Why Scheduling Is The Most Important Component of One On Ones - Part 1

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Mike Auzenne

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Scheduling your One On Ones is surprisingly the most important component of One On Ones. Too many managers mistakenly believe that they are “too busy” to do One On Ones becuase of their full calendars. But scheduling them is actually more important than having weekly One On Ones. Why is that? Our data show why. And directs tell us why when we ask them. And for those who are just getting started, what rules should I use in scheduling my One On Ones.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Manager Tools.
0:02.5	This is Sarah.
0:04.0	And this is Mark.
0:05.1	Today's podcast, Why Scheduling is the most important component of one-on-ones, part one of two.
0:12.2	The questions this cast answers are, do I really need to schedule my one-on-ones?
0:18.3	Does scheduling one-on-ones improve their effectiveness? Do biweekly or monthly one-on-ones? Does scheduling one-on-ones improve their effectiveness? Do bi-weekly or
0:23.5	monthly one-on-ones work? If you want answers to these questions and more, keep listening.
0:31.9	Before we get started, did you know Manager Tools will host for your organization, virtual training, so that your company,
0:39.8	people that are distributed all over the globe, can learn our topics together.
0:44.3	Learn more by checking us out at manager-tools.com.
0:48.7	Now to the show.
0:50.7	When we tell managers at our effective manager conferences all over the globe, essentially,
0:56.1	that scheduling one-on-ones is more important than the frequency of one-on-ones,
1:03.0	they're often shocked, astounded.
1:06.5	Yep.
1:07.2	And everyone's always got questions about weekly or biweekly or monthly, but scheduling is actually
1:14.9	the core value of manager tools one-on-ones.
1:18.8	Managers say, many managers say they cannot schedule them because of their operational tempo or
1:24.2	I'm worried I'm going to schedule them and then they're always going to get rescheduled and there's plenty of reasons, not to want to schedule a but.
1:32.3	Scheduling one-on-ones is just like scheduling the rest of your week.
1:35.9	It's not about rigidity.
1:37.2	It's about your priorities.
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