Chairing HR meetings meeting criteria board game

working hours

work-life balance

working from home

working conditions

START

absenteeism

downsizing

Instructions for students

Work in groups of three to five students. Each place a counter (eraser, coin, etc) on the “START” square. The person whose turn it is should roleplay being the chair of a meeting in a meeting on the topic written in the square which they are on, with the other students as the other participants in the meeting. Decide subtopics, who you are, etc before you start speaking, then start from the very beginning of the meeting (greetings, etc) and continue until the very end (saying goodbye, etc). You will need at least two subtopics in each meeting. When you finish, give the chair one point for each of the criteria below that they met during the meeting, but no points for any criteria they didn’t meet (including any which were impossible in that situation). They can then move one square for each point that they got. Only the person whose turn it is (the chair) gets points and moves.

Criteria to meet

1.     smoothly started (controlled small talk, got down to business, etc)

2.     made sure participants talked the same amount (stopped interruption, invited them to speak, etc)

3.     no silence/ little silence

4.     kept people on topic

5.     moved smoothly between topics

6.     helped people reach agreement

7.     checked/ confirmed (agreement/ decisions, meanings, reasons for opinions, etc)

8.     ended smoothly (AOB, summed up, etc)

accessibility

whistleblowers

agency staff

unions

bullying

transfers/ relocation

career paths

top performers

conflict

teamwork/ team building

induction

recruitment

disciplinary proceedings

staff turnover

dress code(s)

staff satisfaction

EDI

staff development

(business) entertaining/ socialising

retirement

headhunting

reorganisation/ restructuring

leave

redundancy packages

middle management

probation

performance management

mentoring

new recruits

organisational structure/ organogram