🔍 Key Concepts

• Leader-controlled meetings vs group-centered meetings – who directs the discussion and makes decisions • How the amount of attendee interaction usually changes when a single leader controls the flow • What typically happens to meeting length when many people participate vs when one person mainly talks

💭 Think About

• Think about a meeting where the officer in charge does most of the talking and directs each topic. Do the other attendees interact more or less with each other? • If everyone in a group-centered meeting is encouraged to contribute and discuss, does that usually make the meeting longer or shorter than when one leader drives the agenda tightly? • Ask yourself: when time is limited on a vessel, what kind of meeting style is often used to keep things efficient?

✅ Before You Answer

• Be clear on which option states less interaction vs more interaction • Identify which options say shorter vs longer duration and match that with your own experience of structured vs open discussion meetings • Eliminate any choices where the description of interaction level does not fit how a tightly leader-controlled meeting normally feels