Not all meetings are created equal. Some energise teams, others drain them. Some spark collaboration, others drift into silence. But how do you know which is which - and why?
Ulla® HR Engagement helps teams, HR leaders, and executives move beyond guesswork. After exploring organisation-level insights, let’s zoom into the next layer: meeting-level metrics - where communication patterns are born.
What are meeting-level metrics?
Meeting-level metrics in Ulla HR allow you to analyse the effectiveness and dynamics of each individual meeting. Unlike personal analytics, which focuses on participants, or organisational analytics, which show company-wide trends, meeting metrics give a clear picture of how a specific session unfolded. They help you understand the balance of contributions, the clarity of discussions, and the emotional engagement of the team.
🟦 Meeting Engagement
This tab gives a high-level overview of the meeting’s overall quality and performance. It’s split into two parts:
- Meeting Performance Overview - A dashboard showing attendance, participation rates, clarity of discussion, and overall engagement.
- Speaker Participation Analysis - A visual timeline of how the conversation flowed, including speaking time by person and overall balance. You’ll quickly see if the conversation was dominated by a few voices or evenly spread across the team.
These insights are especially useful when comparing recurring sessions like weekly stand-ups, cross-functional reviews, or team check-ins.
🟨 Personal Stats
This tab highlights each participant’s role in the meeting, focusing on how they showed up and contributed.
You’ll find speaker-level stats such as:
- Time spoken
- Engagement evaluation of speaker in Engagement, like MBTI or Big5
- Personality indicators such as: Emotional Tone, Helpfulness & Collaboration, Tone of Communication, Reactivity to Feedback, Speech Clarity & Positivity
These help you see not only how much someone spoke - but how they spoke. Was their tone constructive? Were they reactive or thoughtful? Were they driving clarity or just filling airtime?
Why it matters
Some meetings feel “fine” - but in practice, nothing moves forward. With meeting-level metrics, you can:
- Understand what actually happened in a session
- Detect communication imbalances before they become cultural problems
- Identify valuable contributors who may be under-recognised
- Give evidence-based feedback to team leads or meeting organisers
Whether you're redesigning meetings, coaching teams, or simply figuring out where time goes - this layer of insight brings structure to the most unstructured part of work.
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In our next article, we’ll explore User-Level Metrics - how to recognise workload, communication styles, and engagement at the individual level.
Because every meeting tells a story - and Ulla® HR helps you hear it clearly.