Top Highlights

• Ask for Guidance and Input Use these questions to get help from your manager on any tasks or projects you are having difficulty with, or to express your need for additional resources, input, or support.
• Clarify Priorities and Expectations To be sure you are on track and working efficiently, make sure you and your manager are on the same page. Ask for clarification on what tasks need your most focused attention from their point of view.
• Align with the Organization and Its Strategy Ask questions to understand how your role relates to the broader strategic goals of the organization and the way its leaders are thinking about the future.
• Seek Growth Opportunities and Career Advancement Come to the meeting with your thinking (however inchoate) around your professional short-term and long-term goals and ask your manager what steps you should take to get there.
• Get Feedback on Your Performance Check in with your manager to see how you are doing, performance-wise. You shouldn’t make every meeting into an official performance evaluation, but it is important to periodically check in and calibrate if your manager isn’t doing that themselves.

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