Getting the best from one-on-one meetings at work
Tracks
Stream Three - Eureka 3
| Wednesday, March 19, 2025 |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Eureka 3 |
Overview
Michelle Rouffignac
Speaker
Michelle Rouffignac
The Animal Hospital
Getting the best from one-on-one meetings at work
Abstract
Having a staff meeting with your employer or employee can be an uncomfortable experience. But, what if the meeting is a scheduled 1on1 (just the two of you), that you have on a frequent basis? These meetings, if held with good intent from both parties, can be a game changer in how a team functions under a leader and how an individual establishes their place in the team.
Research has demonstrated that most people don’t just like 1on1’s, they love them. Studies also note that our senior staff are more inclined to want a regular 1on1 with their manager, than our younger generations. This is interesting as we understand through the mass of information that is available to us that our younger generations seek feedback in a more determined way.
Here we discuss how to get the best from these meetings. We talk about employee engagement, short term and long term goals, avoiding micromanaging and return on investment.
Research has demonstrated that most people don’t just like 1on1’s, they love them. Studies also note that our senior staff are more inclined to want a regular 1on1 with their manager, than our younger generations. This is interesting as we understand through the mass of information that is available to us that our younger generations seek feedback in a more determined way.
Here we discuss how to get the best from these meetings. We talk about employee engagement, short term and long term goals, avoiding micromanaging and return on investment.
Biography
Michelle is the Nurse Supervisor for the Emergency & Critical Care service at The Animal Hospital Murdoch University & prior to this she worked as Nurse Supervisor at Perth Zoo Veterinary Department. Michelle mixes her passion of domestic animal emergencies and wildlife care. She continues to keep her involvement in wildlife field research projects, specifically with the Black Cockatoo Projects.
Michelle spends a lot of her working days in a leadership role and combines staff management with time on the ECC floor to keep her skills from being lost.
In 2000 Michelle was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship and in 2010 an Executive Endeavour Award. Both focused on nursing wildlife animals. In 2017 Michelle was awarded a VNCA Scholarship, looking at community blood banking at The Royal Veterinary College in England.
Michelle shares her life with her husband, 3 teenagers and two badly behaved dogs. Living the dream and always on the look out for new learning opportunities.
