Hi, my name is Maria and I’m an Engineering Manager at a big tech company. In today's video we're going to be talking about something that a lot of us experience, which is the dreaded silence during a 1:1 conversation. Don't worry though, because I'm going to share with you some of my favorite tips that always seem to lead to interesting conversations. So stay tuned and let's get started.
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Personal Growth
What skills do you think our team is lacking?
Who in the company or on the team do you think I can learn the most from?
If I could improve one skill between this meeting and the next, which would you choose?
Priorities, Strategy, Productivity
What do you wish I took more ownership over?
What’s something you wish we did better as a team?
What’s worrying senior leadership right now?
Communication
How am I doing with [this specific thing]?
Do you think I contribute enough in team meetings?
Am I giving enough feedback to my peers?
Managing Up
What are your biggest challenges leading the team?
Is there anything I can do more or less of that would help you?
What are you most excited about in your day-to-day?
🎥 Check out my YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@techmentormaria
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MY FAVORITE TOOLS
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📲 Also find me on TikTok for shorter videos - https://www.tiktok.com/@mariatechtok
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ABOUT ME
🙋♀️ I’m Maria, an Engineering Manager at a big tech company and I’ve been coding since I was 13 years old. I love working in tech because building new things and being creative is something that makes me really happy. While on this journey, I realized how lots of questions I receive in 1:1s get repeated a lot so I decided to upload short and simple Q&A videos on TikTok which grew to a small amount of followers. For some questions, I wanted to dive deeper with longer answers which is how this channel started. Thanks for being here – my goal is to help some people out and make their lives at tech jobs more effective.
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