Most of our working time is spent in meetings. And if we're honest, many of those meetings are downright terrible. Which means that the bulk of our work life is terrible. By the transitive property, that means a good chunk of our life is...yipes.

In our new podcast series, Start Leading Like This, we're challenging common leadership beliefs by exploring how they hold up in today's complex workplace. In this episode, Stop Meeting Like This Founder and CEO Shani Harmon is joined by SMLT Engagement Leader Carolyn McChesney to discuss why most of our meetings actually aren't fine, what this costs us, and what we can do about it.

Carolyn McChesney is an Engagement Leader with Stop Meeting Like This. She brings deep experience in leadership development and organizational strategy across a wide range of sectors. Working closely with each client's unique set of circumstances and goals, Carolyn empowers organizations to transform daily work experiences and drive business outcomes.

Shani Harmon is the Founder and CEO of Stop Meeting Like This, a professional services firm guided by the belief that work can be both joyful and productive. Her team works side-by-side with optimistic, forward-thinking leaders to unlock the capacity of their organizations through better collaboration. As CEO, Shani's job is to inspire corporate leaders to reimagine how work gets done and then partner with them to realize that aspiration. For the past 20 years, Shani has consulted with Fortune 500 companies across the globe, helping them transform meetings, work practices, and collaboration while eradicating wasteful and mindless activity.