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No thanks. I'd rather spend my resources anywhere else. I'm an engineer, not a manager. I would never tolerate a management load of meetings, just like a manager shouldn't be asked to write code all day.

Now, I don't know what the job description was of the person who wrote the article, or yours. Maybe your saying that distractions in management need to be expected and dealt with? You could be right, I don't really know. :)

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I'm not sure I like it, but I developed a skill for "listening in with one ear". A bit like a pilot flying a plane very focused, but hearing ATC when their callsign is spoken. When my role is only "advisory" it kind of works, albeit it does slow down the meeting overall and can be seen as rude.

Interesting analogy. The nice thing about ATC (when VFR) is that the phraseology is well defined and outside of emergencies the number of requests and instructions are limited and usually expected.

When flying IFR then you've planned ahead, filed that plan, and either received exactly what you want or gotten an updated plan. If things change along the way you get small digestible updates. And you are of course going to brief your approach before executing it.

Meetings are much more dynamic.

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