One-on-Ones with a lot of direct reports.

Submitted by Michael Vaughn
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I want to start out by saying I really enjoy the podcast. I'm learning a lot. First off, I'm a fairly new manager. I'm the radiology supervisor at a 300 bed hospital and I really want to get started doing one on ones. My problem is I have 28 employees on 3 different shifts including weekend option. I am committed to becoming the best manager possible and any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again and love the show, Michael Vaughn in Indiana
Submitted by Tom Hausmann on Saturday March 29th, 2008 2:36 pm

[quote="michaelrt3202"]My problem is I have 28 employees on 3 different shifts including weekend option. [/quote]

Wow! You have a challenge and One-on-Ones are worth the effort. Consider stretching your schedule a bit and conduct one-on-ones over the phone, Google talk (NOT instant messaging-use voice), or Skype.

My group has had very good luck doing O3s regularly using all 3 technologies.

Submitted by Jon Pappas on Saturday March 29th, 2008 4:17 pm

If you have any team leads have them do some of these 03's?

Are all your directs full-time? If you have some part-timers consider doing 03's with them bi-weekly or once a month.

Think about each direct and decide which ones require more frequent communication than others.