Your 30-Minute Meeting Just Burned 5 Hours of Work
Stop pretending. Lead with action, not slides.
Here’s the brutal truth no one talks about: your 30-minute meeting with 10 people is a 5-hour black hole of wasted potential. That’s 5 hours your team could’ve spent doing real work—solving actual problems, driving progress, creating impact. Instead, you’re burning time, money, and brainpower on corporate theater.
Meetings are the biggest lie we’ve sold ourselves. They give the illusion of action, but in reality? They’re nothing more than procrastination dressed up with PowerPoint slides. We all know the scene: half the room zoned out, checking emails, wondering why they’re even there. Because let’s face it—most meetings are a way to avoid the tough stuff. They’re a safety net where nothing really gets done. Endless updates, empty opinions, and no accountability. You leave with a to-do list that’s longer than when you walked in, but has anything actually moved forward? Doubt it.
If you’re running meetings that don’t drive results, you’re not leading—you’re stalling. You’re playing pretend leadership while your team’s real potential slips through the cracks. Next time you hover over that “invite all” button, ask yourself: Is this meeting actually moving the needle, or is it just moving the clock?
Because if it’s the latter, you’re not only wasting time—you’re wasting trust. Trust that your team’s time matters, trust that you know where their energy should go. And once you lose that trust, good luck getting it back.
Stop hiding behind the illusion of meetings. Lead with action, not slides.