Most of us are familiar with the never-ending dread of what I lovingly like to call the "Tetris calendar." Contiously overlapping meetings, last-minute cancellations, back-to-back schedules every day, and real, uninterrupted time for actual deep work usually ends up being available outside of working hours only.

Sure, learning individual time management systems like "timeboxing" is necessary and beneficial, but the actual core issues remain: most teams and businesses lose time and therefore efficiency and money by failing to see the forest for the trees: they leave meeting management up to individuals without a global strategic calendar approach in place that governs their most valuable asset with a framework as reference!

Would you do anything else in your business without a strategic plan in place? Or are you willing to accept not knowing how much a project will cost you if you don't manage it well? I bet your answer is "hell no!" So why not make the effort to treat your corporate calendar as a business project on a global level and put a strategic plan behind it that individuals can follow?

Let's zoom out of the individual silo view and standardize your calendar and meeting governance strategically so your calendar won't just work for you individually but also for the entire business instead of against it—and save you a ton of inefficiency, stress, time, and a lot of money simultaneously.

After more than 20 years of experience as Executive Assistant, Chief of Staff, and Operations Manager—and access to 500+ C-suite executive calendars later—I am finally sharing the strategic calendar framework I created over the years and implemented for C-suite executives, my clients, and companies ranging from 10 employees to even 3.000 employees spread over 3 different time zones.