Making The Most Of Check-In Meetings

Check-in meetings are structured one-on-one discussions between employees and their leaders designed to support employee success through reflection, planning, problem-solving, and honest and constructive feedback. Each Check-in is designed to recap input that has been provided to an employee. When conducting a Check-in, leaders should focus on the employee’s successes, areas where improvement can be achieved, goals and development opportunities.

Ultimately, effective and continual feedback is designed to do two things:

(1) reinforce positive work behaviour so that the employee will repeat the desired behaviour in the future, and/or (2) redirect work behaviour that needs improvement so the employee can make adjustments moving forward.