Meetings Feel Productive but Rarely Are
When execution slips, leadership teams schedule more meetings. Updates multiply. Calendars fill.
Meetings feel like action because people are talking. But talking about work is not doing the work. Most execution problems are not communication issues. They are clarity, ownership, and system issues.
Meetings do not fix those.
What Meetings Actually Reveal
Meetings are mirrors, not solutions.
They reveal:
- Repeated conversations with no resolution
- Decisions revisited instead of executed
- Leaders explaining instead of teams owning
- Action items without accountability
The meeting is not broken.
It is exposing what is.
Execution Breaks Between Meetings
Execution does not fail in the meeting room.
It fails between meetings.
That gap appears when priorities are unclear, ownership is vague, or decision rights are missing. Teams leave aligned in theory but confused in practice.
Systems close this gap. Meetings do not.
The Bottom Line
Meetings should support execution, not replace it.
Learn how to design execution rhythms that work by reading Meetings Suck and build systems that turn discussion into disciplined execution.