Meetings have become a constant annoyance for white-collar professionals: they often drag on, interrupt focused work, and don’t require everyone’s participation. Now, business leaders are protecting their time by setting boundaries around when they join the conversation. Dropbox co-CEO Ashraf Alkarmi follows a simple rule to decide what calls make the cut.
“I pick things that I can make significant progress on in that quarter,” Alkarmi said in a recent interview with Business Insider. “And so it becomes a filter for how I prioritize my time.”
