Seven questions you should be asking at regular meetings with your employees

Regular communication with subordinates is key to successful and effective leadership. As a manager, you should meet your team members regularly at individual assessment meetings where you discuss what the employee is dealing with, whether they have any problems, how their personal development is going, and so on. Here are seven questions you should ask at each of these meetings.

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"Do you have any questions about our last meeting?"

As The Muse states, you should start with updates and questions regarding the last meeting. Each meeting should always clarify what is to happen before the next meeting and what you will focus on until then. Subsequent meetings should evaluate how successful you have been at fulfilling the plan from the previous meeting.

"Right now what are you dealing with most?"

Find out what employees are dealing with and what is occupying their mind. It may be either a work-related issue, or a personal one, or anything that influences their work in any way.

"How do you see your current workload?"

Talk often about the employee's workload. At the same time, do not use this as an opportunity to overwhelm the employee with a lot of new tasks if they tell you their capacities are not being used 100%.

"How is your self-development going?"

Personal development often gets neglected, especially if there are many tasks and work is hectic. But it is still an important item you should not forget to discuss with your employees on a regular basis.

"Do you see any problems in team work or communication?"

The quality and efficiency of internal communication is key for a team's productivity. This is why it is important you talk about it often and you listen to your regular employees, who witness any problems first-hand.

"Do you have any questions?"

Do not let the meeting turn into your own monologue. Listen to the employees and let them ask you about things they are interested in.

"What tasks should we plan up to the next meeting?"

Always end the meeting with a plan for what will happen up to the next meeting. Determine your goals and define what it is you will be focusing on until then.

 

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