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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do this with my staff, my calendar is available for my boss, and my calendar is also available to my staff. If I have “1:1 with so and so” and my boss has a high level meeting he wants me at, he knows it’s probably okay to schedule me and I’ll shift my other stuff. I mark private appointments as such so the details aren’t viewable. It isn’t micromanaging so much as just making it easier for people to schedule things. [/quote]

This is why my boss doesn't have access. He can't decide what's important for me or my team as a leader. I make it a point to keep my 1:1s when at all possible. My boss often cancels and moves mine. It's frustrating and shows a lack of understanding priority - thus why he can't decide mine. [/quote]

Huh?  As a leader of a large team, a big part of my job is prioritizing, aka choosing what’s important. Your mindset would be a red flag.

I share my calendar with my team and most of them share theirs with me as well (although I do not insist).  They know what they need to get done, and can thus schedule meetings around my most important ones. Likewise, I can generally avoid conflicts for their meetings that I know are important.

Occasionally, there is something that looks flexible to me, I schedule over it, and they just tell me if they don’t agree.

This strategy also allows them to block their calendar to others while still giving me options to meet with them.  [/quote]

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