What types of things might your directs want to talk about? On one level: who knows? That's part of the value of the meeting. If you're going to build a relationship with someone whom you're going to trust to do high-quality work without micromanaging that person, you're going to have to respect that the person is different from you. Your directs have different joys and pains, different issues and successes at home, and different ways of thinking about their work than you do. If you never give those differences the opportunity to be voiced, you're not really trying to create a relationship.
