Some of the least effective managers are also the busiest 

Either because they don’t delegate appropriately or find it too difficult to prioritise but mostly because they attend the wrong meetings. They attend meeting based on whose chairing rather than the agenda. With the result they miss meetings that they really should have attended. The questions they should be asking are can I make a meaningful contribution? Do I need to attend every meeting or just for particular agenda items?Is your attendance about enhancing your status, being seen with the right people or away of progressing something important? Is the real reason you are attending because you didn’t know how to get out of it? 

Blair Mcpherson former Director author and blogger www.blairmcpherson.co.uk