I am in this situation pretty frequently. Are you just a solid communicator? I know I tend to get roped into meetings because I'm good at leading meetings, while other engineers are frankly terrible at it.
But seriously, it seems to me sometimes, that having a "meeting guru" would be truly helpful sometimes... a SPOC that can filter all meeting requests by the email / 5 minutes / required vs inflated attendees / agenda / etc criteria before they even happen.
Most of those questions aren't detail specific, so someone well versed in asking them politely and choosing the appropriate action could save so much time and attention suck.
>a SPOC that can filter all meeting requests by the email / 5 minutes / required vs inflated attendees / agenda / etc criteria before they even happen.
That's the project manager's job. The more meetings they allow. The more the project suffers. The more that are missed. The less poltical power. So they need to focus on fewer quality meetings for the ICs. More meetings for the PM.
But seriously, it seems to me sometimes, that having a "meeting guru" would be truly helpful sometimes... a SPOC that can filter all meeting requests by the email / 5 minutes / required vs inflated attendees / agenda / etc criteria before they even happen.
Most of those questions aren't detail specific, so someone well versed in asking them politely and choosing the appropriate action could save so much time and attention suck.