Why You Should Have “Walk and Talk” 1-on-1’s With Your Team

And how to do it in-person and remotely

Adrienne Parkhurst
Rookie Boss
Published in
7 min readOct 24, 2020

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My best meetings don’t happen in an office – they happen on a walking path.

One of my dearest mentors and friends, Marykathryn, introduced me to the “walk and talk” meeting. At first, we walked for exercise and socialization. Each day we’d walk a 27-minute route (she…

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Adrienne Parkhurst
Rookie Boss

Mom. Wife. Writer. Editor. Healthcare Freelance Writer. Lifetime Learner. Flawed Leader. Sharing my life lessons through personal essays and memoirs.