It’s 9 AM on Monday. You’re easing into the week with a fresh brew and a podcast… Until.
That “Join Meeting” pop-up hits your screen.
No agenda. No clear aims or outcomes. Just a meeting titled “[Weekly Sync].”
You take a deep breath, click “Join,” and brace yourself.
→ Same obligatory “How was your weekends?”
→ Same people with muted mics and cameras off. Discreetly reviewing emails.
→ Same two voices treating the meeting like their personal TED Talk.
And as the minutes tick by, you think… this really could’ve been an email.
You’ve sat through these meetings.
I’ve sat through these meetings.
The ones where nothing gets decided, only two people are talking, and somehow, there’s another meeting scheduled to discuss what wasn’t discussed.
And if you’re a CEO or senior leader? You’re probably going to skip lunch to get those 60 minutes back.
Multiply these meetings by 3 a day, every week, for a year; suddenly, lukewarm meetings aren’t just annoying.
They're draining thousands of hours from your team's productivity and stalling high-stakes decisions that could boost efficiency and drive revenue.
You Started These Meetings To Bring People Together.
To keep hybrid teams aligned, to encourage collaboration, to maintain culture.
But let’s be honest, right now, they’re doing the exact opposite.
→ People are zoning out. They’re listening with one ear, answering emails with the other.
→ Ideas are getting lost. One or two people dominate meetings. Everyone else stops talking.
→ Instead of driving results, you’re losing hours every week in discussions that go nowhere.
If your meetings feel like a chore rather than an opportunity, they’re not strengthening your culture. They’re slowly contorting it.
It’s Not Just A Wasted Hour, It’s A Performance Bottleneck.
→ Your team is disengaged. They joined your company to make an impact, not to sit through another round of “Any thoughts on this?” followed by silence.
→ Decisions are taking too long. When meetings lack structure, the right calls don’t get made, slowing down growth and leaving opportunities on the table.
→ Your business is losing momentum. Every goalless meeting is another distraction, pulling you away from the big, strategic moves that actually drive success.
You’re not just wasting time. You’re losing energy, creativity, and competitive edge.
A few years ago, I worked with a media production company hoping to land their next big client deal.
We had the creative talent. We had the connections. But internally? Our meetings were slowing us down.
They were meant to be strategy sessions, but in reality:
✗ The same voices driving every discussion.
✗ The best ideas often went unheard.
✗ No real decisions were being made.
The team was stuck in a cycle of endless discussions with no momentum.
But once I worked with the Directors to revamp the way meetings were run?
✔︎ More voices contributed.
✔︎ Ideas turned into actions.
And within weeks, we secured a £1M deal—off the back of one game-changing insight that wouldn’t have surfaced in the old meeting format.
Not because we had more meetings. Not because someone talked louder. But because our meetings were finally working for us—not against us.
High-Performing Teams Don’t Just Meet. They Meet With Purpose.
If your meetings aren’t driving action, they’re just stealing time.
→ Decisions should get made faster, not pushed to “another follow-up.”→ Meetings should spark action, instead of draining motivation.→ People should leave energised, not mentally checking out halfway through.
This isn’t just about saving time. It’s about turning meetings into a competitive advantage.
At Modern Mind Group, we don’t just fix meetings.
We optimise how your people work together, so every touchpoint in your business drives performance, not friction.
We help fast-scaling companies shift from:
Meetings that drain time and energy → Meetings that fuel action and innovation.
Communication that feels scattered →Focused collaboration that moves projects forward.
People processes that slow execution → Systems that drive alignment and accountability.
Because when your people work better, your business performs better.
And it all starts with how you design meetings, communication, and decision-making processes.
Ready to turn your meetings into a real strategic advantage?
The Modern Mind Group offers outsourced people (HR) and performance services. Taking a modern approach to business is the answer to increased profits, highly engaged teams and record breaking results. The Modern Mind Group use their own Emotioneering® Business Formula as a framework alongside the Emotioneering® Blueprint Scorecard to measure success with each business that they work with. Offering a personal and unique service. Competent, reliable and approachable consultants.
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