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The meeting has been going for ninety minutes. The same three people have spoken on every agenda item. One of them is on his fourth lap of the same point. Two committee members have said nothing the entire meeting. One of them is the person with the most relevant expertise on the biggest item of the night.
A well-chaired meeting is one of the most underrated governance tools there is — and in this episode Kate H and Kate M get into what good chairing actually looks like in practice.
In this episode:
Starting and finishing on time — why it’s a form of respect, not just a preference
- The Chair’s three jobs: drawing out the quiet voices, redirecting the loud ones, keeping focus on the issue not the personalities
- Purpose, process and pace — and why the Chair should never be focused on the content
- When to invoke the formal rules of debate — and why just knowing they exist is usually enough
- What makes a committee decision stick — and what happens when you miss one of the five steps
- Why vigorous debate inside the room and one voice outside it matters 24 hours a day, seven days a week