Kit BarberOwner, Kit Coaching · Business Coach and Mentor

If your team issues keep piling up, try this.

16 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this short leadership video, the speaker advises managers to hold brief (5–10 minute) weekly one‑to‑one meetings with each team member. During each check‑in, the manager should set one clear priority for the employee and ask how they can help. The regular, focused attention is said to build trust and accountability, which in turn boosts team performance—citing research that teams with such practices outperform others by up to 30%. Weekly meetings are preferred over monthly ones because they provide more consistent contact and faster issue resolution. Companies that prioritize these one‑to‑ones see higher engagement and accelerated growth. The video ends with a prompt to watch more leadership shortcuts.

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Did you know that teams with regular focused one-to-ones outperform others by up to 30%? Schedule weekly one-to-ones with each team member, just 5 to 10 minutes to check in, set one clear priority, and ask how you can help. The reason this works is that regular focused attention builds trust and accountability, and when your team are trusting and they're accountable, they're going to work better. You can do this monthly, but it often takes longer as there's more to discuss. There's actually less contact that way, so ideally keep it weekly. Companies prioritizing one-to-ones see higher engagement and much faster growth. Stick around for more leadership shortcuts. Your team will thank you.