Cutting Down on Meetings Could Save Your Company $25,000 Per Employee Each Year

Summary

This article by Ali Donaldson, writing for Inc., makes these points about meetings:

• Cutting unnecessary meetings could save businesses an estimated $25,000 per employee each year and improve productivity and morale.  
• The research found that:
  • Employees spend over a third of their time at work in meetings.
  • During a typical week, work calendars are filled with 17.7 meetings.
  • These meetings lasted a total of 18 hours.

References

Recent Runway Posts related to this topic:

• Please Stop Using These Phrases in Meetings – The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
• How to Speak Up in a Meeting and When to Hold Back – The Runway (airforce.gov.au)

References from the Web:

• FEB 2022  Too Many Meetings? How to Avoid This Common Waste of Time – Psychology Today
• MAR 2022  Stop Wasting People’s Time with Meetings – HBR

Source Information:

• Article Source:  Inc - Mansueto Ventures
• Media Check: About Us/Inc - Mansueto Ventures - (No Media Bias Fact Check)
• RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE, GUIDELINES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, ETC | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)