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July 28, 2020

Management Skills

9 One-on-one meeting templates

One-on-one meetings are the most important opportunities for managers to give and get feedback, build trust and discuss growth and…

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Shannon Maloney

January 16, 2019
Productive Meetings
    
      How to run a brainstorming session    
  You need to solve a problem. So, what do you do? You gather together your team. You corral them into…
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January 14, 2019
Management Skills
    
      8 tips for building a strong product-driven team    
  Later this month, I’ll be presenting at the Product-Led Summit, a virtual conference bringing together movers and shakers from all…
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January 11, 2019
Management Skills
    
      5 free apps every first time manager needs in their tech stack    
  Being a great individual contributor is one thing, but managing humans is an entirely different set of skills. And the…
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January 8, 2019
Management Skills
    
      The ultimate guide to having difficult conversations with employees    
  We’ve been there. Marcus hasn’t been hitting his deadlines for the past three weeks. Sheryl has been making negative comments…
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December 12, 2018
Productive Meetings
    
      Top one-on-one questions to ask your team    
  One-on-ones getting stale? Worried your conversations are turning into status updates? The SoapBox one-on-one question suggester bot is here to…
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December 6, 2018
Productive Meetings
    
      7 tips for running an amazing all hands meeting    
  Do you meet as an entire company on a regular basis? If you don’t, you should. They’re called all hands…
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December 4, 2018
SoapBox News
    
      New in SoapBox: SoapBox Pro! 💪    
  Here at SoapBox, we’re all about making it fun and easy for managers to have amazing one-on-ones and team meetings.…
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November 28, 2018
Productive Meetings
    
      Why Tettra stopped scheduling their one-on-one meetings (and what happened next!)    
  Wiki software maker Tettra believes in the power of one-on-ones. But two months ago, the seven-employee company tried something a…
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