I’m in a leadership role at a small digital marketing agency. I’ve tracked this really closely and it’s between 70 and 100 hours per quarter depending on wheth

I’m in a leadership role at a small digital marketing agency. I’ve tracked this really closely and it’s between 70 and 100 hours per quarter depending on whether I’m doing a lot of hiring or not. The more important # to me is (outside of hiring) whether the meetings are out of the blue “syncs” or part of my standing meeting schedule. I’ve gotten the former (which are very disruptive) down to < 8 hours per quarter on average. That kind of meeting is reserved for the highest priority biggest and truly urgent issues. Everything else can be handled either async or in a scheduled 1:1. I just try to be really clear w/ reports about what decisions they must just make without telling me, which ones they can make and tell me about later, and which ones require discussion before taking action. The more stuff you can get into those first two categories the better IMO.