# One-on-One Agenda Prep Template

Use with [Prep Your 1:1 Agenda With AI — Do Not Let It Script the Conversation](/articles/one-on-one-agenda-prep-not-manager-script).

## 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)**
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**Blockers / where I need help**
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**Questions**
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**Anything else to raise**
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## 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](/downloads/articles/workplace-issue-facts-log.md) and the right process instead of this agenda.