GoKawiilReview of 30 years of research links shorter manager talk time to better meetings
A 2026 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior paper by researchers Liana Kreamer, Steven Rogelberg and Jon Gray synthesizes decades of 'meeting science' findings. The review notes that nearly 1 billion meetings occur daily worldwide, with CEOs spending close to 75% of their workdays in them, and examines what makes meetings effective.
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The growing field of meeting science, aided by data from archived virtual meetings, could give organizations evidence-based ways to cut wasted time in gatherings that consume a huge share of corporate labor hours. The researchers' framing of meetings as a 'stage' for studying teamwork and leadership suggests this data source may increasingly inform broader workplace psychology research.
- About 1 billion meetings happen globally each day, per the review
- CEOs reportedly spend nearly 75% of their workdays in meetings
- Meeting science has expanded using archived virtual meeting data as a research resource
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Published there as: “Science says your boss should talk less in meetings”
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