One-on-One Meeting Facilitation Language Collocations
Practise the standard verbs for running genuinely useful one-on-one meetings.
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Fill in: 'We ___ a recurring one-on-one on the calendar every two weeks at minimum, so it isn't the first thing cancelled the moment either side gets busy.'
We 'schedule a one-on-one' — the standard, simple collocation for putting a regular check-in meeting in place. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'Letting every one-on-one turn into a status update instead of a real conversation can ___ genuine concerns going unraised for months at a time.'
We say a status-only format will 'leave' real concerns unraised — the standard, natural collocation for the resulting gap. The other options aren't idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ the agenda mostly to the direct report, since a one-on-one that's entirely manager-led tends to surface only what the manager already thought to ask.'
We 'hand the agenda' — the standard, simple collocation for letting the other person set what a meeting covers. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ every commitment made in a one-on-one in a shared note, so a promised follow-up doesn't quietly disappear once the meeting ends.'
We 'record a commitment' — the standard, simple collocation for capturing agreed action items from a discussion. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ career growth explicitly at least once a quarter, rather than letting one-on-ones stay focused purely on the current sprint's day-to-day work.'
We 'raise a topic' — the standard, simple collocation for deliberately introducing a subject into a conversation. The other options are less idiomatic here.