This 49-minute video features leadership coach Brendan Rogers discussing how intentional and focused one-on-one meetings are the secret to building engaged, productive teams with lower turnover. Discover why consistent, structured individual conversations are fundamental to effective leadership, especially in remote work environments. Learn a practical three-step framework for conducting impactful one-on-ones, understand the importance of giving and receiving feedback properly, and explore how canceling these meetings damages trust and team morale. The discussion covers essential leadership skills including how to ask the right questions during weekly check-ins, run productive team meetings, overcome scaling challenges, and improve at saying no. Rogers shares personal insights about how structured leadership approaches actually enhance creativity rather than hindering it, and emphasizes that great leaders aren't born but designed through intentional practice and development.
The #1 Team Building Skill You're Missing to Lead Effectively - Effective One-on-One Meetings
Overview
Syllabus
00:01 – Introduction to Brendan Rogers
00:25 – Why leaders must invest deliberate time in their employees
02:40 – The moment Brendan realized one-on-one meetings change everything
05:48 – How COVID forced leaders to rethink employee engagement
06:22 – The myth that structure kills creativity it actually fuels it
09:06 – Brendan’s three-step framework for effective one-on-ones
12:30 – Should feedback happen in one-on-one meetings or separately?
16:13 – The damaging effect of constantly canceling one-on-one meetings
19:21 – How leaders can get better at giving and receiving feedback
22:14 – Why modeling how you receive feedback matters as a leader
26:44 – The simple act of following up on feedback to build trust
31:33 – A small but powerful piece of feedback that changed Brendan’s career
34:05 – The number one roadblock stopping leaders from scaling their teams
36:39 – How to get better at saying no as a leader
39:51 – How to increase performance in a team setting beyond one-on-ones
43:45 – Why great leaders aren’t born—they’re designed
46:57 – Final advice: There’s always a better way to lead
Taught by
Learnit Training
