Do We Really Need Another Meeting? The Leadership Cost of Calendar Creep

Executives spend more than 20 hours a week in meetings—yet most of those hours are unproductive, misaligned, or completely unnecessary. In this episode, Daniel breaks down how meeting culture has quietly eroded strategic focus, high-performer energy, and leadership clarity.

You’ll hear about:

✔ The real cognitive and financial cost of meeting overload✔ How leaders unintentionally model time-wasting behaviors

✔ The 5-question framework to challenge every meeting

✔ How to implement the “3-D Protocol” (Decide, Delegate, Delete)

✔ Real strategies to protect time, clarity, and deep work

Whether you lead a legal team, a sales org, or a strategy group, this episode will help you reclaim your calendar and lead with more intention.

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Resources Mentioned:– Harvard Business Review research on executive meeting time– The 3-D Protocol (used widely in productivity frameworks)

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