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Have a useful one-to-one with a member of staff

You never sit down with your team properly, then problems surprise you. Get a 20-minute one-to-one plan with good questions, what to note and how to follow up.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me plan a one-to-one with a member of staff.

Who: [role, how long with us]
Going well: [details]
Something to raise: [details, or none]
What I want from it: [e.g. find out if they're happy, agree a goal]

First ask me up to 3 short questions. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A 20-minute plan: open, their view, my view, agree, close.
2. Eight good questions, mostly open.
3. A fair way to raise my concern, if I have one.
4. A short follow-up note template with what we agreed.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. role, how long with us: a short note you already have. details: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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