I operate a "if you can't be bothered to structure your thoughts in a well-written email, you can bugger off" process. Meetings Thursday is a no go area for me.

I operate a "if you can't be bothered to structure your thoughts in a well-written email, you can bugger off" process. Meetings Thursday is a no go area for me. This works well once everyone understands it. Unfortunately for it to work, you tend to have to serve as an internal consultant to a company, write good replies and maintain a lot of documentation and technical standards.