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1. Yes we have.

2. YES! Very much so!

3. A 1 hour meeting every other week! If you want to have weekly 1-on-1s, you can have a 30-45 minute meeting.

A few tips:

- Focus of 1-on-1s should be on supporting your direct reports. How they feel at work, how they can achieve more, what should they do for their career developments, etc.

- Active listening is very important! It's a meeting about our direct reports goals, so most of the time we should listen to what they have to say.

- I found this guide by Lighthouse helpful, but there are lots of other good guides:

https://getlighthouse.com/blog/one-on-one-meetings-template-...

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