End the meeting whose job is done

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A weekly meeting remains on the calendar long after the problem that created it has changed. The same people attend, the same updates are recited, and nobody is quite responsible for asking whether the hour still earns its place. Familiarity begins to look like necessity. Return to the meeting’s original job. Was it meant to make a decision, coordinate a launch, or surface a risk? Decide whether that purpose still exists and whether a shorter note, a smaller group, or a conversation triggered by an actual issue would serve it better. If the meeting stays, give it a clear outcome and finish when that outcome is reached. Time is one of the few resources every colleague contributes personally. Treating it with care is not a minor efficiency exercise; it is a form of respect. Ending a ritual that no longer helps does not diminish the work. It gives attention back to the work that still needs to be done.

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