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Pause and breathe before offering an idea or trying to add value: Do they need to be Helped, Heard, or Hugged?

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• January 15, 2025
• January 8, 2025
• January 1, 2025

<aside> 🧠 REMEMBER:

• This is not a status update
• It is a place for difficult conversations
• Prepare ahead of time
• Stay question focused and let them lead
• Ask leading, open-ended questions based on the employee </aside>

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• Cancellations
• Boring or stale
• Lack of career talk
• Lack of learning </aside>

Projects (2025)

• Documentation
• Components for AI usage

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Start

How can I help?

What's most useful for us to look at?

End

• What can I be accountable to you for the next time we talk?
• What can I hold you accountable for next time we talk?
• What should we do different next time?

Questions if they’re stuck

1. What's the real challenge here for you?
2. And what else?
3. What ideas do you already have?
4. What do you want to do?
5. What will have the most impact?
6. What will you do?
7. What support do you need?

Longer term career and goals

Great project questions

Quiver questions

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Questions

It’s always great to have a set of things to keep conversations moving.

Burnout

Are you proud of the work you’re doing for this organization?

Do you see yourself working here a year from now?

Are you happy in this role? What could make it better for you?

General

What would you like to talk about?

What has your focus been lately?

What are you trying to accomplish?

What is in your way?

Is any part of your project unclear or confusing?

What are you concerned about from last week?

What should we be doing differently?

Learning & Growth

What is something new you learned since the last time we met?

What opportunities have you had recently to learn something new?

What would you like to learn about in the future?

What kind of training or experience would be most helpful to you right now?

Motivation

What’s one thing we could change about work for you that would improve your personal life?

What’s something you’re proud of that happened this week? This month?

What are you feeling passionate about, personally or professionally?

Are you happy in your role? What could make it better for you?

Are you proud of the work you do here?

Are there any goals we have on a company, team, or individual level that you feel are entirely unattainable? If so, why?

Development

What are the things you’re most passionate about? Is there a way for us to structure your work more around those passions?

What are the things you most want to learn in the next three months?

What do you envision as your next role or responsibilities?

What do you see as the next step in your career?

What goals have you set for your career?

How do you feel you are progressing in your career?

What big questions do you have about your career opportunities in the future?

What has been the highlight/lowlight from the past week at work?

Who’s someone in the company that you’d like to learn more from?

What projects would you like to work on or be more involved in?

What professional goals would you like to accomplish in the next 6-12 months?

What’s something you’re itching to try that you haven’t had the time or resources to do?

What other roles do you find interesting? What skills do those roles require that you would like to work on?

What do you want to do next in your career?

What training are you interested in to further your skillset?

Do you feel like your career goals are achievable?

What do you think needs to happen for you to get to the next level at our organization?

Personal

What are your favorite hobbies outside work?

Which recent accomplishment are you most proud of?

What are the things that worry you?

What’s one thing I can do right now to make work better for you?