Meeting Types: 12 Kinds and When to Use Each

Quick answer

Twelve meeting types: decision, brainstorm, status, 1:1, retro, planning, review, kickoff, workshop, all-hands, sync, and social — each with its own format, all different meetings.

Working meetings

Decision (choose), brainstorm (generate), workshop (produce together), planning (commit the next chunk).

Information meetings

Status (share progress), review (show work), kickoff (start aligned), all-hands (organization-wide).

Relational meetings

1:1 (their agenda), retrospective (process), sync (daily touchpoint), social (cohesion).

The mix-up to avoid

Status disguised as discussion — the meeting that could’ve been a document.

Bottom line

Twelve meeting types: decision, brainstorm, status, 1:1, retro, planning, review, kickoff, workshop, all-hands, sync, and social — each with its own format, all different meetings.

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