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When to use it

Reach for Questions for 1:1s when you want to make a post people save and come back to and teach your audience something they can use straight away. Its structure is reference: the essentials of a subject, to come back to. It is written for new managers. Give Postora your topic and it keeps the shape, writing every slide about your subject in your voice.

What each slide does

1. 1Hook

   Opening: promise a set of questions to keep.

   In the example

   15 questions that turn a 1:1 into a real conversation

   Keep for Monday

   Grouped by what you want to learn.

2. 2Point

   The principle behind the list.

   In the example

   If a 1:1 could be an email, it is a status meeting.

3. 3List

   Questions about energy and workload.

   In the example

   How are they really doing?

   Workload

   • What took more energy than it should have this week?
   • What would you drop if you could?
   • When did you last feel properly focused?

4. 4List

   Questions about growth.

   In the example

   Where do they want to go?

   Growth

   • What do you want to be known for here in a year?
   • Which skill would you learn if work paid for it?
   • Whose job looks interesting to you?

5. 5List

   Questions that invite feedback on you.

   In the example

   Ask for the hard feedback

   About you

   • What should I stop doing?
   • When did I make your week harder?
   • What do you wish I asked more often?

6. 6Steps

   One practical habit for running the 1:1.

   In the example

   Let them own the agenda

   +1

   A shared doc they fill in first. You add your points last.

   Your questions come after theirs, not instead of them.

7. 7Call to action

   Ask readers to keep and share it.

   In the example

   Useful?

   • Save it for your next 1:1
   • Send it to a new manager
   • Add your best question below