I learned long ago, that it really depends on the manager's personality and his/her understanding of the role. But also on the expectations being transported d

I learned long ago, that it really depends on the manager's personality and his/her understanding of the role. But also on the expectations being transported down from above. The problem is, imagine a company with your second managers mindset and his/her boss takes a look into the calendar, sees there are no management meeting tasks (Jour Fix, standup, and so on) in there. His/her boss would think he/she is not doing anything, because the signifiers that declare a manager actually managing are missing. I don't see these signifiers as actually managing - I see them as creating disturbance - but modern management culture seems to be seeing these signifiers as sign of real managerial work. I also find a lot of managers need to please their own ego by feeling they do something. They often need to feel important - hence too many meetings as signs of them having control.