Whether you’re leading meetings or stuck attending them, this newsletter will help you save time, move work forward, and get people actually looking forward to your next call.

You’re a high performer who cares deeply about your team and your work. But something’s not working.

Why don’t you have time to get real work done?

Why do leadership meetings always run over—even when they’re already scheduled for two hours?

Why is work stalled despite all these meetings?

While it might be nice overhaul your entire organization’s approach to meetings, let’s just start with what’s within your control.

What you’ll get from this newsletter:

• Easy templates and tactical recommendations that simplify your prep work and help you lead meetings with different goals
• Direct answers to your toughest meeting challenges (more on how to engage in the weekly newsletter)
• Deeper insights into how meetings can move work forward, serve our leadership goals, build trust and common language across teams, and develop the next generation of talent at your org
• Practical strategies for reclaiming agency over your calendar and your work
• Levity because if we can’t laugh about the meeting madness, what’s the point?

Hi, I’m Jess!

I spent years in back-to-back meetings. I often worked 12-hour days and weekends so I could eke out some non-meeting time to move work forward. I bought a mini-fridge for my desk because I didn’t have the time to get up for food during the day...and I burned out hard.

Over time I completely reimagined my approach to focus on leadership through meetings, not around them.

I’ve chaired an international board, facilitated workshops with executive teams, led cross-functional initiatives in a highly matrixed organization, and revamped and ran a weekly national team meeting. I’m also a trained facilitator and executive coach.

Here’s what I’ve learned: meetings aren’t getting in the way of work, they are the work.

With the right mindset, skills, and intention before, during, and after, real leadership and meaningful work happen through meetings—not despite them or around them. The 25% of time you spend in meetings can become where you actually move work forward, build culture, and develop your team.

I started Jess Britt Consulting because I'm on a mission to make work better for more people. You're one of those rare birds who understand that leadership happens through meetings. Welcome to the club - I'm glad you're here!