My number one advice would be to actually listen to what the underlings have to say and keep the groups small. I have been to two of these lately and each time

My number one advice would be to actually listen to what the underlings have to say and keep the groups small. I have been to two of these lately and each time the VPs held long monologues that were only interrupted by some people who tried to suck up to the manger by loudly agreeing. The rest was just sitting around and said nothing. If you aren’t willing to receive negative feedback about your own role maybe you shouldn’t do these meetings.