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Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones by heymijo on Monday January 31, 2022 @04:15PM (#30154479)
They require the person with more power to respond positively to any gambit that shows vulnerability.

A direct report may try a couple of times to go deeper or be vulnerable but if the manager isn’t receptive that 1:1 just became perfunctory into perpetuity.

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Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones by NAHWheatCracker on Monday January 31, 2022 @06:14PM (#30156178)
This is exactly the issue I've come across.

I'm a very candid person and I have no issues saying exactly what's on my mind when I'm comfortable.

I've hardly ever seen my managers speak anything but the party line. I can't get comfortable talking about issues with someone who doesn't believe there are problems.

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