What To Do If Your Manager Keeps Canceling Your 1 on 1s

Your manager keeps canceling your 1 on 1s due to a perceived lack of discussion topics, even though you always have a lot to talk about. What do you do?

Your manager cancels your upcoming 1 on 1 meeting due to an unexpected, new fire that they have to deal with. However, you have a lot of important issues to talk about. What do you do?

1 on 1 meetings are one of the most important mechanisms for any successful career in tech. As a senior engineer in particular, you will need them to build deep relationships and alignment.

It's hard to fully replace the value of talking to others in person. However, meetings are expensive - Every software engineer should know how to get the most out of them.

Doing this properly is a hard requirement for professional success. As a software engineer in particular, this relationship needs to be carefully navigated to achieve maximum impact.

[Masterclass] How To Have Impactful 1 on 1 Meetings

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- [How To Effectively Leverage Skip Level 1:1s](https://www.jointaro.com/lesson/TToehFEc738PBhJcALwL/how-to-effectively-leverage-skip-level-11s/)
- ["Coffee Chat Questions With a Tech Lead - What to ask?"](https://www.jointaro.com/question/jGNZthqhvzYPiMckPEl1/coffee-chat-questions-with-a-tech-lead-what-to-ask/)
- [Presentation Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1O1bUrK1NgyfYoMkIqCFJ0SvXv-IQlPhP1gYzBp95abU/edit?usp=sharing)