Anyone who has spent time in the workforce has probably experienced the issue of people showing up late to meetings. It might be the one person creeping into the back of the room 5 minutes after the meeting has started, the multiple “pings” of latecomers to the videoconference, or a room full of people waiting for the meeting to start because a key person hasn’t showed up yet.
Starting—and attending—meetings on time is surprisingly difficult in virtually every organization. After all, the tardiness of American schoolchildren is rarely tolerated throughout their formative years in K–12 education. Yet such tardiness is extremely pervasive in the professional world, where one would think the stakes are higher.
