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Square’s 1-on-1 Toolkit: The secret to managing your team’s careers
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1-on-1 Toolkit

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Identify career goals and the training/experiences you need to level up.

1. Job details

List the basic job details of the employee below.
Job Profile:
Hire Date:
9/14/2021
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Manager:
Current level:

2. Next level expectations, L(X)

List the criteria for the employee’s next level on the career ladder below. I like to show this at the top of the page so that both the employee and manager see it often.
Category
Criteria
1
Scope / Experience
Add your company level criteria here
2
Skills
Add your company level criteria here
3
Communication
Add your company level criteria here
4
Character
Add your company level criteria here
5
Broader Impact
Add your company level criteria here
6
Learning
Add your company level criteria here
There are no rows in this table
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3. Set goals

Using the current or next level expectations as a north star (pending where an individual is within their current level – i.e. promo readiness), set annual goals to improve across each category. Then, get feedback each quarter on where you're learning, matching or exceeding the expectations of your level.
Category
Goals & Criteria
Progress
Manager Feedback
Performance
Scope / Experience
Push designs through product process and ensure quality of execution
Presented design explorations at Design Critique to get early visual feedback - include example links
2021 Q3: Schedule 1:1 design reviews with lead designer for early feedback.
doing great
Skills
Goal here
...
...
slightly below expectations
Communication
Goal here
...
...
slightly below expectations
Character
Goal here
...
...
doing great
Broader Impact
Goal here
...
...
key growth area
Learning
Goal here
...
...
slightly below expectations
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Performance grades
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👉 Next:
Peer Reviews
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