The Meeting Before the Meeting

You’ve felt it.

A meeting starts… and no one’s really there.
Cameras on, faces blank.
Energy low.
Everyone waiting for someone else to lead.

Because the real problem isn’t the meeting.
It’s what didn’t happen before it.

The meeting before the meeting.

The five-minute check-in.
The moment of presence.
The quiet pause that says, Let’s show up for this—fully.

Without that?
You get noise, not clarity.
Drift, not direction.

It doesn’t take much.

Five minutes.
To breathe.
To align.
To let people arrive before they’re asked to contribute.

That’s where connection begins.
And meetings stop feeling like a drain.

You don’t need fewer meetings.
You need better beginnings.

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