One-on-One Agenda Prep Template

Use with Prep Your 1:1 Agenda With AI — Do Not Let It Script the Conversation.

Step 1: Raw brain dump (do this before using AI)

• Updates from this week/period: ___________________________________
• Blockers or where I need help: ___________________________________
• Questions for my manager: ________________________________________
• A hard topic I’ve been putting off raising: _______________________

Step 2: Organized agenda (AI can help structure this)

Updates (brief)

Blockers / where I need help

Questions

Anything else to raise

Step 3: For a hard ask (raise, conflict, pushback)

• What I actually want: ____________________________________________
• Strongest fact-based reason: _____________________________________
• Reasonable response if my manager pushes back: ___________________

Step 4: Before you walk in

• Read the agenda back — does it still sound like something I would actually say?
• Rewrote any phrase that feels foreign to how I normally talk.
• Confirmed this agenda holds bullet points, not a script to read aloud.
• If the topic involves harassment, safety, or a policy issue, moved it to a workplace issue facts log and the right process instead of this agenda.