Why are we here
What is an O3? There’s an opportunity to be efficient with your team by having regular one on one meetings (O3’s) with either those you lead or your own leaders.
Why Have O3’s?
- O3’s provide a platform that can help keep a pulse on your career.
- From the supervisor perspective
- You can use the platform to help support and mentor your people.
- Great for one on one coaching
- Can help with quick corrections as well as immediate positive reinforcement.
- Why wait for the year-end review to communicate positive or negative reinforcement?
- Great way to use a team members time efficiently for status updates rather than interruptions.
- Can help you determine the engagement/satisfaction level of your team member
- Mini versions of the stay interview
- Can help determine what they are thinking and what they value
- From the team member perspective
- Humblebrag time! Let your supervisor know what you’ve been working on, learning, achieving.
- Great for one on one coaching
- Provides an outlet to discuss your happiness and goals in your role
- Where do you want to go in your career – your supervisor can very likely help give you resources to get there.
- Decision making
How to start doing O3’s
- If you’ve never done them before, it’s going to be a culture shift
- Probably going to questions about what are these for/what would you talk about?
- Might not be comfortable at first.
- Reinforcing the “why” can help overcome the “touchy-feely” hurdles
- When starting out, setting up some defined sections of the conversation can help.
- Work/Project updates
- Engagement/Happiness
- Where you want to go with it once it becomes more comfortable
- Ask your team members to come with topics and make sure you’re coming with topics
- Doesn’t always have to be all business related – could be an opportunity to get to know your team members better
- This will greatly depend on your personal thoughts on this and even organization culture.
- Doesn’t always have to be all business related – could be an opportunity to get to know your team members better
- Explore what time/rhythm is right for you and your team
- Kolby and Shaun both have different time structures
- What does Shaun do?
- What does Kolby Do?
- Kolby and Shaun both have different time structures
- Ask your team members to come with topics and make sure you’re coming with topics
- What not to do!
- Don’t let these be the first things to cancel
- What if you’re not a supervisor
- Have a conversation and think about bringing a plan of how you see it might work. This not only introduces the idea to your supervisor but provides a possible path out of the gate.
Call To Action
Come up with your O3 implementation plan. Whether you’re the leader or team member, create your pitch. Contact us if you would like any review of your proposal!
