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This is Sarah.

And I'm Mark.

Today's podcast, One-on-Wons.

How Much Personal, Part One of One.

This cast answers these questions.

How much personal stuff should I expect for my directs in one-on-ones?

What are the data about personal topics in one-on-ones?

And do I need to share personal topics myself in my one-on-ones?

If you want answers to these questions and more, keep listening.

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dash tools.com forward slash training. We hope to see you next year. Today we're talking about topically the concern that some managers have in our experience.

Many managers.

Many, many managers, exactly.

That their directs are going to just talk the entire time about personal things.

Managers worry about it.

They have really no reason to worry about it, which is what we're going to talk about

today. Exactly. Well, they have reason in their mind because it's a different meeting. Every other

meeting is built around work, and we say all the time, this one is built around professional

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