Meetings Getting Stale With Your Key Employees? Try This Approach

It's a good idea to regularly meet one-on-one with the key team members in your remodeling business. The tricky thing is that these meetings can easily turn unproductive. When you meet one-on-one with people like your production manager, estimator, designer, or office manager, you can quickly start talking about ongoing projects and get stuck lamenting about that cranky client or the mistake Bill made (again) out in the field. I've seen these meetings quickly become unfocused, drag on longer than they should, and not be productive. I wanted to share an outline for you to consider to make your one-on-one meetings more focused, powerful, and effective. It's important to have the employee submit responses to these topics the day before the meeting: