Who's in charge here???

Oftentimes a meeting goes south because no one is in charge. Now I know I'm talking about one dominant culture's idea about what a meeting is and how it should go, but yeah, that's what I'm talking about. When someone is supposed to be in charge, but doesn't know how to be, or doesn't want to take charge, or worst of all, they think they are in charge, but they're not, a meeting can cause real, physical, psychological PAIN. So if you want to have a successful meeting, identify a person to be in charge. Make sure this person wants to be or is at least willing to be in that role and either has some natural ability or is willing to learn meeting management skills.