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A chair should be able to give direction during the meeting putting in mind that he/she has to execute the task as a leader. During any meeting session, the chair typically plays a role of a leader highlighting the strategies on which a meeting will be based and also highlighting the agenda of the meeting.
During any meeting, different people play different roles and it is the responsibility of the chair to allocate positions or assign roles to different stakeholders or rather participants of the meeting. As a leader, a chair should be a person of vision that is say he/she should stick on the reason as to why the meeting was called by drawing stratagems aligned with the meeting goals and objectives. Additionally, a chair to also uphold the suitable skills needed to maintain the meeting and control it accordingly.
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For a meeting to be rated good, it should uphold certain criteria among which ought to include;
Time bounded; A good meeting is one that is within the time frame that is, it does not exceed the dedicated time and the agenda should be covered within the organized time. Additionally, having a well stated agender with specific purpose is yet another criterion for determining a good meeting. With a well formulated agenda, it is simple to evaluate the level of success of a particular meeting as it gives chance in understanding the achieved goals visa-vi the unachieved. A good meeting should also encourage the generous participation of members by listening to all views of the participants with no biasness or discrimination holding the fact that a meeting requires control and coordination, a good meeting should be one that has a leader and manages the audience
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A chair should make sure that silence is maintained in the meeting
A chair has a role of encouraging members in the meeting who may not be willing to participate in the meeting.
A chair also emphasises on the fact to make clear for the members in the meeting so that the point can be taken or discarded.
A chair does not lean on one side in case there is an issue that is to be discussed that require a debate or there is an issue between members that needed to be sorted out
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While a good chair has authority and power over the members in the meeting, a bad chair does not have power in the meeting.
A good chair states the agenda specifying even the time each item is to be discussed while a bad chair calls for a meeting without a clear agenda and does not specify the time the meeting should end or begin
