next week I have more Skype appointments lined up. Reading and typing is sometimes just too exhausting, I love to grab a coffee and just talk as if we were face to face somewhere. I find this to be the best method of sharing information, tacitly. Final thanks to Harold for mentioning this on his Friday summary :-)

By: Harold Jarche » Filtering is about trust

Harold Jarche » Filtering is about trust — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:04:09 +0000

[...] Excellent checklist for remote workers & managers. via @dria [...]

By: Melissa Venable

Melissa Venable — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:06:42 +0000

This is terrific. I am a “remotie”, too, and know how challenging it can be to get even that half hour on the schedule. I have used a more lengthy report/detailed agenda in the past, but your outline is a nice one and much more succinct – I’m going to give it a try. Nice tip about Skype! We do use Skype, but not the video feature. Thanks for sharing.

By: dria

dria — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:38:53 +0000

@daniel – I’d say so, yeah :) In terms of your working relationship with your manager at least.

By: Daniel Holbert

Daniel Holbert — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:34:04 +0000

RE: “remotie: noun, a person who works in a different geographic location than his/her manager.”

Hmmm — I work at Mozilla’s main office, in Mountain View, and my manager (roc) works in New Zealand. Does that technically make me a remotie? :)