How often should 1-1s happen with your manager?
An employees waste 30-40% of their time at work trying to manage their manager's reactions rather than focusing on productive work.
This "manager reaction management" occurs when there's poor alignment and lack of psychological safety in one-on-ones or there is no one-ones.
The core issue is that without proper 1-1 structure and psychological safety, team spends significant mental energy predicting how their manager will respond to updates, problems, or ideas. They end up rewriting their communication to avoid negative reactions rather than sharing authentic information that would actually help with alignment.
Effective 1-1s with psychological safety can change this dynamic drastically: Instead of spending energy managing reactions, team night can focus that same energy on actual problem-solving, and genuine alignment
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never, as most managers are non technical and guide towards shit.
Curious here: have you never come across one good manager?