4.3 Late Start / Late Finish
A common problem is getting the room ready for the meeting. The meeting starts late and pushes the whole agenda back.When this repeats often, it shows poor leadership from both the chair and management.
A late start to the meeting hurts getting all the action items to be resolved. No matter how well you plan, a late start to the meeting ruins the entire agenda. It wastes your time as a leader trying to plan ahead of the meeting.
A late start hurries the timing through the agenda. The meeting might have to end, cutting off part of the agenda. This hurts the quality of the meeting.
Late finishes always push conference room time into the next meeting. This causes the next team needing the conference room to become late. This snowballs through the day, causing inefficiency through the whole business.
4.4 Favoritism Among Leadership
Strong leaders tend to balance participation through the entire team, asking others for their opinion.Weak leaders tend to choose "their people" and tend to look after them to shine.
Weak leaders believe only "their people" are the ones competent enough, or the only ones they trust to get the job done.
Favoritism from the chair or leader tends to shut out other members' ideas. (Charles River Editors, 2011)
Poor leadership and favoritism causes the team to lose interest in participation. The team finds no value in the meeting to contribute.
4.5 Failure to Listen to Points or Suggestions
A weak chair or leader has a one-track mind; they will not listen to open suggestions.
The weak leader essentially closes out any feedback from the team, and does not want to hear about it.
When the meeting or direction of the project is going down the wrong path, the weak leaders will continue, even against the wishes of the team.
Typically, when a chair has a strong ego and self-worth, they are sensitive to any feedback from their peers. They will not let anyone else be better than them.
A weak leader alienates the team; nobody will want to contribute to the meeting. The team will not add any suggestions or points.
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