Meetings are one of the few moments where leadership behavior is highly visible. Teams learn what matters by watching what gets decided, documented, and followed up on. When meetings are intentional, they become a force multiplier. When they are not, they quietly drain momentum. Most teams do not need fewer meetings. They need meetings that actually work. When they do, leaders regain time, teams move faster, and decisions stick.

Decisions that live only in someone’s head are temporary. Decisions that live only in meetings expire when the calendar invite ends. A real decision has three visible elements: What was decided Who owns it What happens next, and by when Miss any one of those and you do not have clarity. You have motion without progress.