Strety 1:1s give every Manager and Direct Report a dedicated agenda to review priorities, share feedback, and stay aligned on Rocks, To Dos, and Issues between team meetings. This guide covers how to access your 1:1 agendas, build them with Custom Agenda Items and Tools, and review summaries after each meeting.

The video above provides a full walkthrough of running a Strety 1:1 from end to end. For step-by-step written instructions, continue to the sections below.

Setting up and accessing 1:1 agendas

Strety automatically generates a 1:1 agenda for every Manager and Direct Report pairing. To set up these relationships, see How to Assign a Direct Report.

Once you establish your Manager and Direct Report relationships, you can access every 1:1 agenda you're part of, as either the Manager or the Direct Report, from your Homepage.

You can also access the 1:1 agenda for anyone you have access to from the Agendas tab in their Person Space.

You can also create a new 1:1 Agenda in a Person Space by toggling on the Mark Agenda as 1:1 during Agenda creation

Building your 1:1 agenda

Open the Active Agenda.
Click Add in the left pane.
Add Custom Agenda Items and Tools, or use a template as a starting point.

Adding Custom Agenda Items

Use Custom Agenda Items for topics you want to discuss in every 1:1. Strety automatically sets them as recurring, and you can review the comment and note history from past meetings, so it's easy to follow the conversation from meeting to meeting.

Note: Disable the Recurring toggle if you no longer want to discuss the item in future meetings, or if you want to use Custom Agenda Items as one-off topics.

Adding Tools to your 1:1

Tools are the items an individual can be assigned: To Dos, Rocks, Scorecards, Issues, and Headlines. When you add a tool to your 1:1, Strety brings all items shared with the Direct Report's Person Space into the agenda for review and discussion. For more on Person Spaces, see Team & Person Spaces: How to Share Data Across Strety.

We recommend adding all tools to your 1:1s. This gives you more room for specific feedback and guidance than a team meeting may allow. Tools also include any Personal items, such as Rocks or To Dos assigned to the Direct Report that aren't shared with a team.

Choosing between Custom Agenda Items, Issues, and Headlines

Strety is built to be flexible, so organizations, teams, and managers can run meetings their preferred way, and 1:1 agendas are a great example of that flexibility. To get the most out of your 1:1s, we recommend using each tool this way:

Custom Agenda Items: Use these for recurring topics you want to discuss each time you meet.
Issues: Create Personal Issues for one-off or ad hoc questions and challenges. Issues let you add Resolution Notes and assign linked To Dos, which adds accountability and context.
Headlines: Create Personal Headlines for quick announcements or "did you know" updates. These typically need little to no follow-up and are meant to be checked off in each meeting.

Note: To create a Personal Issue or Personal Headline, assign it to the Direct Report's Person Space instead of a team. This lets you discuss it privately in the 1:1 agenda until it's resolved.

Reviewing completed 1:1s

When you complete a 1:1, the Manager and Direct Report both receive an email summary with the high-level details, including Issues Resolved, Headlines Discussed, and meeting Ratings.

You can also access all past 1:1 summaries from the Agendas tab in the Direct Report's Person Space.

Strety 1:1s | Complete Guide