The premise towards 1-on-1s that "regular 1-on-1 meetings often feel like a burden and overhead" indicates the value of 1-on-1s isn't clear to the author. The 1-on-1s are an opportunity for supervisors to learn about the long-term goals of their employees.
The author's content presents short-term oriented assessment more appropriate for team syncs.
I've collected questions to ask in 1-on-1s here [0].
[0] https://graphthinking.blogspot.com/2022/10/one-on-one-questi...