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1. BE PREPARED.
Prepare your presentations
well ahead of time and simplify as much as possible. Make copies for other members
and include your name, date, and phone number.
2. ARRIVE ON TIME.
This shows respect for other committee members and discipline on your part. Arrive
ten minutes early and call the chairperson if you will be late.
3.
PLAY YOUR ROLE.
Whether you are a Bold Leader, Keen Observer, Critical
Thinker, Diligent Worker, or Ardent Supporter, stay within your primary role and
play it well.
4. LISTEN CAREFULLY.
Not only to the "words",
but to the "music" of members' responses. Look for alliances, hidden agendas,
power plays, dissatisfactions, and undermining behaviors.
5. BE BRIEF.
Unless you are making a prepared presentation, keep your responses brief,
that is, less than one minute long. Encourage others to do the same.
6. REMAIN RELEVANT.
Irrelevant meanderings reduce the effectiveness
and efficiency of committee functioning. Stay relevant yourself and help others
to do so.
7. COMMUNICATE CONSTRUCTIVELY.
Expressing requests,
concerns, and suggestions is generally constructive; expressing exclamations,
demands, and complaints is generally destructive.
8. COOPERATE WITH
OTHERS.
Competition with others on a regular basis breeds contempt. Try
to understand another's point of view, and if it differs from your own, compromise.
9. SUPPORT IMAGINATIVE IDEAS.
Unless creative ideas are
produced and supported continuously, the committee will lose much of its adaptability
and vitality.
10. RECOGNIZE SUCCESS.
Reward responsibility,
cooperation, and achievement with respect, admiration, and appreciation, both
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