Better one-on-ones
Questions that uncover what someone needs—and ways to follow through afterward.
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Common Cadence brings performance reviews, employee pulse surveys, one-on-one notes, and Big Five personality insights into your own AI, so you can get practical advice tailored to your team and the situation you’re facing.
Where would you like more freedom to make decisions?
Last time: Alex asked for more ownership of the client handoff.
Pick up where you left off. Talk through challenges, agree on next steps, and revisit your commitments.
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The same advice won’t work for everyone. You might think aloud while a coworker prefers time to reflect. Big Five–based personality insights add context about how each of you tends to communicate, respond to feedback, and make decisions.
Combined with your team’s feedback and past conversations, that context helps your AI suggest an approach that fits both of you and the situation you’re facing.
Start with your teamYou
You tend to work through ideas by talking them out.
Alex
Alex tends to think things through before responding.
For your next conversation
Make room for a considered answer.
Share the question beforehand. When you talk, ask Alex what they think before offering your own view. Check whether that gives them more room to contribute.
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Alex’s review · Your working styles · Last one-on-one
Alex’s review highlights strong work, and your last one-on-one notes say they want more ownership.
Your working styles suggest a possible mismatch: you tend to think aloud, while Alex prefers to think things through before responding. Your early suggestions may be landing as instructions.
Ask: ‘When I offer an idea, is it clear whether it’s a suggestion or a decision?’
Then agree on one decision Alex can own without checking with you.
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Get advice grounded in what’s happened, who’s involved, and what you want to change—from how to raise a difficult topic to what to try in your next one-on-one.
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Give Alex room to lead
In your last one-on-one, Alex asked for more ownership of the client handoff.
Before Friday, choose one decision you’re comfortable handing over. Try asking:
‘Which part would you like to own, and what support would help you take it on?’
Share your constraints, then leave room for Alex to propose the approach.
Ways to listen more closely, give useful feedback, and work through differences with your team.
Questions that uncover what someone needs—and ways to follow through afterward.
Make your feedback specific, invite the other person’s perspective, and agree on something to try.
Recognize where your approaches differ and make adjustments that help you both.
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