You have spent most of the day in meetings.

The project has been discussed for hours. Decisions have been talked through. Actions have been assigned. Updates have been shared.

But when the final call ends, the actual follow-up work is still waiting.

The project plan needs updating. The actions need chasing. The risks need reviewing. The decisions need writing down. And you still need enough quiet time to think about what happened in all those meetings.

In this episode of The Mind Behind Project Management, Vanita talks about meeting overload, meeting fatigue and why project managers can spend the whole day working but still feel as though they are falling behind.

This is not simply a time-management problem.

Moving constantly between meetings, topics, stakeholders and decisions can make it harder to concentrate, think clearly and notice what the project actually needs. It can also affect how we respond emotionally.

Vanita shares how to notice meeting overload in yourself and in other people without immediately assuming someone is disengaged, difficult or not managing their workload properly.

This episode explores:

• Why a full calendar does not always mean the project is moving
• How repeated context switching can affect attention and decision-making
• How emotional intelligence helps project managers notice changes in their team
• Practical ways to protect thinking and follow-up time

Useful questions from the episode:

“What decision do we actually need from this meeting?”

“Does everyone need to be here, or can this be shared as an update?”

“Before we book another meeting, what is still unclear?”

This episode is for project managers, PMO professionals, delivery managers, programme teams, team leaders and anyone dealing with too many meetings, meeting fatigue or a calendar that leaves very little space for the actual project work.

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