“There must be something wrong with me (the employee) because I’m missing all the social interaction clues. “

Someone’s response after getting out of a 1.1 meeting with their boss where the boss talked (lectured) for 40 minutes of their 1 hour call about 1 topic without a break to see if the person was still engaged in the conversation.

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It's been studied and proven without interaction maximum attention for a person is 15 minutes and it isn't much higher with interaction typically in a learning or business situation.

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Cynical mode ON (aka been there way too much)

Engaged? What does that have to do with management?
You didn't think that the whole thing was for the congregation and expect someone to interrupt the sermon did you?

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