Calendly surveyed 1,200 business leaders to better understand how meetings impact productivity, engagement, and workplace dynamics in 2024.
Here’s what’s happening:
- This email could have been a meeting. 81% of respondents feel more meetings could be beneficial, especially for team collaboration and project visibility.
- What works: The most effective meetings focus on planning, decision-making, and problem-solving, with clear agendas and follow-ups. These are usually external meetings, no surprise.
- What isn’t working: Internal meetings that lack agendas, critical attendees, or follow-up notes are getting old.
- Unscheduled time for scheduling. 43% of respondents are spending at least three hours a week just scheduling meetings, up from 36% last year.
- Don’t put it on my calendar. 67% of Gen Z respondents establish regular boundaries with their calendars, compared to 53% of Millennials, 48% of Gen-Xers, and 48% of Boomers.
- I’m listening, I swear. 52% of workers often multitask during virtual meetings, which means we probably need more engaging, well-structured meetings. Gen Z is more likely to multitask and use AI summaries.
Spend some time with the complete report by Calendly.
