United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has a simple rule for his calendar: No more than four hours of meetings a day. And even when he does sit down in the conference room, he doesn’t want someone reading through a PowerPoint presentation—instead, he wants a meaningful discussion.
“My meetings are also quick, and my meetings are almost all conversational,” Kirby said in a recent interview with Semafor. “I want to talk—really, don’t go through decks. If you want to send a deck, send it to me in advance, and then we’re just going to talk about it. But you’re not going to read slides to me.”
