How do you feel about last-minute meeting cancellations?

Our reader poll today asks: How do you feel about last-minute meeting cancellations?

• How rude. They made a commitment, and more notice would be appreciated: 40%
• No big deal. Things happen and come up: 44%
• Yay! I have free time now to get some work done: 16%

Notice is appreciated. While 60% of you don’t mind last minute cancellations (or are even excited when they happen), a large portion of respondents (40%) can get frustrated by the last minute change. Knowing it’s such a large portion of the people you deal with, even if last minute cancellations don’t bother you, do recognize that they bother many others. To avoid unintentionally frustrating a colleague, boss, customer, supplier, partner, etc. do give them as much advance notice as you’re able. As soon as you have an inkling that plans may change, a courtesy “heads up” will likely be most appreciated. Failure to do so can send a signal that you don’t value the other person or their time.  A little courtesy can go a long way.

– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC

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These results were originally a SmartPulse poll in SmartBrief on Leadership which tracks feedback from more than 240,000 business leaders. Get smarter on leadership and sign up for the SmartBrief on Leadership e-newsletter.