> The best time to schedule a meeting is at 11am Monday morning. People want to get meetings done and off the calendar, and this time period has the least potential for conflicting with other meeting invites.<p>> Avoid Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. These are the most popular times to offer, meaning the potential for conflicts is high.<p>In case anyone else was interested in just their answer to the title question.
It's also culturally dependent -- I noticed US-based employees prefer to schedule a meeting for an idea and discuss/think/make decision on the meeting.<p>EU and even more so Asia-based employees prefer to first discuss the idea on multiple 1:1s for a long time, to discuss / think / make decision with everyone, come up with some harmony before any formal meetings. And the meeting itself would serve only ceremonial needs -- to let the manager officially declare the idea live.<p>That creates cultural clashes, when some people schedule a meeting to discuss something, but others decline or don't understand why are they here.
One thing I love is Outlook's function of starting meetings at :05 or :10: <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/end-meetings-early-or-start-late-ebb4c4c9-6992-4ea7-9772-8b5883df8500" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/end-meetings-earl...</a><p>That quick break has made a huge difference.
> But the data shows that offering only one or two proposed times, even if they’re “good” ones, isn’t the best way to get a meeting scheduled.<p>Definitely counterintuitive, the strength of the effect (2.4x acceptance rate for 3+ options) was eye opening.
New blog: Our team at Boomerang (<a href="https://boomerangapp.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://boomerangapp.com/</a>) analyzed 3.5 million proposed meeting times, putting the conventional wisdom about the best ways to schedule meetings to the test. The results are surprising, and busted some common myths about the best days and times to schedule meetings.