Most managers spend too much time in too many meetings for too few results.
Too often these sessions are a dead-zone for work place productivity, but the fact is that meetings are a work place reality that most of us will be expected to endure. Managers attend an average of 4.7 meetings a week, each lasting an average of a little over one hour. As much as 22 percent of that time, or almost an hour a week in meetings, is considered completely wasted time, the survey found. Think about the time spent preparing for those five hours of meetings. There are several reasons meetings can be considered a waste of time by participants.