It's official — new scientific report says your boss should talk less and listen more in meetings
- New research claims meetings are considered successful when all participants experience a balance of speaking and listening
- Meetings are defined in the research as a gathering with a goal or structure
- Over three decades of meeting science has been reveiwed for the 2026 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
A new in-depth review of the science of meetings shows that listening trumps talking when getting together to discuss matters at work – and perhaps that bosses should talk less.
The 2026 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior comprises over three decades of meeting science, a growing field among social psychologists. With a growing archive of meeting data available thanks to better written recording and online meeting calls, the review also found that meetings that are going nowhere should be abandoned.
Assembled by a team of researchers who all contributed, the review has uncovered some home truths...
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