[addisonj]

I mean... It seems really logical to me that one of the worst "staples of management" is simply that so many practices are applied without much thought in general. I don't disagree with the intent here... but I also am a bit surprised at trying to instead say quarterly is likely to be better?

What is really missing, is this isn't a one way street. Please, please ask your directs, say what your intent is, what you want out of the time, what they want out of the time, and figure out the cadence that works. If they like the weekly because it turns into a moan session where they can complain, address it! It may not be the most effective... But it might it be what is needed to care for that relationship.

I have a strong believe that the most you can ever get from a management book/trainer/etc is ideas and techniques you can try,(some of which are really really good!), but you can never give someone a checklist or a flowchart and expect them to be a stellar manager and any business that does believe that is likely a place where you are unlikely to want to be a manager or be managed.