During an online survey of C-suite business leaders in selected EU countries, 71 percent of participants stated that their leadership meetings were always or mostly productive when making strategic planning decisions in 2020. However, 60 percent found their meetings to be neutral or mostly unproductive towards organization culture and talent strategy decisions.
Distribution of C-suite leadership meeting productivity among businesses in the European Union in 2020, by topic
Characteristic
Always/mostly productive
Neutral/mostly unproductive
Strategic planning
71%
29%
Finance
65%
34%
Company performance
57%
43%
Technology transformation
49%
50%
IT and security
49%
50%
Committe meetings
45%
55%
Mergers and acquisitions
45%
54%
Responding to market events
45%
56%
Operations
42%
58%
Organisation culture and talent strategy
40%
60%
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