Decline meetings that fail the test
28 October 2025
Stop accepting each meeting invite on autopilot.
Instead, find out the meeting’s objective. What is it trying to achieve?
Then ask yourself if the objective can be achieved without you. If so, politely decline.
And if you do need to be there, ask another question: Should this even be a meeting?
There are 3 reasons to meet:
👉 The objective is to solve a problem
👉 It’s likely that 2+ people will have actions
👉 It’s a complex debate about a contentious topic
If none of these apply, suggest an email update or chat on Teams or Slack instead.
Protect your time. Have fewer meetings.
And have more meetings that matter.
