Treat your 1:1 relationships with intention

Link: Design Your One-on-Ones, by Corey Ford at Point CI like this approach to 1:1s. Although some very high-profile founders have said that they don’t do or even like them, I think it’s a vital way to maintain a relationship with your team, make sure they’re well-served, and keep things running smoothly. But it’s also very easy to get caught into a reactive pattern — or, worse, just turn them into tactical status reports.The trick, like all meetings, is to take the time to design them and have a well-defined agenda ahead of time. I also like Corey’s thoughts on cadence here: an hour every two weeks feels like the right rhythm to be able to make room for depth. And the one-on-one gift exchange makes for important punctuation that turns 360-degree feedback into a habit rather than something that drives anxiety and asymmetries.What I’d add to Corey’s advice here is to space them out. Back-to-back 1:1s don’t give you the opportunity to reflect on what’s been said, take appropriate…