If a meeting's scheduled for 30 minutes but everything's covered in 20 — end it. Don't fill the remaining time just because the calendar says so. A lot of people treat scheduled time like it has to be used up, so they start pulling in loosely related topics or rehashing things that are already decided. Finishing early shows you know what the meeting was actually for — to make decisions. Your colleagues will quietly love you for it.
(Just don't say "I'm giving you 15 minutes back" when you do — that cringe phrase needs to be retired. It was never yours to give.)
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