How Mora works
Mora is a tool for managers who run regular 1:1s. Every 1:1 follows the same four steps, and each step feeds the next.
Mora is also the name of the assistant that reads what you write and drafts things for you. The product and the assistant share a name.
The four steps
Section titled “The four steps”1. Your report answers a few questions. Twenty-four hours before each 1:1, the person you’re meeting gets an email with a private link and four short questions. They don’t need an account or a password. About check-ins
2. You prepare. The meeting’s Prep page shows their answers, a summary of your last 1:1, their open goals, and a suggested agenda. Add your own items and remove any you don’t want. About agendas
3. You meet. Meeting mode puts the agenda, their answers, and a notes editor on one screen. About the meeting
4. You wrap up. After the meeting you update any goals you discussed, fix up your notes, and record how the conversation went. Mora drafts the next 1:1’s agenda from what you wrote, and you edit it before finishing.
The next 1:1 then starts from that draft instead of a blank page.
What Mora writes for you
Section titled “What Mora writes for you”Mora produces six things. All of them are drafts you can edit, and none of them are ever shown to the people you manage.
| What | Where it appears | How often |
|---|---|---|
| Suggested agenda items | The Prep page | Before each 1:1 |
| A summary of your last 1:1 | The next 1:1’s Prep page | After each wrap-up |
| A briefing about one person | That person’s page | Mondays |
| Your week, covering everyone | The Today page | Mondays |
| Mora’s read on one person | That person’s page | After each wrap-up |
| Role Check | That person’s page | When you ask for it |
Two of these are easy to confuse. The briefing covers what happened with someone recently, and is rewritten every Monday. Mora’s read describes what that person is like to work with, and is rebuilt every time you wrap up a 1:1 with them.
Mora draws on your notes, your goals, your reports’ answers, and the role you’ve written for their job, if you’ve written one.
What carries between 1:1s
Section titled “What carries between 1:1s”Goals carry forward. Everything else — agenda items and notes — belongs to the 1:1 it was written in. If something should still matter in a month, make it a goal. About goals
Roles are the other thing that lasts, because a role describes a job rather than a piece of work. About roles
Who needs an account
Section titled “Who needs an account”Only you. The people you manage never sign up and never log in. The only part of Mora they see is the check-in link you send them.