In work meetings, executives disengage after 52 minutes.
31 March 2015
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Executives disengage after an average of 52 minutes in a meeting, although these generally last half an hour more, indicates an Ifop survey made public this Tuesday, March 24.
According to the survey, 92% of executives regularly participate in meetings, with an average of 3 appointments per week. And each meeting lasts 1 hour and 19 minutes on average.
Some lose track after 30 minutes
However, executives indicate that their attention begins to decrease after 52 minutes. 23% even lose track after less than 30 minutes and only 37% say they can hold on for 1 hour or more, according to the survey conducted for Wisembly, a website dedicated to corporate meetings.
During meetings, 81% of executives occupy themselves by doing something else. Half (51%) read or send emails, work on other files (49%), read or send text messages (48%).
Drawings, games on the phone, Facebook...
Some also draw (37%), play on their phone (10%), go on social networks (8%), organize their weekends or vacations (7%) or even go on dating sites (2%).
More than a quarter of executives (27%) say that it has often or systematically happened to them to leave a meeting without knowing exactly what they have to do, and almost as many (25%) to arrive without knowing the agenda. 15% also say that it happens to them to leave a meeting being unable to recount what has just been said or decided.
Last year, Ifop and Wisembly also asked executives if they had ever fallen asleep in a meeting and 32% answered in the affirmative.
The survey was conducted online from March 3 to 6 with 1,002 people representative of the executive population, according to the quota method.
AFP
Huffingtonpost.fr
Published on March 24, 2015.
Posted online on March 31, 2015.
According to the survey, 92% of executives regularly participate in meetings, with an average of 3 appointments per week. And each meeting lasts 1 hour and 19 minutes on average.
Some lose track after 30 minutes
However, executives indicate that their attention begins to decrease after 52 minutes. 23% even lose track after less than 30 minutes and only 37% say they can hold on for 1 hour or more, according to the survey conducted for Wisembly, a website dedicated to corporate meetings.
During meetings, 81% of executives occupy themselves by doing something else. Half (51%) read or send emails, work on other files (49%), read or send text messages (48%).
Drawings, games on the phone, Facebook...
Some also draw (37%), play on their phone (10%), go on social networks (8%), organize their weekends or vacations (7%) or even go on dating sites (2%).
More than a quarter of executives (27%) say that it has often or systematically happened to them to leave a meeting without knowing exactly what they have to do, and almost as many (25%) to arrive without knowing the agenda. 15% also say that it happens to them to leave a meeting being unable to recount what has just been said or decided.
Last year, Ifop and Wisembly also asked executives if they had ever fallen asleep in a meeting and 32% answered in the affirmative.
The survey was conducted online from March 3 to 6 with 1,002 people representative of the executive population, according to the quota method.
AFP
Huffingtonpost.fr
Published on March 24, 2015.
Posted online on March 31, 2015.
