1on1 with line manager

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Hi,&nbsp;I am working for a company where organizational changes are a common thing. After my role changed from a Product Support Engineer to a DevOps engineer my line manager changed 4 times (in one year period). In Product Support, I had reoccurring, once-a-month meetings with my manager where we discussed KPIs and my personal goals but after my job profile changed I didn't have such meetings. Now&nbsp;my new manager asked me to schedule reoccurring meetings with the frequency of my choice and since I do not have experience in such meetings at the development department I would like to get a general overview of this topic by asking you a few questions: how those meetings look like in your company? How often do you have such meetings? What you are discussing there? Does your manager manages only people from your team or do have a more distributed scope?If you have any advice on this topic I am more than happy to hear them all.Thanks in advance,&nbsp;Patryk

adaosoun · Accepted Answer

typical things to discuss- 30, 60, 90 day goals. then I would look at 6 months, a year+. High level projects that ge visbility at the company. your manager should be a sponsor for you in meetings with other leadership. aka, they vouch for you

coroanet · Answer

Wow, that's a lot of turnover. Is the culture okay? I would be concerned about that.

To answer your question- If they are self scheduled, bi-weekly is safe for more career goal oriented check ins. We use a product called 15Five to track such goals. Usually 15-20 min to discuss overall concerns about projects to ensure success, "extra" projects that I might be interested in being involved in, and gossip lol.

8SjWlvqBi · Answer

Any chance your new supervisor have a process they have used in the past? I think them having some buy in is important. Tell them you're new to this and hopefully they can provide some tstructure. If not, maybe they dont even want to manage you and in that case, you can suggest what ever makes you comfortable.

kulamU · Answer

where are you based? Not sure if this is cultural differences but the turnover in management is alarming! Is the company doing okay? Do you have confidence in the executive leadership? More context would be helpful i think

twotiima · Answer

weekly checkins and semi annual reviews here. but i see my manager in other meetings so these professional development talks are to help prepare me for promotions and raises and such at the end of year.

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