‍There are many ways to evaluate and improve employee satisfaction, but one of the most effective is through regularly-scheduled one-on-one meetings with your people. They provide an ideal opportunity to flesh out how the employee is feeling about their role and their performance, and a valuable chance to address any issues that may be motivating them to look for work elsewhere. With the Great Resignation still raging, we really can't afford to pass up any opportunities to check in with our people. That's why, today, we're sharing sample questions for employee-manager conversations on job satisfaction.

The one-on-one meeting questions in our talking point template were developed in tandem with our performance and engagement platform, Frankli, based on the latest research in organisational psychology. They're designed to help you have the most productive conversations possible with your people, but, of course, you're free to change up these questions to suit your plans for your meeting. You'll also find this template, and 9 others, on our Essential One-on-One Talking Point Templates downloadable.

Frankli User? Simply select the Work-Life Balance template when creating a new 1:1 Meeting with your people to automatically add these talking points to the shared agenda, and give your people the opportunity to respond or contribute notes ahead of time.

Employee Satisfaction Talking Points: 5 Questions for Successful One-on-One Meetings

1. Do you feel like you're growing in your role? What makes you say that?
2. What feedback/praises have you been getting about your current priorities?
3. What's a recent situation you wish you handled differently? What would you change?
4. What's an area of your work you want to improve? How can we work together on that?
5. Can you give me some specific examples of when you enjoyed working here the most?

Automate your One-on-One Meetings

Research from Gartner tells us that 65% of tasks currently performed by managers have the potential to be automated by 2025 (1), and it starts with the scheduling and structuring of one-on-one meetings with your employees.

Think about how much time it takes to;

• Set up one-to-one meetings with all your people
• Schedule recurring one-on-one meetings
• Come up with relevant talking points
• Set and share meeting agendas
• Share relevant documents to discuss
• Prepare relevant data on employee performance and feedback
• Record notes from the meeting
• Make lists of points to action after the meeting
• Assign action points and set reminders to follow up on them

All of this takes time, time that could be spent on strategic thinking and other pressing work. That's why millions of high-performing teams (4) are turning to digital tools like Frankli to automate one-on-one meetings.

With Frankli, you can take care of everything on this list in just a couple of clicks. You can automate meeting admin in minutes, and, more importantly, ensure the right conversations are happening with the right people at the right time. Speak to a member of our team to find out more.

1. Gartner, 11 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2022 and Beyond. 2. Zion Market Research, Global Performance Management Software Market Will Reach USD 5,633 Million By 2026.