Updated: 4 November 2026

One-on-one agenda beyond status updates

This prompt creates a reusable 30-minute agenda for a manager meeting with a person in a role you name, focused on more than task updates.

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Create a reusable 30-minute one-on-one agenda for a manager meeting with a [ROLE, e.g. junior designer].

Include sections for their priorities, blockers, feedback both ways, growth and career, and wellbeing. Add three sample questions for each section, plus five questions I can rotate in when we have nothing urgent to discuss.

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Let the other person fill in the first item; it changes the tone of the whole meeting.

Get a better result

What you will get

A reusable 30-minute agenda with sections for their priorities, blockers, two-way feedback, growth and wellbeing, three sample questions in each, and five spare questions for quiet weeks.

Common mistake

The meeting turns into a status report.

Fix: Put status updates in a shared doc before the call and ask for an agenda that starts with what the other person wants to talk about.

Also watch for

Questions feel too personal for a new report. Mention how long you have worked together and ask for lighter wellbeing questions for the first months.
Feedback only flows one way. Ask for two questions that invite feedback on you as a manager, such as “What should I stop doing?”, and use them monthly.

Try a variation: make a skip-level version

Change it to a meeting with someone two levels below you, focused on team health, process and what their manager may not see.

Still not right? Reply with this

Add a short notes section at the end of the agenda with a date, three prompts and a place to track growth goals over time.