Do I understand this correctly by saying that time spent from the leadership are spent nursing higher ups and not what the team finds important ? Has the team

Do I understand this correctly by saying that time spent from the leadership are spent nursing higher ups and not what the team finds important ? Has the team addressed this and if so is there any valued measurements towards improvements ? For the reporting part, are you part of a team that works by some kind of process ? Which ? What are the reporting about ?