Who can use this feature?
All Users
Available on:
All Culture Amp subscriptions.
The 1-on-1 conversations feature is designed to enhance your interactions with managers, direct reports, and colleagues. Whether you call them 1:1s, 1-1s, 1-to-1s, or one-on-ones, this tool simplifies preparing for and conducting these important conversations.
Tip: Explore our 1-on-1s FAQs for more information on agenda updates, notifications, manager access, customization, and reporting.
Access and manage conversations
Automatically available conversations
For Managers and Direct Reports:
Conversations with your direct reports and managers will automatically appear under Your conversations. You do not need to start a new conversation for these interactions.
Simply click View conversation to open. These conversations remain active and ongoing.
Start a new conversation
If you need to set up a conversation with someone not already under Your conversations (e.g., a colleague), you can initiate a new one.
Go to the 1-on-1s page.
Click on New conversation.
Choose your peer and identify your relationship (colleague, manager, or direct report).
Click Create conversation. A notification email will be sent to the recipient.
Note: Once a conversation is started, you can continue it by clicking View conversation—there's no need to restart it.
Add and track agenda items
View and prepare
Navigate to the 1-on-1s page.
Use the Filter and Sort by drop-downs to sort your conversations by alphabetical order (A-Z or Z-A), most recent update, or relationship type (colleague, direct report, manager).
Click View conversation to open an existing conversation or New conversation if you’re starting a new one.
Add topics
Click Add topic to include discussion points.
Topics will carry over to the next meeting if not checked off.
Both parties can update or add agenda items.
Manage discussed topics
Checked topics move to the Discussed section and are grouped by date.
Historical conversations from 1-on-1s (classic) will appear with previous dates.
Access and share your agenda
Click the Calendar link button to choose your calendar (Google, Outlook, or iCal).
Click Create Event.
A link to the 1-on-1 meeting will be included in the meeting details.
Archive or reactivate conversations
Archive a conversation
Find the conversation under Your conversations.
Click the ellipsis (...) icon and select Archive.
Archived conversations remain accessible in view-only mode.
Reactivate a conversation
Find the conversation under Archived conversations.
Click the ellipsis (...) icon and select Reactivate.
Preparing for your 1-on-1 (direct reports)
This section is exclusively visible to direct reports when preparing for conversations with their manager.
Access your conversation
On the 1-on-1s page, find the conversation with your manager.
Click View conversation.
Complete check-ins
Answer slider questions by clicking Add responses. These questions can help facilitate deeper discussions beyond status updates.
Highlights and challenges
Click Add responses under the Highlights and challenges tile.
Note your successes and challenges to prepare effectively.
Notifications
Both parties receive notifications for new or updated content, ensuring readiness for discussions. Notifications are limited to one per hour to prevent overload. This limit applies to both email and Slack/MS Teams notifications.
Notification triggers:
Trigger | Recipient
|
| Slack
| Microsoft Teams
|
New Topic added | Other Party |  |  |  |
Check-in Slider adjusted | Other Party |  |  |  |
Highlight or Challenge added | Other Party |  |  |  |
Note added to Topic | Other Party |  |  |  |
Exclusions: Notifications do not include marking a topic as discussed, reordering a topic, or deleting a topic.
Note: Notifications are translated based on the preferred language set in your user profile.
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