Book a 1-to-1 meeting

How to book a 1-to-1 meeting with your manager or your employee.

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Written by Oliver Cook
Updated over a week ago

If 1-to-1s has been enabled in your Sage HR company, you can book a 1-to-1 with another colleague, whether with an employee you manage, or your own manager.

It's easy to book a 1-to-1. We'll show you how in the steps below.

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Book 1-to-1 as an employee

πŸ“ŽNOTE: You can only have the option as an employee to book a 1-to-1 if it is enabled in the settings by an admin. If you have no option to book 1-to-1, please contact your HR admin.

  1. Go to your profile. On the profile, menu click 1-to-1, then click Book a 1-to-1.
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    Alternatively, click on the βž• on the top right, then click Book a 1-to-1.
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    πŸ“ŽNOTE: If you are a direct manager trying to book a 1-to-1 with your own manager, you must do so via your profile.
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  2. As an employee user, this by default is a meeting with your direct manager.
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  3. Enter a name for the meeting, and if required a description.

  4. Select a meeting date.

  5. Select a start time and an end time for the meeting.

  6. If required, enter a location e.g. a meeting room number.

  7. Select what you want to include in the meeting.

  8. Click Next.

  9. You skip straight to the last step of booking a 1-to-1. Here you're shown a summary of the 1-to-1 meeting details.
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  10. Click Confirm.
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    An email is sent to the other person in the meeting.

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Book 1-to-1 as a manager or admin

If you're a direct manager, you can book in a meeting with an employee who reports to you based on the Org Chart. If you're an admin you can book a 1-to-1 with anyone.

  1. On the main menu, click 1-to-1, then click Book a 1-to-1.
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    Alternatively, click on the βž• on the top right, then click Book a 1-to-1.
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    You can also go to the 1-to-1 tab of an employee's profile to book a 1-to-1 spedically with them or click Book a 1-to-1 next to them on No 1-to-1 booked tab.
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  2. Select the colleague you want to meet with.
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  3. Enter a name for the meeting, and if required a description.

  4. Select a meeting date.

  5. Select a start time and an end time for the meeting.

  6. If required, enter a location e.g. a meeting room number.

  7. Select what you want to include in the meeting.
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  8. Click Next.

  9. If you don't select Performance review (collect feedback) to include in the meeting, you skip straight to the last step of booking a 1-to-1. Here you're shown a summary of the 1-to-1 meeting details.
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  10. Click Confirm.
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    An email is sent to the other person in the meeting.

What happens if you include Performance review (collect feedback)?

If you select to include Performance review (collect feedback) in your 1-to-1, when you click Next, there are other steps to complete before you get to your 1-to-1 summary screen.
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  1. Select general competencies for review.

  2. Select who will review general competencies for the employee. This could be:

    • Their direct manager
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    • Their peers on their team
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    • Themselves
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    • Other colleagues in Sage HR
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    • An external person - This is someone not listed in your company in Sage HR. Click βž• then enter their email address and name.
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  3. Click Next.

  4. Add any questions for the review. You can click on βž• to add more.
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  5. Select who will review the answers to these questions. You can simply select the same employees as were selected for general competencies.

  6. Click Next.

  7. You're shown a summary of the 1-to-1 meeting details.
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  8. Click Confirm.

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Next steps

Now the 1-to-1 meeting has been booked, you can view the 1-to-1 at any time from either your profile (or the employee's profile if viewing as an admin), or as an admin, from the 1-to-1 dashboard from the main menu.

This is where you can go to edit, complete, and sign off the meeting.

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