Questions you might want to ask your direct reports in updates
If you're having trouble figuring out what questions you want to ask your direct reports every week, look no further! Below are suggested questions you may use to set up your update questions with your direct reports.
- What did you focus on this week?
- What are your plans and priorities for next week?
- What challenges or roadblocks do you need help with?
- Is there anything else on your mind you'd like to share?
- What's on your mind?
- What's something that isn't on our radar that we should start focusing on?
- Anything I can partner with you on?
- Who was your MVP this week?
- What are you most worried about?
- What are you most excited about?
- Where did you come up short?
- What were your big wins? Small wins?
- Are there any projects you'd really like to work on if you were given the opportunity?
- How have you advanced your career or personal goals this week?
- What's the main thing standing in the way of hitting your goals?
- How can I help with your goals?
- What new thing did you learn this week?
- On a scale of 1-10, how productive have you been? If you wanted to move up a number, what would it take?
- What were your big wins? Small wins?