How to ask questions of a direct who doesn't communicate during One on Ones, and why this approach is NOT micromanaging.

Manager Tools - One on Ones

Uncommunicative Direct Conversation - This is NOT Micromanagement - Part 2

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Manager Tools - One on Ones