[p0d]

My experience of meetings and their players.

The Sheriff; my way or the highway.

The Bluffer; Yip, that’s been done.

The Hard Worker; Always segways to their latest piece of work.

The Brain; Says little, has manufactured outcome of meeting before the meeting started.

The Joker; Makes everyone laugh, is heard the least.

I’m personally trying to be a little bit less the joker and the hard worker.

[dvtrn]

The Toll Collector; powerful, knows where things are, knows who to ping or where to look, but never offers help voluntarily--only offers it, barter style--for taking something off of their plate.

Also goes by "Brent"

[durzagott]

The Aggressor: criticises and deflates others; disagrees with others aggressively

The Blocker: stubbornly disagrees; rejects others' views; describes unrelated personal experiences

The Withdrawer: won't participate; talks to neighbour; self-appointed note taker; switches off

The Recognition Seeker: boasts; excessive talking; conscious of their status

The Topic Jumper: continually changes the subject

The Dominator: tries to take over; asserts authority; manipulates the group

The Special Interest Pleader: uses group's time to plead their own case

The Playboy: wastes group's time showing off; story-teller; nonchalant; cynical

The Self-Confessor: continually makes comments about own feelings and insights

We Only Come in Twos: a pair that turn up together and only talk to each other

The Bomb: discloses personal information distracting group from tasks

The Can't-be-Bothered: disinterested; messes about; test's the facilitator with disruptive behaviour

[Spooky23]

The Senator; measures personal self worth using minutes of talk time.

The Inquisitor; dives into the minutiae of any topic.

[p0d]

The Grumpy Secretary; the person made to take notes who isn't senior enough to say no.