Hey,
heard about manager-tools a couple of weeks ago through a peer. Now we (the peer, another peer and myself for a mgt team for about 30 people) are starting o3s. During the prep of the email to invite our directs 2 questions popped up:
1. Location: I (we) do not understand that a canteen area is not a good place to hold them. We have an open landscape office and sit between our directs. Our desk is therefore considered public. And meeting rooms are indeed a nightmare to schedule. But the canteen would be perfect in my opinion.
2. Who initiates: When on the road, who initiates the call. My opinion is that I do, my peer says no way, I'm making time for them but I'm not going to chase them. I have my mobile with me wherever I go, I don't know if I need to call them at their desk, their mobile phone, ... Now I don't know anymore. I see his position.
Looking forward to the reactions.
thx,
Marc
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location of the o3 and who initiates
Welcome to the forums!
Anywhere you can have a conversation without worrying about others hearing too much or you bothering them. It doesn't need to be private (behind closed doors) and it's OK if bits are overheard. If the canteen has a table away from the bustle, and it works for you, good.
It doesn't matter who initiates. Just agree with your direct beforehand. Sometimes my folks call me, sometimes I call them. It's not a power play.
John
location of the o3 and who initiates
Welcome!
Your second question made me look at my practices, and I think I've pretty much fallen into a routine with each of my directs: some of them call me, I call others.
We DO have an unspoken rule: once we get to a few minutes after the appointed time and we're not already talking, somebody's picking up a phone and calling the other! Meetings run over, calls run over, sometimes people just get absorbed intheir work (not a bad thing, that... :)).
So don't let organizational rank get in the way of connecting.
-Hugh