The below is my 1:1 template, which I adapted from my learnings from [Sue Odio](https://sueodio.com), who taught me to flow from the small to the big:
1. Direct report personally
2. Direct report at work
3. Our managerial relationship
4. The team
5. The company
See [[How I think about 1-on-1s]] for reference on why my 1:1s look this way; importantly, I do not try to go through *all* these questions in every 1:1, but instead, I use them as prompts to discover interesting discussion topics with my direct reports.
# Template
- What’s top-of-mind for you?
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- How are you feeling?
- How are you doing (outside of work)?
- What are you excited about in life right now?
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- How do you feel about the value that you bring to the company?
- What are you spending your time on that depletes your energy?
- What are you spending your time on that is energizing?
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- Are you getting enough feedback from me?
- What can I do to better support you & be a partner to you?
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- How are you feeling about the team?
- What can we do to improve our team dynamic?
- Anything you long for, for our team?
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- How are you feeling about the company?
- Do you have clarity on our Vision/Mission/Values?
- Do you have clarity on our strategy?
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- How content do you feel at work? 😢 😐 🙂 😄 🤩