Bosses Say Nearly Half of Meetings Should Disappear
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Tired of attending useless meetings? Turns out, your boss is probably sick of them, too.Executives spend an average of 25 hours a week in meetings, yet nearly half of those Zoom calls and project updates could disappear without any negative impact, according to a survey of more than 10,000 desk workers by Future Forum, a research consortium backed by Salesforce Inc.-owned Slack Technologies. The top reason why business leaders go to unproductive meetings is that they thought it would be a good use of time, but ultimately wasn't. They also attend because they're afraid to miss something important, and to show their own manager they're working, the survey found. For those lower down the corporate ladder, the most common reason for showing up is obvious: They don't have a choice. T...