Weekly One-on-One Meetings: Productive or a Waste of Time?

Most folks who work in corporate America aren't strangers to meetings. From team-focused sit-downs to departmentwide updates, there's a good chance meetings eat up a sizable chunk of your workweek. In fact, middle managers spend about 35% of their time attending meetings, and for upper management, that number climbs to 50%.

But there's a new meeting trend that a growing number of companies are embracing, and many folks are on the fence about whether it's a positive one or not. We're talking about the weekly one-on-one between manager and direct report, and it's a meeting that's popping up on more and more calendars across the country. Here are some of the advantages and drawbacks of having that regularly scheduled one-on-one.

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