Agenda Items are the bread and butter to your one-to-ones in OpenBlend to discuss the right things at the right time to create a valuable and focused session to drive productivity.

NOTE: Agenda Items may be referred to as Talking Points in your account due to a recent product update. 



What are Agenda Items? 




Agenda Items are the bread and butter to your one-to-ones with your manager or your employees. 


By simply selecting Agenda Items, either before or during a session, you create an agenda that ensures your one-to-ones: 

  • are more focused
  • cover the right conversations at the right time. 
  • truly drive high performance


Agenda Items can be selected from areas of OpenBlend you have populated, for example Blend elements or specific Objectives, or by free-text added as a Custom Agenda Item, for example - developing public speaking skills.


You may wish to talk about an Objective, some related Actions or maybe there is a relevant Blend element you would like to discuss further during your one-to-one conversation.


If Agenda Items are set, you'll be taken straight to them when starting a session.

 

 

Creating an Agenda

Both you as an individual and your manager can create Agenda Items for an upcoming one-to-one session. 

 

You can add Agenda Items to your one-to-one from the menu on the right hand side. To expand the menu, simply click on the orange speech bubble icon on the right hand side of the Agenda Items section of your Profile, as shown in the screenshots below. 

 

Manager's also have the opportunity to add Agenda Items. By simply navigating to their direct reports via their My Team page they're able to add via the add Agenda Items button. 


 

Discussing your Agenda

Before you can discuss your Agenda Items with your manager in your one-to-one, you will need to Begin your Session in OpenBlend using the big blue "Start 1:1 Session" button on your homepage. Once you have started your session, your Agenda Items will be logged along with any session notes created. 


As you click "Discuss" each Agenda Item the tiles will grey out. This helps you see what has been covered and what you still need to talk about, with the time you have. 


Any Agenda Items you haven't managed to discuss in a session will remain set for upcoming sessions, until discussed or removed.




Reviewing Previous Discussions

All of your discussed Agenda Items and Session notes are stored in your Activity Feed and you can also review previous session Agenda Items from the session dashboard. 



Click here to learn more about the Activity Feed in our Activity Feed help article.