Getting the most from MD one on ones

I’m currently ~12 months into the job as a LevFin analyst and I have monthly check-ins with my MD who has asked me to come up with how he can help me/what I want from these sessions. He does it with our broader team so this is ongoing and not something I specifically asked for.

What would you ask your MD in these sessions besides just feedback? I’m not making the most of these and want to use them productively instead of just shooting the shit. I want to learn more about Ts&Cs, modelling etc but don’t see the value in mentioning that as I should just learn with experience but correct me if I’m being naive here. Often my MD says he’s too far removed to tell exactly how my performance is going but they reckon I’m mid-bucket btw.

I’m keen to hear if anyone has a good approach? Also open to specific LevFin/credit advice. I want to pivot to private credit eventually. 
 

Current ideas:

• ask more about how my MD thinks about presenting deals to IC/credit, this process etc and how I can ready myself for this

• ask for their blessing on more training (but I probably don’t even need their blessing I guess?)

• I could put together a criteria of what an a good analyst looks like and ask how they would rate me on each piece? I’ve already been told I need to work faster so kind of have this feedback

thanks everyone