I'm not a fan of regularly-scheduled meetings in general. I prefer using a mix of communication media, appropriate to the information and urgency, including as

I'm not a fan of regularly-scheduled meetings in general. I prefer using a mix of communication media, appropriate to the information and urgency, including async-friendly, documentation-friendly, and time-respecting. But I also think having occasional face-to-face occasionally (preferably in person, but if not, on videoconf) is generally good. Not necessarily regularly-scheduled, though. If recent face-to-face doesn't happen incidentally for project/task-oriented purposes, or we did but it was always some highly focused (no deep breath and how's things going), then I might ask when's a good time for non-urgent general checkin. For these general checkins, super-ideal would be WFH of a small team of people who are aligned and very good at their jobs, and who're close enough to the same city, such that we could easily meet up for coffee/juice/whatever. Then it's not just an interruption of your flow, but a bit of a deep breath and step back, when the timing is good, and the in-person and physical context change reinforces that. Of course, if a situation has gotten too crazy, and someone seems to be running themselves into the ground and hurting their health (this is not so unusual)... then it's time to talk with them, even if they feel like they need to stay in self-immolating marathon mode for "just another few weeks...".