Management things I learned at Imgur
When did it become a Universal Truth that good management requires regular scheduled 1-1s (weekly or biweekly at most)?  Clearly managers should meet frequently and in depth with people on the team, but the "regular 1-on-1" thing is mantra, and I'm not sure there's research/evidence to support its efficacy.<p>People never look forward to them.  You gotta remember everything you did that week so you can report on it (even when told the 1-1 isn't meant for status reports... it kinda always is).  You gotta think of some issue to bring up to manager's attention.  It interrupts your whole day.  Your manager didn't yet help you on your problem from last week -- now they want to listen thoughtfully to problems this week?<p>From the manager's POV: You've been keeping up with the team members all week, helping out and checking in every day... now you're gonna lose one or two days with back-to-back 1-1s which leave your voice hoarse.  They need a few more days to finish out whatever you discussed last week... should you cancel the 1-1 and sync up on the next week (and lose the 1-1 tempo), or have a "no-diff" meeting that you both know you coulda skipped?