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5 Ways to Ruin a Virtual One-On-One

Wayne Turmel - 8 December 2020

As leaders, we know that one-on-one communication with our team is critical. When we can’t just look out and survey the cubicle-farm to see how people are doing, the little time we get to spend with each employee becomes more precious. That’s why conducting these meetings is perhaps the most important skill a long-distance leader can have.
In many ways they are just like doing person to person chats in the office with a couple of important differences. Ignore those, and you can fail in your goal to stay informed, build relationships and keep a good big-picture view of how team members are doing.
We want to do these well. If, on the other hand, you want to ruin a perfectly good management interaction, try doing these five, counterproductive things during your one-on-ones:
Start by giving them “your list.”
When you only have quality time with people on a regularly scheduled basis,

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