Key facts about unproductive meetings
>UK workers waste, on average, 13 days a year in meetings
> Executives spend around a third of their working week (18 hours) in meetings
> The cost of poorly organized meetings was $399bn in the US and $58bn in the UK in 2019
> The average meeting takes around one hour
> Over a quarter of people felt that poorly organized meetings impacted client and supplier relationships
> The key elements of a productive meeting are setting clear objectives (72%) and having a clear agenda (67%)
> In another survey, 1 in 20 people admitted calling in sick to get out of meetings
> An estimated 25-50% of meeting time is wasted
> 39% of people admitted dozing off in meetings, and 70% have brought other work to meetings