Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones
by travisjungroth on Monday January 31, 2022 @08:48PM
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You seemed to have focused on the two of my five examples that could be considered therapy sessions.
Look, I don't care if you do one on ones, standups, whatever. No need to tell me you don't need them. I don't even know you. I'm just trying to share some ideas with you and anyone reading.
Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones
by gkop on Monday January 31, 2022 @08:44PM
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Maybe one or more of your reports could benefit from what you describe as therapy, with you, on some cadence.
Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones
by colechristensen on Monday January 31, 2022 @08:47PM
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Sure, sometimes. And it's fine if it's communicated that these things are necessary.
What's not fine is being forced to do them, unable to exit the waste of time.
Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones
by gkop on Monday January 31, 2022 @08:50PM
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Did the OP or anyone in the ancestor comments assert that 1:1s should be forced?
Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones
by colechristensen on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:00PM
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Have you ever tried to get standups or 1:1s to stop once started in a company with that culture? I have, more than once, and was never successful because people treat them like they’re necessary and my whole point is that they aren’t and to refute the article claiming they are unreasonably effective.
I don't need daily group therapy with my team or weekly individual therapy with my manager.
There's not that much to say, I can't invent that much to say, people rarely need that much communication.
I don't need to brainstorm ideas daily/weekly, don't need to set intentions. I often know what needs to be done for long stretches and am more than capable of communicating it ad hoc when it is most useful to communicate it. We have at our disposal half a dozen forms of communication, forced regular meetings can be the worst kind.