[heisenbit]

> Since I'm in a leadership role now

One challenge of leadership positions is that problems get escalated to you and this comes with unplanned disruptions. If you take the attitude of the previous job that you are responsible for implementing outcomes and combine this with chaotic schedule it gets toxic. It can help to focus on taking responsibility for process and letting somewhat go of outcome. Defining and enforcing process is now more of your job and you should have or need to demand a degree of freedom here.

> where in I'm required to have nightly meetings with other teams who are outside of my timezone

You may not avoid these meetings but you may be able to cut work at other times. Saying no to meetings and requests can be scary at first but you can either learn to say no or you will be stuck on this level forever. Your job is now not just to protect yourself but also your team and organization and that critically depends on saying now.

[yrgulation]

> One challenge of leadership positions is that problems get escalated to you and this comes with unplanned disruptions.

Particularly due to bad hires and weak processes. A team should be self serving and should know how to deal with issues without hand holding.

But op’s case seems to be a bad company. I’d move on asap. If they are in west or east europe they should find a job in no time.

[liketochill]

Thanks for articulating this, I’ve recently moved from being a maker to a manager and am still working on letting go of fixing things myself, managing demands on my own time by saying no to people that will just waste it or try to use me to make their job easier, as well as making sure my team is using their time wisely.