All of those things are people management, and I agree people management is an important skill to have if you want to work in a big company in particular it isn

All of those things are people management, and I agree people management is an important skill to have if you want to work in a big company in particular it isn't related to engineering. A guy who is completely non-verbal but makes a solar panel that is 5% more efficient is a great engineer, perhaps not liked by those around him but still a great engineer. Terry Davis was a great engineer and he had the worst commutation skills you could imagine.