Run an Effective 1:1 with Manager

Use this for the weekly or biweekly meeting with your manager. Prepare, meet, follow up. Career topics belong in the prep, not as a fifth ceremony.

Steps

Three steps. Career development is a periodic agenda item in prep, not its own workflow step.

Frequently asked questions

How often should we talk career?

A slice most months, not every week. Put it on the agenda so it does not lose to standup leftovers.

My manager keeps canceling. Skip the workflow?

Send the agenda anyway. The written topics are the record. If it keeps happening, that is a promotion-packet problem, not a missing template.

Is this where I make the promo case?

No. Align here. Build the packet in the promotion workflow over months. Do not dump a 20-page case into a 30-minute 1:1.