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EPISODE · May 28, 2026 · 10 MIN

How to Kill Meeting Debt Before It Kills Your Team

from The Manager's Hour with Fexingo: People Management, Team Building, and Leadership Skills · host Fexingo

Lucas and Luna tackle a hidden productivity killer that most managers overlook: meeting debt. They break down why the time you spend in status updates, alignment sessions, and decision syncs actually steals focus from the real work, and they offer a concrete framework — the meeting debt audit — to regain control. Drawing on data from Microsoft's 2024 Work Trend Index and a case study from a mid-sized tech firm that cut meeting hours by 40 percent without losing output, they show how to identify which meetings are assets and which are liabilities. This is not a generic 'fewer meetings' rant; it's a practical guide to measuring and reducing the hidden cost of collaboration. #MeetingDebt #Productivity #Management #TeamEfficiency #MeetingCulture #TimeManagement #Leadership #RemoteWork #HybridWork #WorkTrendIndex #Microsoft #CollaborationOverload #ManagerTools #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Podcast #Fexingo Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

Lucas and Luna tackle a hidden productivity killer that most managers overlook: meeting debt. They break down why the time you spend in status updates, alignment sessions, and decision syncs actually steals focus from the real work, and they offer a concrete framework — the meeting debt audit — to regain control. Drawing on data from Microsoft's 2024 Work Trend Index and a case study from a mid-sized tech firm that cut meeting hours by 40 percent without losing output, they show how to identify which meetings are assets and which are liabilities. This is not a generic 'fewer meetings' rant; it's a practical guide to measuring and reducing the hidden cost of collaboration. #MeetingDebt #Productivity #Management #TeamEfficiency #MeetingCulture #TimeManagement #Leadership #RemoteWork #HybridWork #WorkTrendIndex #Microsoft #CollaborationOverload #ManagerTools #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Podcast #Fexingo Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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