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Writing on what meetings cost
Practical pieces on pricing meetings, cutting the ones that do not earn their slot, and the research behind both.
How many meetings is too many? What the research says
What studies of managers and workers say about meeting load, why the right number depends on the role, and four checks that tell you if your team is over the line.
Meeting policy template: a one-page policy you can copy
A copy-and-paste meeting policy for teams: agendas, default lengths, who to invite, focus time, recurring-meeting reviews and the right to decline.
Meeting cost by role: what an hour costs for 19 jobs
What one person's hour in a meeting costs for 19 common office jobs, from US government wage data, plus four typical meetings priced in full.
How much does a meeting cost? The formula, with worked examples
The formula for what a meeting costs, a table you can read off by team size and length, worked examples, and the costs the formula leaves out.
5 signs your team has too many meetings
Fragmented calendars, decisions that never land, and your best people booked solid. Five signs your team is over-meeting, how to check each one, and what to do.
The real cost of your standup, daily or weekly
A 15-minute standup with 10 engineers costs over $40,000 a year. Here is the math for daily and weekly standups, and how to cut the cost without losing the meeting.
How to run a $0 meeting
Not every decision needs a meeting. A simple test for when to write instead, what to write, and how to tell which meetings are worth what they cost.