--- title: One on One Meeting Format Ideas | daily.dev description: A practical guide to conducting effective 1:1 meetings with direct reports in an engineering team. Covers the core objective (building work relationships),... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/one-on-one-meeting-format-ideas-f2myzxi61 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: One on One Meeting Format Ideas | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide to conducting effective 1:1 meetings with direct reports in an engineering team. Covers the core objective (building work relationships),... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/one-on-one-meeting-format-ideas-f2myzxi61 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/F2MyzXI61.png og:image:alt: One on One Meeting Format Ideas og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # One on One Meeting Format Ideas **[Marc G Gauthier](https://daily.dev/sources/marcgg)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical guide to conducting effective 1:1 meetings with direct reports in an engineering team. Covers the core objective (building work relationships), scheduling (30 minutes weekly), note-taking practices using shared Google Docs, and a three-part content structure: 10 minutes for the direct report, 10 minutes for the manager, and 10 minutes for performance feedback and career development. Includes real-world experience from 4 years of using this format and tips on opening lines and consistency. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/one-on-one-meeting-format-ideas-f2myzxi61) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"One on One Meeting Format Ideas","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/one-on-one-meeting-format-ideas-f2myzxi61","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/one-on-one-meeting-format-ideas-f2myzxi61"},"datePublished":"2026-03-26T08:35:45.303Z","dateModified":"2026-03-26T08:36:38.985Z","description":"A practical guide to conducting effective 1:1 meetings with direct reports in an engineering team. Covers the core objective (building work relationships),...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/85d1424abbc76f0aa23f6ae8a999c979?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/85d1424abbc76f0aa23f6ae8a999c979?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Marc G Gauthier","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Marc G Gauthier","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4lsZKFE--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774514113/logos/marcgg?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/marcgg"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/one-on-one-meeting-format-ideas-f2myzxi61","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"career,leadership","timeRequired":"PT12M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Marc G Gauthier","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/marcgg"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"One on One Meeting Format Ideas"}]} ```