Jason M. Lemkin discusses the importance of one-on-one meetings, framing them as problem-solving, cathartic, and relationship-building sessions (even calling them like "therapy sessions"). He advises against cancelling or treating them as a chore and highlights their role when scaling teams. The talk emphasizes mutual journey and helping teammates.
Do you look forward to the one on one? Yeah. Yeah. The ones that solve your problem. The one you're on the journey together that solve your problems. Not only do you look forward to it because it's a little bit cathartic, no matter how tough it is, you look forward because you actually want to help them. And if you're dreading the one on one, if you cancel it, if you feel like it takes forever, if you realize that whatever Jensen from Nvidia said, he doesn't do one on ones. So you tell them you don't have to do it anymore. It's a sign. It's like you should think when you're scaling these one on ones are magical moments with your teammates. I see one on ones as therapy sessions.
