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Federal Judicial Center guest: regular, employee-focused one-on-ones boost engagement and cut turnover

In Session: Leading the Judiciary · October 1, 2025
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Summary

In an episode of the FJC podcast In Session: Leading the Judiciary, Steven Rogelberg, a UNC Charlotte professor and author of Glad We Met, urged managers — including judiciary leaders — to run regular, employee-driven one-on-one meetings (weekly or every other week) and to "listen more than you talk."

In a Federal Judicial Center podcast episode of In Session: Leading the Judiciary, Laurie Murphy interviewed Steven Rogelberg, a UNC Charlotte chancellor’s professor and author of Glad We Met, about why and how managers should hold employee-focused one-on-one meetings.

Rogelberg said a one-on-one should be an intentional, manager-facilitated meeting whose agenda belongs to the employee. "It is for their employees to truly be seen," he said, adding that managers should not use the time primarily for status updates.

The practice, Rogelberg said, delivers measurable organizational benefits. Citing published research and large-scale survey work, he said managers who run regular…

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