1:1 (One-on-One)
Recurring private meeting between a manager and a direct report.
The best 1:1s are owned by the report, focus on growth and obstacles, and are kept consistently. Skip them, and you skip your most important management surface.
30 minutes weekly is the modal pattern. Bi-weekly works for senior reports; monthly is too rare for new hires or anyone in a stretched role.
Keep going. Cross-pollinate.
Annual reviews don't work — the meta-analyses are unanimous. The alternative isn't 'no reviews', it's continuous, lightweight, structured feedback. Here's the cadence and the tooling.
Periodic structured assessment of employee performance.
We're hiring a Engineering Manager to lead a team of 5–8 engineers. You'll work in a small, senior team that ships, owns its outcomes, and treats teammates and candidates with respect.
Twenty structured interview questions for Engineering Manager roles, mixing behavioural, technical, situational, and values. Score 1–5 per question, calibrate independently before debate.
Small businesses don't have a recruiter, an HRBP, or budget for three HR tools. Screeq is one platform, run by anyone — owner, ops, office manager.
Workday is the default for Fortune 500 HR. It's powerful, expensive, and a 9-month implementation away from value.
The platform
behind the definitions.
Screeq is the only ATS with a full HRMS built in. 14-day free trial.