The best managers we know talk to their people regularly. Not status updates, not formal reviews, just a real conversation about what's going well, what's not, and what each person needs to grow. These monthly (or fortnightly) one-on-ones are where small problems get solved before they become big ones, and where employees feel actually heard.
The hard part isn't knowing one-on-ones matter. It's making them happen consistently when calendars are packed, and remembering everything that was discussed last time. Emplify's one-on-one meeting software takes care of the scheduling, the agendas, and the follow-ups, so the conversations actually happen and nothing falls through the cracks.