Communicating/planning/overhead are part of productivity. So are 1 to 1s with good managers. But the people who wander around telling jokes and drinking coffee

Communicating/planning/overhead are part of productivity. So are 1 to 1s with good managers. But the people who wander around telling jokes and drinking coffee are just socialising and (possibly consciously and deliberately) raising their profile. They're not doing anything of value to others.