Run the meeting with the full governance picture in view.

Chair Mode brings timing, participation, assurance, decisions and follow-through into one private live workspace for the person responsible for guiding the meeting.

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BoardCue Live four named, indexed board papers mapped to the substantive agenda before the chair enters the room. — Four named, indexed board papers mapped to the substantive agenda before the chair enters the room.

BoardCue Live a financial decision item in progress, with the prior performance item closed at partial assurance, plus a private chair note and parked follow-up. — A financial decision item in progress, with the prior performance item closed at partial assurance, plus a private chair note and parked follow-up.

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A private workspace for guiding the meeting

Chair Mode keeps the mechanics of the agenda and the substance of governance in the same line of sight. It is designed to reduce the chair's need to switch between a running order, personal notes, the live discussion and a separate action log.

Agenda timing

See planned time, current progress, warnings and overruns for each agenda item.

Participation awareness

Use participation indicators as a prompt to consider whether the discussion has heard from the right people.

Assurance prompts

See where the discussion may need a clearer conclusion, stronger evidence or an explicit statement of assurance.

Decisions and actions

Confirm the decision, action, owner and expected date before moving on.

Parking-lot management

Capture an important issue without allowing it to derail the current agenda item.

Private chair notes

Keep personal prompts and observations visible only to the chair.

Chair arrangements

Support chair, deputy chair and temporary chair assignments for a meeting.

Support across the whole meeting

Before

Review the agenda, planned timing, previous commitments and areas where the board may need a clearer decision or stronger assurance.

During

Keep the active item, live discussion, private prompts, participation indicators and emerging actions together without projecting the chair's workspace to the room.

Before moving on

Confirm what has actually been decided, who owns the follow-up, when it is expected and whether the board has stated the assurance it is taking.

Designed to support the chair, not control the meeting.

Chair Mode provides information and prompts. The chair remains responsible for judgement, participation, meeting flow and the conclusions reached.

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