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IEEE-USA
Free, New E-Book and Audiobook from IEEE-USA for
Members Now Available: An Audiobook on Making
the Most of One-on-Ones with Your Manager; Fourth
E-Book in Career Transitioning Series Explores Building
Your Personal Brand
Georgia C. Stelluto
No Surprises! Making the Most
of One-on-Ones with Your
Manager
Do you have a one-on-one coming
up soon with your manager?
Whether your answer is yes or no,
you should consider getting IEEEUSA's
new audiobook So, How Are
Things Going? Making the Most of
One-On-Ones With your Manager, by Paul. J Kostek. In
the audiobook, Kostek discusses why more is better when
it comes to one-on-ones. He outlines the types of issues
you should consider addressing during your meetings and
what actions you need to take afterward.
While more and more companies are requiring these
meetings two or three times a year, Kostek suggests ideally
you should have a meeting of no more than 30-minutes
once a month -- or even more frequently. " Immediate
feedback about the fit of an assignment, performance on
a project, and issue(s) with working conditions... need to
be addressed sooner rather than later. "
Kostek believes that regular one-on-one meetings can
improve productivity and help employee retention, which
is increasingly important in tight job markets.
Preparation for these meetings - deciding what you
want to discuss and in what order - is key. Areas for
discussion include:
* Assistance needed with problems or projects
* Additional resource needs
* Available training the manager might suggest
* Changes coming to the organization
* Skills you need to develop to move up to the next level
in the organization
Kostek urges the reader to be specific. Don't go into a
meeting expecting to say you need assistance or resources
without giving details as to what assistance or resources
might look like. Preferably, lay out options for your manager.
The author notes that when the meeting ends, your work is
not over. " Take notes at the meeting. Use your notes from
these meetings to build a plan to respond to any issues.
Make your case for change and ask for it to be included in
your annual review. " The notes should serve as a starting
point for your performance review; mention the meetings
in your self-appraisal and the actions you took because of
them. If regular meetings have occurred, " there should be
no surprises " when the annual review comes.
Listening to this book can help you better prepare for and
get more out of your one-on-one meetings (or encourage
you to schedule one if there is not one already on your
manager's calendar). You can easily listen to this audiobook
in the car, at the gym, or while relaxing at home.
Members - Download your free audiobook at: https://
ieeeusa.org/product/so-how-are-things-going-making-themost-of-one-on-ones-with-your-manager/
Paul
J. Kostek currently works at Base 2 Solutions, a
Bellevue, Washington consulting firm. He is a long-time
IEEE volunteer, having served as IEEE-USA President, on
the IEEE Board of Directors, and as President of the IEEE
Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society. He has also
chaired the American Association of Engineering Societies,
the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, and
the AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference. Kostek
has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology from the
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is currently
an adjunct professor in the ECE Department at
Seattle University.
New IEEE-USA E-Book,
Fourth in Career Transitioning
Series, Explores Building Your
Personal Brand
In the new IEEE-USA E-Book,
Career Transitioning 101-Book
4: Tell Me About Yourself, Dr.
Robert Danielle focuses on
your personal brand: why it is
important; its benefits; and how
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