How to Run a One-on-One That Is Not Just a Status Update shows new engineering managers how to turn a routine meeting into a powerful tool for trust, coaching, retention, and team development.

A one-on-one should not be another project update. Managers can get task information from dashboards, standups, and written reports. The real value of a one-on-one comes from uncovering concerns, obstacles, career goals, motivation problems, and issues that may never appear in a project tracker.

This episode explains how to let the employee set the agenda, open with better questions, tolerate silence, listen carefully, record commitments, and follow up consistently.

How to Run a One-on-One That Is Not Just a Status Update is part of From Code to People: The New Engineering Manager's Podcast ...