Roles to play in a meeting

via Stop Wasting People’s Time with Meetings

• Catalyst. Initiate a discussion and stimulate fresh thinking through analogies, stories, or precedents.
• Custodian. Ask how a decision will play out in the organization and what it would take for it to land well.
• Challenger. Question the logic, coherence, and validity of an argument with data, experience, and/or intuition.
• Convener. Encourage full participation by inviting others to join the discussion, making connections (“bridging”) between points and the people involved.
• Decision-maker. Frame the topic clearly, invite discussion of the issues and options, and make a decision in the meeting (avoiding taking it “offline” whenever possible).