by M-Tracker | Oct 22, 2026 | Meetings and decisions
Meetings and decisions · 2 min readA one-hour weekly meeting for 12 people at an average of $45 an hour in salary costs $540 each time. Over 48 working weeks that is about $26,000 a year. Add employer costs like taxes and benefits, about 30% more, and it...
by M-Tracker | Oct 22, 2026 | Meetings and decisions
Meetings and decisions · 2 min readUpdate meetings share information. Decision meetings choose between options. When you mix them, the updates take the time and the decisions get rushed. Move updates to writing. Give decisions their own short meeting, with...
by M-Tracker | Oct 22, 2026 | Meetings and decisions
Meetings and decisions · 2 min readAfter the meeting, scan the notes for anything someone agreed to do. Rewrite each as a task that starts with a verb, has one owner and a date. Flag anything with no owner or date, and fix it before you send the notes....
by M-Tracker | Oct 22, 2026 | Meetings and decisions
Meetings and decisions · 2 min readA remote weekly review can be written. Each person posts a four-line update by a set time. The lead reviews the work itself, replies to every ask, and writes a short team summary. Only problems that need a conversation...
by M-Tracker | Oct 22, 2026 | Meetings and decisions
Meetings and decisions · 3 min readMost hour-long meetings are about 25 minutes of real decisions and 35 of updates, repeats and drift. Move updates to writing before the meeting. Send a pre-read. Write each agenda item as a question with a time. End with...
by M-Tracker | Oct 21, 2026 | Meetings and decisions
Meetings and decisions · 4 min readAn action item comes back every week because it was never a real task. It had no single owner, no date, or no place to live outside the meeting notes. Give it all three the moment it is created, check it first thing next...
