How to Conduct an Employee One-on One Meeting

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us How to Conduct an Employee One-on One Meeting This week’s newsletter contains two new articles: The Cost of a Bad Hire   How to Conduct an Employee One-on One Meeting Please share this newsletter with your co-workers! Retweet the articles, share them on Google Plus, like them on Facebook, or forward the newsletter. You can follow me on Twitter: @greatleadership or email me with suggestions for articles at: managementguide@about.com.   Thanks and regards,   Dan Dan McCarthy Management & Leadership Expert How to Conduct Regular One-on-One Employee Meetings I continue to be surprised at the number of managers that don’t conduct regular one-one-one meetings with their employees.   That’s unfortunate. These are managers that really shouldn’t be managers. Because at the end of the day, being a manager is all about dealing with people. One on one meetings are a regular opportunity for managers to lead. It’s a chance to inspire, influence, motivate, coach, listen, solve problems, make decisions, and create an environment where employees feel energized. You can’t do this with email – it has to be f2f, eyeball to eyeball. Or, if managing remotely, do them over the phone. Read more for 12 suggestions for conducting regular employee one-on-ones.   READ NOW Share The Cost of a Bad Hire There are three fundamental responsibilities of a manager: 1. Hiring great employees 2. Develop great employees 3. Retain great employees If you don’t get #1 right, the rest becomes almost impossible. A manager would be better off spending way more time on hiring great employees so that they don’t have to spend so much time dealing with difficult employees. Read more to learn about the cost of a bad hire.   READ NOW Share 10 Tips for Hiring Awesome Employees Invest the time in hiring the best people and you won't have to invest the time later in in dealing with difficult employees. Here are ten ways to select great employee. READ NOW Share How to Develop an Employee Performance Plan One of the most effective ways to manage difficult employees is using a 90-day performance improvement plan. These plans, when structured and executed properly, can help coach an employee through the steps needed to change their behavior. Read more to find how. READ NOW Share Stay Stuck or Grow  Every person, every organization, and every business gets stuck. For successful people and businesses, it can be very hard to recognize that they are stuck and even harder to do what is necessary to break free of old ideas and habits to get back on the growth path. Read more to find out how! READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • Don’t Let a Bad Apple Spoil the Bunch: How to Develop an Employee Performance Plan • All 2015 Store Closings - Stores Closed by U.S. Retail Industry Chains • The Beginner's Guide to How a Battery Works • We've Been Conditioned to Think That Earnings Matter, but Do They? • How to Deal with Difficult Employees • How Sitting on Hold Saved Me $150.00 • 2 Great Peter Lynch Quotes • The 6 Dumbest Things New Stock Investors Do Advertisement About Money   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Management & Leadership newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved

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