Is silently sitting in a meeting a waste of time for Product Managers?

Do you also get an angry look when you say “I need to skip this meeting to do some actual work?” How did it happen that Product Managers waste time on unproductive meetings and how to fix it? Well…

Let’s get one thing straight: To feel you’ve worked, you need to have an output to show. Sitting for an hour in a meeting just to say “thank you” can be a huge waste of time. This feels like a waste of time, but there is another side to this.

On one hand, I will tell you to:
1) Set yourself daily/weekly/monthly goals and only attend the meeting that will get you closer to those goals.
2) Ask for meeting recordings/notes for those you decided to skip
3) Block your calendar to ensure you have time to focus and eat
4) Try to take breaks between meetings so it’s not a painful, continues series, etc
5) Don’t be afraid to reschedule, your time is precious

On the other, it’s perfectly OK to take a few unproductive meetings a week.

Wait, what?

Hear me out:

The Product Manager is an information hub of a product through whom a lot of people and teams relay information. Whether that is…