CB.16:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

Failure in practice	Repair
Ask for recognition without a contribution the recipient can assess.	Explain the receiving work, proposed change, benefit, cost and needed support.
Treat the most visible members as the whole constituency.	Recover affected positions and state the actual representation scope.
Wait for unanimity while hiding the alternatives.	Use the applicable decision rule and carry meaningful disagreement explicitly.
Give a speaker an unlimited mandate because they know the subject.	Separate expertise from representation and bound negotiable commitments.
Promise other people’s time in order to obtain approval.	Request and obtain the actual allocation before relying on the promise.
Count access to a meeting as a changed practice.	Return the specific decision and observe whether its conditions and contribution become effective.
Report only the favourable response to members.	Include refusals, changed terms, unsupported conditions and needed decisions.
Extend one episode’s authority into permanent representation.	Obtain a current continuing mandate with returns and replacement.